Notes from 11/14/11

• Notes from Monday's (11/14/11) class:
• Together, we will explore Renaissance poetry, and we will learn how to write intelligent explications of the selected poems. In keeping with my goal to "light personal fires," we will explore how poetry invites us to experience the lives and emotions of others, giving us the confidence and inspiration to articulate our own.
• READY, SET, EXPLICATE!
• A poetry explication is a relatively short analysis which describes the possible meanings and relationships of the words, images, and other small units that make up a poem. Writing an explication is an effective way for a reader to connect a poem's plot and conflicts with its structural features. 
• unfold the meaning 
• write in your poetry books as you read, or find a personal way to annotate if you read online
• don't forget to look for rhythm, rhyme scheme, similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, connsonance, and other poetic devices and include these in your explication.