I will give you some time at the beginning of class today to finish up your notes on the terms from yesterday. Then we will have a nice little chat about what it was like to live during this time period.
After that, we are going to take a look at some Langston Hughes poems. I will have you select two of his poems from this site. Please analyze them using the TWIST method. If you don't remember what the steps are, you can find them below! You can complete these steps on Google Docs or by printing them out. We will share your poems and analysis tomorrow!
TWIST Method of Poetry Analysis
T= Title: Read the title and stop. Predict what the poem will be about. Consider connotations of the wording.
W=What is it about? Paraphrase each LINE of the poem. Don’t interpret it, just tell it in your own words.
I= Imagery: Look for any imagery (description that makes it so real you can imagine it with any of your five senses), symbolism, metaphors, similes, personification, irony, understatement, allusions, alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, rhythm (write out the meter pattern), rhyme scheme, tone and the tone shift, poet’s attitude toward the subject, etc.
S= Structure: Look for the tone shift, punctuation used, stanza division, changes in stanza or line length, layout of poem, or capitalized words. Discuss how these elements relate to the meaning of the poem.
T= Theme: Look at the title again from an interpretive level. Do you see anything new? What is the subject of the poem? Then determine what the poet is saying about each of the subjects which is your theme.
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