Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Lit 12: Review elements of Romantic poetry

Today we read and discussed "To a Mouse". Be sure to get the notes.

Read "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard". Look for images of the common man, pastoral imagery, sound devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, dissonance, consonance, cacophony,

We learned the term "inversion" . . . when the verb appears before its subject in a sentence

eg Now fades the glimmering stream . . . .

Its order is inverted.
The correct order would be The stream fades ...

We have six weeks to go. Ensure that you are keeping up to date with all classes and assignments. Review the terms nightly. Re-read the poems from unit 1 so that they are fresh. Use quizlet as a study tool.