Poetry-based activities- Part 2

 

The Road Not Taken 

By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.




Using our colourful friends (these colourful props were bought from Tiger shops), students have to detect the eight poetic devices. Each colour corresponds to two different devices and it is a fun way to make students deal with poetry in a playful way (thus avoiding frustration!!):


Rhyme: Words that have the same ending sounds.

Metaphor: A comparison stating one thing is another.

Repetition: Using the same words or phrases over and over.



Simile: A comparison using the words "like" or "as" .

Alliteration: Words in a poem that have the same beginning sounds.


Personification: A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities.

Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like the objects or actions to which they refer.



 Rhythm: The beat or regular pattern of sounds found in some poems.

STUDYING A POEM :
-Read it several times.
-Think about the title.
-What is the tone or the mood?
-How is it organized?
-Does it have patterns, rhythms, rhymes, or repeats?
-What special language, symbols or images are used?
-Why was it written? For whom?
-What is the theme?
-What feelings does it capture? 


 Have fun!!
Maria, P.