Sunday, April 1, 2012

Helpful blogs: 1, 2 &3...

1.  http://amrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/ Alex McKinney

2. http://ckrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/ Cody Kiniry

3. http://yjrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/ Yunjoo Lee

Concerning Sophie's World

A hearty "thank you" to my well-spoken little halfling!

Remix the textbook


Sonnet 69 by Pablo Neruda

Dramatic Situation: 
  • The sonnet is a lover communicating to their significant other how meaningless a life without  them would be. Also, how in love they are defined as individuals and as one, together. 
Structure: 
  • Sonnet, no rhymes. "'Without" repeated. 
Theme: 
  • Love for a person you cannot live without. 
Grammar/Meaning:
  • Commas used to separate similes and metaphors. 
Images/ Figures of Speech: 
  • sight is thet strongest sense acknowledged, figurative
  • personification
Important Words:
  • presence
  • since
  • will be
  • maybe
Tone: 
  • infatuation, romance "twitterpated"
Literary Devices: 
  • similes and metaphors
Prosody: 
  • no rhyming, two stanzas