AGENDA:
EQ: What are paradoxes and oxymorons?
1. Go to:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/resources/learning/core-poems/detail/50986
View video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=islbtl1NkPM
2. Go over Teaching Tips
3. Post responses to discussion question
4. Explore all the learning lab content.especially the essay about the poem:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/resources/learning/core-poems/detail/50986#guide
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/ashbery/paradox.htm
5. WRITE: Look over Writing Ideas and create a poem
6. If you have not finished the Golden Shovel poem, work on that, too.
Daily Poet:
September 15
Write a poem that changes subjects 3 times. You may use a stanza break to indicate a leap, or the words "But I digress." Whether or not you return to your original subject is up to you, but try not to tie up loose ends. Experiment with how disparate and unrelated each subject is from the other, but sneak in a less unifying theme, such as the color red.
Jahde Janelys Jasmina
ReplyDelete1. The first line of the poem is a paradox because it is deceiving the reader into thinking that the poem is going to be very literal. The line “Open-ended” is an oxymoron because the two words open and ended are opposites of each other. The title lets the reader know that despite the topic, the poem will be filled with these two literary devices and they should prepare for that.
2. The “you” changed who it represents multiple times throughout the poem. One moment, the word represented the poem itself, then it represented the reader. By the end of the poem, with the line “The poem is you,” the reader if left missing him, the author, instead.
3. The poem is connected between the reader and the poem itself. It represents the love between the two of them, and is an emotion that the readers can connect with.
4. I represents the author himself, since he is the story teller. You represents the reader, and Ashberry describes the reader’s feelings as he goes through the poem. “The poem” is literally the poem, which near the end of the poem becomes a representation of himself, implying that the reader is going to “miss” him.
1. Paradoxes are statements that, though contradictory, are true; oxymorons also combine contradictory terms. What are some of the paradoxes in the poem? Some of the oxymorons? How do the title and the first line set up or undermine your expectations for the poem?
ReplyDelete-Some paradoxes in the poem was “You miss it, it misses you, you missed each other”. An oxymoron is when he said “Opened and closed ended.”
2. How does the poem bring into question pronouns like “you,” “I” and “it”? Do you think “you” remains the same throughout the poem? When does it change (from being a specific “you” to a general “you,” for example), and why?
-It brings in perspective when it says I and you. You does change in the poem because it is saying “you” in perspective than it says “you” in a general statement.
3. In what way is the poem a love poem? How does it sound similar to or different from other love poems you’ve read?
- When it says it was “You miss it, it misses you, you missed each other. It acts as if it is talking about someone, but it can also be an object. They do not directly say they are talking about people it can also be a connection with an object.
4. How would you describe the “characters” in the poem—“I,” “you,” and “the poem”? What role does each play? How do the three interact?
-They all fall into play in the last stanza because they act as if they belong to each other.
Nandi, Avana, Kadeja
Cameron, Grace, Rashid and Olivia
ReplyDelete1. Open-ended is an oxymoron. His first statement, "This poem is concerned with language on a very plain level," is a paradox because while the language is simple, the ideas in the poem are not easily understood. This first statement makes the poem seem boring, it doesn't set up the reader to expect too much. Then, as the poem continues, the poem becomes more and more confusing.
2. Because the poem not only uses second person, but that it uses second person so directly and persuasively. It is almost accusing "you" of things, like missing someone and looking out a window. The "you" throughout the poem does not remain the same, it goes from "you" as a person to "you" as a people.
3. It is not similar to a love poem in that the language isn't flowery and it doesn't use the words love and the like. But it brings up the ideas of love, like missing someone.
4. The characters in the poem include everyone. The you is the reader, and the I is whomever you believe is teaching you these lessons about the paradoxes and oxymorons of life.
rosalia Rosario & aslin gonzaez
ReplyDelete1. Paradoxes are statements that, though contradictory, are true; oxymorons also combine contradictory terms. What are some of the paradoxes in the poem? Some of the oxymorons? How do the title and the first line set up or undermine your expectations for the poem?
Some paradoxes in the poem would be “You miss it, it misses you. You miss each other”. An oxymoron would be “Without proof. Open-ended. And before you know.” The title and the first line of the poem undermine the expectations of the poem because it kind of makes us think that there is going to be some specific vocabulary and writing.
2. How does the poem bring into question pronouns like “you,” “I” and “it”? Do you think “you” remains the same throughout the poem? When does it change (from being a specific “you” to a general “you,” for example), and why?
I think “you” doesn’t remain the same through the poem because in the first 2 stanzas its saying “you” as if its directly toward you. And the rest of the poem it says “you” as just saying you to think about something. I think it changes because of how the author wants to set a different approach.
3. In what way is the poem a love poem? How does it sound similar to or different from other love poems you’ve read?
This poem is a love poem because it uses the word “you” in a variety of ways and has words such as grace dream role-pattern and you miss each other.
4. How would you describe the “characters” in the poem—“I,” “you,” and “the poem”? What role does each play? How do the three interact?
The character in the poem include everyone. Everyone reading it. It interacts with the way we use oxymorons and paradoxes in everyday life.
1. The first lines of the poem is a paradox because it fakes out the reader of what it is about. The words, " open-ended" are oxymoron because the words are direct opposites to each other. The title prepares the reader of the literary devices that are being used in the poem.
ReplyDelete2. "You" has multiple meanings throughout the poem. The word could represent the piece itself or the reader themselves.
3. The poem is similar to other love poems by represents the connection between two lovers.
4. I represents the speaker. You represents ashbury and the emotions he went through writing the poem. The poem represents the poem because near the end of the poem, he treats the poem like as his child.
Amanda, Reyenne