https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder Are you trying to read a poem, but are feeling stuck on where to start? Well, you're in luck! Hopefully this poem decoder ring will provide you with a few good techniques to get you started on analyzing you poem! Here is the link to my original poem decoder: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jafoNEYxmvafmhVA4ckkZU_G18Gv4vtTRrV8LLAk_HA/edit?usp=sharing Here is the link to the video I built my decoder from by Miriam Greenberg: https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1506778/files/80865914?module_item_id=16244856 en-us 2021-08-16 04:48:21 UTC 2021-08-16 05:39:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679949605 The first step is to know where to start! There are no right or wrong ways to start analyzing a poem. Which ever pathway you choose will lead you one step closer to learning more about you poem :) ]]> 2021-08-16 04:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679949605 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679951690 2021-08-16 04:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679951690 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679952305 2021-08-16 04:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679952305 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679954622 What are the larger political or cultural issues within the context of this poem? Answering this question can help you learn about why the poem may have been written, and who the author is aiming the audience to be. Additionally, you get to learn the backbone of this poem and what the author may have been experiencing themselves. The poem becomes a little gateway to the past, and it can say a lot about who even the author was themself!]]> 2021-08-16 04:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679954622 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679956670 Who is the author themself? What is THEIR history? Why may they have been motivated to write this poem? What were the circumstances of their youth, where did they grow up? All of these questions can help you learn more about the poem because the author has a large influence over the tone and topic of the poem. Knowing more about the author lets you know more about the poem :)]]> 2021-08-16 05:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679956670 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679958736 Well, who was it written for? Do you think it was written for a certain age demographic? Was it written only to a certain religion? Was it written to a group of people in a certain time? Just like new trends and memes are understood by the younger generation, poems are understood better when you know who they've been written for! ]]> 2021-08-16 05:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679958736 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679960989 What is the actual story that is going on in the poem? What is the heart of the poem? If you could paraphrase every stanza to make it more simple, how would you say the story? Every poem has a larger story, and finding it can definitely help bring context to the rest of the poem!]]> 2021-08-16 05:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679960989 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679970334 Who is speaking the poem? Remember, the narrator and the author are not always the same person! What is the tone of the narrator? Are they sad? Are they happy? Are they excited? What is their voice like? Are they assertive? Maybe worried? Finding the narrator and their voice helps bring the poem to life because we get to find who is telling the story you are reading. ]]> 2021-08-16 05:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679970334 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679972881 Overall, how is this poem functioning? How does the poem want us to understand it? What does the poem ask us to do? Is it straightforward, or is it confusing? Spending some time thinking about this can bring you closer to the narrator and the author as you try to figure out why the poem is the way it is. ]]> 2021-08-16 05:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679972881 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679975529 Congrats, you now know a little more about the inner and outer workings of this poem! Now we can get more into thinking about what the poem actually is trying to say, and how it's saying it too!]]> 2021-08-16 05:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679975529 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679978595
Where does this poem take place physically? Is it set in a park? Are there more people there besides the narrator? How long has the narrator been there? Answering these questions will let you know where the poem wants you to go to, and why it's taking place there. Also, sometimes poems have reoccurring images that are found throughout the poem. If it repeats, then there must be something significant the author wants you to pay close attention to!]]> 2021-08-16 05:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679978595 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679980326 Similar to the setting of the poem, it may also have a reoccurring theme as well. Is there a topic that keeps coming up? Or maybe a metaphor or simile that seems really important. Paying close attention to these two things can help you learn about what the author wants you to see. ]]> 2021-08-16 05:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679980326 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679981806 Are there any people or animals that are important to the poem? Does the narrator interact with them, or only tell you about them. Relationships and relationship dynamics are important to poems, so pay close attention to who the author keeps inside the poem!]]> 2021-08-16 05:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679981806 anamahmed1229 https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679984032 This is actually a very large category, which can be examined through the metaphors, similes, physical structure, diction, rhyme scheme, and etc. of a poem. Every author has a specific method of writing and composing this poem. What makes it unique? ]]> 2021-08-16 05:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/anamahmed1229/poemdecoder/wish/1679984032