诗歌分析 Poetry Analysis 英语作文.docx

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诗歌分析PoetryAnalysis英语作文

PoetryAnalysis

>PoetryAnalysisEssay:

ApoetryanalysisessayisnotastrickyasyourEnglishteachermyportrayittobe.Itisjustanotheressaybutinsteadoftakingadeepdiveintologicandfactsaswedoinothertypesofessayssuchasprocessanalysisessayorcriticalanalysis,inpoetryanalysisessay,mostimportantlyemotions,thepsychologyofthereaderandthevariousmeaningsbetweenthelinesaregivenahigherpriority.

Beforeyoustartoffwithwritingpoetryanalysisessayjustafterarudimentaryreadingoftheparticularpoem,youneedtobeclearaboutthepurposeandobjectiveofthepoetryanalysisessayandbewellawareofthetargetaudiencethatyouarewritingfor.Otherthanthis,oneneedstobeclearthatwhetherthepoetryanalysisessaythatyouarewritingisfromyourpointofvieworfromaneutralobserver’spointofvieworisitfromthepoet’spointofview.

Thepointofviewinthebodyofyourpoetryanalysisisextremelyimportantbecausemostofthepoemsthatyouwouldbeexpectedtpanalysewillbeaclassicliterarypieceswheredifferentpeopleperceivethepoemdifferentlythroughdifferentlensesandhencegetoutvariousformsofmeaningandanalogiesfromthem.Thisisthereasonthatweshouldbeclearonwhatistheobjectiveoftheessayandwhoistheonewhowillbereadingyourpoetryanalysisessay（yourtargetaudienceorTG）

Communicatingwithyourreaderisthekeytowritingpoetryanalysisessaybecausesomeonewhoisreadingyouranalysisessaywillmostsurelybethesamepersonwhowouldnothaveunderstoodthedeepmeaningofthepoem.Asaresultofwhich,areadermightbesearchingfordifferentshadesofmeaningofthepoeminyouressayandyouneedtokeepinmindwhetheryouranalysisisunidirectional,bidirectionalormultidirectionalinnature.

Usually,differentreaderswillhavedifferentresponsestothepoeticcommunicationinapoemwhichiswhyitisalwaysrecommendedthatapoetryanalysisessayiswritteninamulti-directionalpointofviewsothatyoucantargetthemassaudience.Butifyouaresureaboutyourtargetaudienceandyouknowthethoughtprocessofthatthetargetaudiencethenyoucantaketheriskofwritingyourpoetryanalysisessayinaunidirectionalnature.Butifyouarewritingapoetryanalysisessayforyourschoolassignmentorcollegeproject,thenyouranalysisofthepoemshouldbeasneutralaspossiblewithoutimposingyourownperceptionsontheanalysisofthepoem.

HowtoStartaPoetryAnalysisEssay?

Beforeyougoontostartwritingapoetryanalysisessayyouneedtounderstandhowtochoosethepoemwhichyouaregoingtoanalysebecausenoteverytopiconthefaceoftheplanetmightbeyourforte.

Oneneedstoalwayskeepinmindthatnoteverypoemcanbeanalysedfromthesamepointofyouandhenceyouneedtobesurewhatyourstrongfootis.Becausepoemscanbewrittenonvarioustopicsrangingfrompoliticstosatiretofreeverse.Ifyouorsomeonewhoisintoanarrative,dramaticandlyricalpoemsthenyouneedtostartwritingoranalysingsearchpointstowriteaneffectiveessay.Writingananalysisforfreeversearticleessaycanbeverydifferentfromwritinganalysisforanarrativeessayandoneneedstokeepinmindthedifferentformatsandtoneoftheessaysdependingonthetypesofthepoemthatweareanalysing.

Someofthemostcommontypesofpoemsthatyou’llfindareasonnet,haiku,freeverse,villanelle,limerickandacrostic.Itgoeswithoutsayingthattowriteagoodpoetryanalysisessayoneneedstothoroughlyreadthepoem.Thepoeminquestionmightbea5linepoemfora20linepoembutweshouldalwaysreaditthoroughlyandwhenIsaythoroughlyitmeansreadingbetweenthelinesandunderstandingeachandeverywordandtheobjectivebehindwritingthatwordinthewholeschemeofthings.PoemsbywriterslikeFrostBryantorDickinsonwillhavedeepnotesandmeaningsbetweeneachwordandhencethereasonbehindusingthoseparticularwordsinthoseparticularsituationsorparagraphsofthepoemisimportanttoanalysethepoemthoroughlyandgiveameaningfulconclusioninyourpoetryanalysis.

Onceyouhavereadthepoemthoroughlythenwritedowntwoorthreeobjectivesofyourpoetryanalysisessayandthetargetaudiencethatyouaretargetingtoasdiscussedabove.Onceyouaredonewithreadingthepoem,gettingyourobjectivestraightandhavingclarityaboutyourtargetaudience,nowisthetimethatyouputupyourpointofviewsandalongwithyouneedtoputuppiecesofevidenceanddiscussionsthatsupportyourpointofview.

