Speech to young HMH

Speech to young HMH

Genre Elements: Poetry

purpose of poetry is to convey the poet’s feelings about a topic or experience. A free verse poem does not follow a specific rhyming pattern or metrical form. It does, however, use other elements of poetry, such as line breaks, repetition, rhythm, and alliteration

Selection Summary

The poet exhorts the reader to ignore the naysayers and keep pushing forward. Justice will prevail in the end. Live for the experience of personal growth and for fighting for what is right

Spanish

El poeta exhorta al lector a que

ignore a los negativistas y a seguir

adelante. La justicia prevalecerá

al final. Vive por la experiencia

del crecimiento personal y para

luchar por lo que es justo.

BACKGROUND

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) published more than twenty books of poetry and several books of prose. Her writing portrays African Americans in daily life and relies on a number of poetic devices and forms. In 1950, for her book of poetry Annie Allen, she became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize. The longtime Chicago resident became Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968. In 1985, she became the first African American woman to become Poet Laureate of the United States.

Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-TowardPoem by Gwendolyn Brooks

SETTING A PURPOSEAs you read, pay attention to repeated words and sounds and think about how they add to the meaning of the poem. Note the effect of Brooks’ use of line breaks and line length to create rhythm and emphasis.

Say to them,

say to the down-keepers,

the sun-slappers,

the self-soilers,

Information Note :

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN??

 AUTHOR'S PURPOSE AND THEME? 

Theme is the message from the story and authors purpose is the reason for the story!

Author's Purpose: Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, or Describe.

Theme refers to the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. It is the basic idea of the story; what the author is really trying to say; what the author wants the reader to get out of the written work. A theme may be stated or implied.

Open Ended

MAKE INFERENCES ABOUT THEME AND AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

Annotate: Highlight the quotation in the poem.

Infer: Why do you think these lines are in quotes, and what is the meaning of these lines?

the harmony-hushers,

“Even if you are not ready for day

it cannot always be night.”

You will be right.

For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.

Live not for the-end-of-the-song.

Live in the along

Information Note

What is meter and structure?

Meter is used to give poems a structured, rhythmic sound and melodic quality. 

Structural elements in poetry refer to the way the words are arranged on a page. This includes line breaks and stanzas. It can also refer to the form of a poem, or the specific style it is written in.

Open Ended

ANALYZE THE EFFECTS OF METER AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

Annotate: Highlight lines in the poem that give direct advice.

Analyze: How do these lines contribute to the rhythm of the poem?

Multiple Choice

Live not for battles won.

Live not for the-end-of-the-song.

Live in the along

The repetition of the word Live in the second stanza emphasizes the author’s message about —

• F being brave in the face of danger

• G being present and aware during one’s life

• H being awake during the day, not at night

• J being ready for the next competition

Multiple Choice

Which phrase describes the poem’s message?

• A advice from the speaker

• B correction for the reader

• C sadness from the speaker

• D insulting for the reader

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