Reading Lesson 9: She Had Some Horses

Reading Lesson 9: She Had Some Horses

K: We will know what anaphora and metaphors are and how they are used in poetry.

U: We will understand the definition of anaphora and metaphor, and how to identify them in the poem.

B: We will be able to explain the meaning of examples of figurative language in the poem.

Today...

We will use textual detail as evidence for inferences about the poem's meaning. Let's Review our poem "She Had Some Horses".

Look at the second stanza.

Multiple Select

This poem has what type of poetry elements?

• anaphora

• metaphors

• rhyme

• dialogue

Open Ended

What did the metaphors in stanza 2 have in common?

Did you notice?

The remaining stanzas that the "horses who were" use the same kind of organizational pattern as in stanza 2, so that each characteristic in a stanza is connected to a common theme.

Read stanza 4 silently.

Multiple Choice

What did the horses in these lines do?

• danced

• talked

• screamed loud

• went to sleep

Open Ended

What do all those descriptions have in common?

Look Closely!

The second stanza listed what the horses were, and this fourth stanza lists what they did.

Get ready! Answer these questions about actions and figurative language in our poem.

Open Ended

What are some possible figurative meanings for "danced in their mother' arms"?

Open Ended

What are some possible figurative meanings for "thought they were the sun and their bodies shone and burned like stars"?

Open Ended

What are some possible figurative meanings for "waltzed nightly on the moon"?

Open Ended

What are some possible figurative meanings for "kept quiet in stalls of their own making"?

Let's Read

We will take a look at the final 3 lines of the poem.

Read the last 3 lines of the poem.

Open Ended

How can you love and hate something at the same time?

Open Ended

When might a person feel conflicted?

Conflicted- having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings