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Poetry Analysis
O What is that Sound
~W. H. Auden
Dream Deferred
~Langston Hughes
For Poets
~Al Young
My Papas Waltz
~Theodore Roethke
Dream Deferred
Langston Hughes
Title: From the title, I inferred that the poem will be
about what happens when a person put offs their
dreams.
Paraphrase: Paraphrased Poem
Connotation:
Similes
Questions
Rhyme scheme
Pattern
Attitude:
Depressing vs. Joyful
Negative tone
Shifts:
Going from questions to a statement
Going back to a question
Title: The speaker of the poem discusses what
happens to the dream itself when it becomes
forgotten or gets postponed. Does it stay with you?
Does it disappear? What happens to the dream?
Theme: If you dont follow your dreams when they
For Poets
Al Young
Title: Just by reading the title of the poem, it seems
like it is dedicated to poets.
Paraphrase: Paraphrased poem
Connotation:
Hyperboles
Repetition
Involvement of Life
Attitude: inspirational, uplifting
Al Young has been writing ever since he
was a young child. Young has taught
Shifts:
poetry, fiction writing, and American
Last three lines
literature at some of the most prestigious
schools in America. Often times, he uses
Title:
For Poets as an example during his
Young is not only giving advice for new poets on how to presentation, as it teaches how to write
successful poetry.
write successful and interesting works, but giving an
My Papas Waltz
Theodore Roethke
Title: the poem may be about a child and their
papa waltzing.
Paraphrase: Paraphrased poem
Connotation:
ABAB rhyme scheme slant rhyme)
But I held on like death, is a simile that is
trying to show how the boy held onto his father
and how much he did not want to lose him.
Attitude: abandonment, but some happiness
Shifts:
Second, third, fourth lines
Lines six and seven
Lines ten and eleven
Title:
The poem is about a boy and his drunken father
waltzing around the house while trying to get the
boy to bed.
Theme: All memories have their smooth and
rough edges.