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Great Expectations Preparedness Fair Discussion Proactiveness -centred treatment Phones Self- Fun and management fruitful Phood
Who is your tutor?! This term, we’ll swim in the basics of analysing unseen poetry :) FAQs We start both Measure for Measure (P1) and Woman in Mind (P3) in Term 2. Start reading!
Your turn. attributes names nouns adjectives places e ff ect things qualities on others actions manner verbs adverbs being frequency intensity feelings
Imagery These Fruit Fruit Those personification Figurative language similes metaphors
a n i m a g e i s a mental picture e v o k e d b y a w o r d o r s e t o f w o r d s typically a concrete noun, a tangible object though verbs can also be tagged to images
a m e t a p h o r i s a n image t h a t r e p r e s e n t s a n o t h e r o b j e c t o r i d e a ‘strange fruit’ is an image and a metaphor , because it represents something else. ‘black bodies’ is an image. if you decide that it represents an entire race, then it is a metaphor.
Strange Fruit this slide has close to nothing to do with the actual poem
As We Read Note down the ideas that come to mind at first! Highlight the images (adjective+noun, noun, noun phrase) Underline the accompanying verbs, if any e.g. ‘apple of my eye’
Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. pastoral: of country life Pastoral scene of the gallant south, gallant: grand, impressive The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Activity Gather in groups of four Discuss what you think the poem is really about Agree on the method that supports this one idea: label the ‘method’, select a group of images, decide on their e ff ects Start thinking about the purpose if time allows
Southern trees bear a strange fruit , Blood on the leaves and blood at the root , Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze , Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees .
Pastoral scene of the gallant south , The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth , Scent of magnolias , sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop .
imagery t h e f i v e s e n s e s o f auditory olfactory visual gustatory kinaesthetic 33
imagery b y s u b j e c t m a t t e r nature corporeal flora natural (i.e. body parts, blood) elements (trees, flowers, crops)
imagery b y i t s e f f e c t s beautiful violent gruesome horrifying destruction tranquil
E ff ects I N T E R N A L E F F E CT S What qualities come to mind, in general? And in the context of slavery and racism? E X T E R N A L E F F E CT S What is your reaction to these images?
Warning Warning Warning Warning Real Imagery Ahead
Context
Purpose Based on the internal e ff ects (e.g. gruesome) or the e ff ects on the reader (e.g. disturbing), Consider what the poem is trying to say or ‘do’ about the practice of lynching, or racial terror in the American South Just why does the poem adopt the method you have identified and its likely e ff ects?
Write! Write a paragraph with the W-H-Y structure (see Multiverse p12 and p132, or your lecture notes!) Submit it during the first tutorial next week
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