31 BRIDGETTE

19th century poet:Walt Whitman


When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide,
and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with
much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

RED=REPETITION
BLUE=IMAGERY
GREEN=METAPHORS




1. What phrases are repeated?
WHEN I HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTONOMER

2. What images (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory)?
SITTING,FIGURES RANGED IN COLUMNS BEFORE ME,CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS,
TILL RISINKJG AND GLIDING OUT,IN THE MYSTICAL MOIST-AIR,LOOK'D UP IN PERFECT SILENCE AT THE STARS.

3. Explain metaphors.
TO ADD,DIVIDE AND MEASURE THEM

4. What rhythm or rhyme scheme does the poem have?
How does this affect meaning?
THE RYTHM AND RHYME IS IT STOPS THE READER

5. What is the theme or message of the poem?
Give text examples from each stanza.
THE MESSAGE OF THE POEM IS THAT SOME PEOPLE
LIKE TO LOOK UP ON INFORMATION ON ASTRONOMY
AND OTHERS JUST LIKE TO LOOK UP AT THE STARS.




20th century poet:Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

RED=REPETITION
BLUE=IMAGERY
GREEN=METAPHORS






1. What phrases are repeated?
DOES & OR

2. What images (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory)
RAISAN IN THE SUN, FESTER LIKE A SORE,
ROTTEN MEAT, CRUST AND SUGAR, SYRUPY SWEET,
HEAVY LOAD, EXPLODE.

3. Explain metaphors.
DRY UP LIKE A RAISAN IN THE SUN,
FESTER LIKE A SORE-AND THEN RUN?,
STINK LIKE ROTTEN MEAT,
CRUST AND SUGAR OVER-LIKE A SYRUPY SWEET,
SAGSLIKE A HEAVY LOAD,
OR DOES IT EXPLODE?



4. What rhythm or rhyme scheme does the poem have?
How does this affect meaning?
WELL IT STOPS ON AND ON


5. What is the theme or message of the poem?
Give text examples from each stanza.
THE MESSAGE OF THE POEM IS THAT HE DECRIBES HOW SOME
DREAMS ARE BUT HES ASKING ARE THEY
LIKE THAT THOUGH.....