Don’tstraightawaystartwritingyourpointofviewsinanessay.Beforeevenstartingyourpoetryanalysisamakenotesforyourselfwitheitherflowchartorbulletinpointsaboutalltheargumentsthatyouwouldliketoputintheessayandthesupportingevidenceforthesamealongwithadditionalcommentsorcharacteranalysisintheparticularessaythatyoumightthinkisimportantforthethoroughanalysisofthepoem.Thesestickynotesareonlyforyourselfsothatyoucankeeptrackofthedirectioninwhichyouressayisheadedtowards.

PatternofPoetryAnalysisEssay

Onceyouhavewrittendownalltheargumentsandthesupportingfactsthatyouwouldliketoputinthebodyoftheessay,nowstructurizeyouressayandprepareaproperorganisationalchart.Thereisnooneparticularformatforpoetryanalysisessaybutthesafeststructurewouldbeintroduction,bodyandconclusion.

Intheintroductionpartofyouressay,assumethatthepersonreadingyouressayisnotatallfamiliarwiththeauthororpoemorthewholecontextofpoetryanalysisandhencemakesuretogettheattentionofthereaderrightinthebeginningofyouressay.Avoidusingtoomanypoeticjargonsinyourintroductionbecauseyourtargetaudiencewillmostprobablybesomeonewhoisnotliteraturesensitiveandhenceitisalwayssafetokeeptheenglishandyourvocabularyassimpleaspossible.Theintroductioncanbeanywherebetweenhundredto150wordsdependingonthetypeofessayandyourtargetaudiencebutnevermixtheanalysispartofyouressayintheintroduction.Alwaysrememberthattheintroductionpartshouldgiveasubtlehighlightofthepoemandtheanalysisthatistocomefurther.

Thebodyoftheessayisthecruxoftheessayandhereiswhereyouwillbestatingyourarguments,pointsofviews,opinionsofthewriterandyoursalongwithsupportingnotesofevidenceandfactsthatyouhavefoundoutwithinthepoem.Asmentionedearlier,makesurethatthebodyoftheessayismulti-directionalanddon’tconfineyourselftojustonepointofview.Whilereadingandanalysingtheessayputyourselfintheshoesofpeoplefromdifferentwalksoflifeandstartthinkingalongtheirtrainofthoughtsothatyoumightcomeupwiththedifferentpointofviewsandanglesforthesamepoemthatyouareanalysing.Thebodyoftheessaycanbeanywherebetween500to800wordsbutmakesureit’scrispandeasytoread.

Writetheentireessayinthethirdperson’sviewpointornarrationsothatreadershavingadifferentpointofviewscaneasilysynchronisetheirthoughtprocesswithyourownthoughtprocesswhichshouldbeinmulti-directionalnature.

TipsandTrickstoWriteaPoetryAnalysis

Whilewehavecoveredthefundamentalsofwritingapoetryanalysisessayintheaboveparagraphs,thefollowingpointswillhelpyoutotacklecertainnuancesinwritingpoetryanalysisessaysothatyoucangainattentionandimpressyourreaders.

Makesuretheanalysisofthepoemisdonebasedonthecharactersactualandfigurativethatarepresentinthepoembecauseifcharacteranalysisisdonewithinthepoetryanalysisoftheessaythenitiseasyforthereadertounderstandthepoem.

Avoidbeingone-directionalinanalysingyouressaybecauseyourreadermightnotsharethesamethoughtprocessasyoursandhencebeasneutralaspossibleandkeepyourfavourite-ismsandbiasesasidewhilewritingapoetryanalysisessay.

Makesureyouusesimplelanguagetodescribeyouressaybecausetheobjectiveofyouressayistomakeyourreaderunderstandthepoemandnottomakehimorhermoreconfused.

Analysisofthepoemshouldbewrittensuchthatthereaderafterreadingessaywillgobacktothepoemandreaditonceandunderstanditinoneshot.

Ifyouarewritingapoetryanalysisessayforyourschoolassignmentsandprojectworks,makesuretoincludeflowchartsandbulletpointstohighlighthoweveryaspectofthepoemislinkedtooneanothertoultimatelyleadtotheconclusion.Understandingthechronologyisthemostimportantparthere.

Nevermakethemistakeofwritingyourpoetryanalysisessayfromthepointofviewofthepoet.Whichmeansthattheessayshouldbewrittenfromthird-person’spointofviewsothatthetoneandtextureoftheessayarekeptasneutralaspossible.

Theobjectiveoftheessayshouldbeclearlystatedintheintroductionpartitselfsothatthereaderhastheoptionwhethertocontinuereadingyouressayornotandhencetoachievethis,theobjectiveshouldbeasgeneralizedaspossible.Butifyouaretargetinganicheaudiencethenmakesureyourobjectiveisconfinedandputintotherequiredsilosothatyouressayistargetedonlyatyouraudience.

Makesureeachparagraphdoesnotcontainmorethan5to6linesbecauseyouressayshouldbeasclutter-freeaspossiblesothatitisvisuallypleasingforthereadertoreaditagainandagain.

Giventheamountofanalysisthatonemightfindonthesamepoemintheinternetandvariousbooks,makesureyouressaysstandoutfromthecrowdrightfromitsobjectivetosupportingargumentsandtheconclusionpart.