Part of Speech: Verb
Definition:
Source: Dictionary.com
Found in America by Claude McKay line 10
“I stand within her walls with not a shred/Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.”
Knowing the definition of jeer helped me understand the two lines quoted above. The poem speaks of a love/hate relationship with America. In these lines the speaker is being positive in saying that they have nothing bad to say, no judgement.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: active strength or force.
Source: Dictionary.com
Found in America by Claude McKay line 5
“Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,/Giving me strength erect against her hate.”
Knowing the definition of vigor helped me understand the analogy the author was explaining. The author was animating the strength the country gave him.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: any contest between two persons or parties.
Source: Dictionary.com
Found in What We Miss by Sarah Manguso line 7
“Failure is more like this than like duels and marathons.”
Knowing the definition of duel helped me understand the concept the speaker was talking about in the poem. The speaker was comparing different types of failures. The kind of failure the speaker is talking about is different than failing at a duel or marathon.
Hi everyone,
I forgot to remind you today that a week from today, 10/24, is not also the midterm date but also the date by which you should have posted five vocabulary words to the OpenLab glossary.
If you missed today’s class you can find the Midterm Review sheet posted on our site–search for it under the category Midterm.
We’ll spend time on Monday discussing “The Lonely Child,” “The Thirteenth Woman,” and “Success Story” to help you prepare for the midterm. We’ll also talk about the difference between how a poem works and what a poem means.
Have a good weekend!
Here is the review sheet for the midterm. On page 1 is the structure and poem choices for the midterm as well as advice on how to prepare, on page 2 is a chart you can fill out to help you prepare. You can bring this handout and use it the day of the midterm.
midterm review sheet 2 poems f18
Here is a sample post with a photo of a poem from the subway:
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Hit enter to continue adding text. Then write your blog post.
Prose poetry is a relatively new poetic form, unlike forms we’ve already studied, like the sonnet or the ballad. A prose poem is a poem written in prose (ordinary written language) rather than verse. How does this work?
Typical features of a prose poem:
Also, we may also want to think about a prose poem as:
Definition adapted from Lehman, David. Best American Prose Poems. NY: Scribner, 2003.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: a tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels carrying a sail or sails.
Source: Webster Dictionary
Found in “My Boy Willie” by Anonymous, Stanza 9
“From the cabin-boy to the mainmast high/ Ye must mourn in black for my sailor boy”
Mast means a tall upright post but with the word main being added to that it describes that it is the tallest one from all the rest and the main one to picture. I did not know what a mast was to begin with so learning the definition of mainmast helped me picture what the author was trying to express.
Part of Speech – noun
Definition – flavoured, distilled, colourless to pale yellow liquor made from purified spirits usually obtained from a grain mash and having the juniper berry as its principal flavouring ingredient.
Definition source: encyclopedia britannica
Found in , ” We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks line 6.
Knowing the definition of ” gin” , I got a better understanding of what the speaker was describing in the poem, and what exactly the seven players did. As well as how the gin and sin impacted the lifestyle of the young men and how it’s wrong to drink underage.
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: a platform at a height above ground or floor level.
Source: Merriam Webster
Found in Success Story; line 13
Knowing the definition helps me get a better understanding of where the speaker thinks their life is going and how tall the speakers achievements are and what role the sky plays on it.
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