Villanelle Analysis Literary Elements
Grade 12th Grade · ELA · 45 min· Evidence And Commentary
What's Included
Learning Objective
I can analyze a villanelle to explain how literary elements and author artistry create meaning.
Warm-Up Video
Garden of English · 7:27
WAIT! Before You Read ANY Poem, Do THIS!
Guided Notes
3 key concepts
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The first step in breaking down a prompt is to identify the tagline, which stands for title, author, and genre.
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Step two involves identifying any background information in the prompt that can help you understand why the poem was created or what is happening in the poem itself, such as the setting or context.
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The third step is to find the command in the prompt, which always starts with the word analyze or analyzes, and use this to create a "conquer question" focusing on what you can't know until you read the poem.
Practice Questions
9 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Analyze the following villanelle, explaining how literary elements and author artistry create meaning: Mad Girl’s Love Song BY SYLVIA PLATH “I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyelids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) The stars go waltzing out in blue and red, And মোblackbirds fly across the pane. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. (I think I made you up inside my head.) God topples from the sky, hell’s fires fade: Exit seraphim and Satan’s men: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I laughed and cried and you are born unsaid. I lift my eyelids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) You should have loved me, wretch! I might have made you. But now it is too late. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.)”
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