Hi everyone, today’s podcast is a little different in that it has matching images. A lot of students have been saying that they are struggling with annotating poetry, so this is a step by step guide on how to do that using Gerard Manly Hopkins’ poem God’s Grandeur as a sample. We would love to see a few more positive comments if you are listening to these podcasts and finding them useful – they are nice to read and encourage us to continue going.
STEP 1: Read the poem
STEP 2: Understanding purpose and audience
STEP 3: Understanding form and structure
STEP 4: Understanding voice and persona
STEP 5: Understanding mood and tone
STEP 6: Understanding key thematic concerns
STEP 7: Understanding the language
Image from page 22 of “The year’s at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry” (1920)
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