Part One Poetry
1. Reading a Poem
The Lake Isle of Innisfree (1892)
Lyric Poetry
A Red, Red Rose (1796)
Narrative Poetry
"Out, Out--" (1916)
Dramatic Poetry
My Last Duchess (1842)
【Reading Critically】 Can a Poem Be Paraphrased
2. Listening to a Voice
Tone
To a Locomotive in Winter (1881)
I Like to See It Lap the Miles (About 1862)
The Person in the Poem
Hawk Roosting (1960)
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (1807)
Irony
The Chimney Sweeper (1789)
【Reading Critically】 Paying Attention to the Obvious
3. Words
Literal Meaning
This Is Just to Say (1934)
Sonnet18 (1609)
Aftermath (1873)
Allusion
Connotations
London (1794)
Fire and Ice (1923)
Break, Break, Break (1842)
【Reading Critically】 The Ways a Poem Suggests
4. Imagery and Symbol
In a Station of the Metro (1916)
Analyzing Images
The Winter Evening Settles Down (1917)
She Walks in Beauty (1815)
Spring and All (1923)
The Red Wheelbarrow (1923)
Dreams (About1932)
Symbol
The Lightning Is a Yellow Fork (About 1870)
Allegory
Anecdote of the Jar (1923)
The Road Not Taken (1916)
Poem (1934)
Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast as Thou Art 1819)
【Reading Critically】 How to Read a Symbol
5. Figures of Speech
Speaking Figuratively
The Eagle (1851)
