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,Table of Contents
The Sun Rising (Annotated) ......................................................................................................... 4
The Sun Rising (Blank) ................................................................................................................ 5
Ozymandias (Annotated) ............................................................................................................ 6
Ozymandias (Blank) ................................................................................................................... 7
Remember (Annotated) .............................................................................................................. 8
Remember (Blank) ..................................................................................................................... 9
NAMAQUALAND AFTER RAIN (Annotated) ..................................................................................10
NAMAQUALAND AFTER RAIN (Blank) .........................................................................................12
Mirror (Annotated) .....................................................................................................................14
Mirror (Blank) ............................................................................................................................15
Strangers Forever (Annotated)...................................................................................................16
Strangers Forever (Blank) ..........................................................................................................17
For Oom Piet (Annotated) ..........................................................................................................18
For Oom Piet (Blank) .................................................................................................................19
The Herb Garden (Annotated) ....................................................................................................20
The Herb Garden (Blank) ...........................................................................................................21
These Fought in Any Case (Annotated).......................................................................................22
These Fought in Any Case (Blank) ..............................................................................................23
Constantly Risking Absurdity (Annotated) .................................................................................24
Constantly Risking Absurdity (Blank) .........................................................................................25
Ulysses (Annotated) ..................................................................................................................26
Ulysses (Blank) .........................................................................................................................29
Crossing Over (Annotated) ........................................................................................................32
Crossing Over (Blank) ................................................................................................................34
Superstition (Annotated) ...........................................................................................................36
Superstition (Blank)...................................................................................................................37
Trespasser (Annotated) .............................................................................................................38
Trespasser (Blank) ....................................................................................................................40
Stealing (Annotated) .................................................................................................................42
Stealing (Blank) ........................................................................................................................43
The Poet (Annotated) ................................................................................................................44
The Poet (Blank) .......................................................................................................................45
1. FIGURES OF SPEECH (STYLISTIC DEVICES) ............................................................................46
A. Comparison Figures ......................................................................................................................................... 46
B. Sound Devices .................................................................................................................................................. 46
C. Structural Figures ............................................................................................................................................. 46
D. Emphasis & Contrast ....................................................................................................................................... 46
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, E. Meaning & Imagery ........................................................................................................................................... 47
2. POETRY ANALYSIS CONCEPTS (WHAT IEB EXPECTS YOU TO DISCUSS)..................................47
A. Tone ............................................................................................................................................ 47
B. Mood ........................................................................................................................................... 48
C. Diction ......................................................................................................................................... 48
D. Register ....................................................................................................................................... 48
E. Style............................................................................................................................................. 48
F. Themes ........................................................................................................................................ 48
G. Message / Meaning ..................................................................................................................... 49
3. POETRY STRUCTURE ELEMENTS (IEB OFTEN ASKS THESE) .....................................................49
A. Speaker vs Poet .......................................................................................................................... 49
B. Form ............................................................................................................................................ 49
C. Stanza Types ............................................................................................................................... 50
D. Rhyme Scheme ........................................................................................................................... 50
E. Punctuation ................................................................................................................................. 50
4. HOW TO ANSWER AN IEB POETRY ANALYSIS QUESTION ........................................................50
3
, s ie sti structure
Ii niiaii
esiengtinnimiinthiiets
ifeng.ie ine
30Lines
The Sun Rising (Annotated) 3 stanzas
sunblamingitfor
LyricPoem
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, oThespeakerisangrilyaddressingthe RhymeScheme
disturbinghim andhis l over
ACD CDEE
Why dost thou thus, Hemocksthesun'sauthorityandargues thatloveis ABB
controlled time
not by Enjambment Frequent
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? season orsocialschedule
Conversational creates
Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? argumentative ow
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Egggieseen iii foolish
Loversvsschoolboysworkersand
Late schoolboys, and sour prentices, kings
Juneaositions
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride, loveis superior toduty
outsidetimeand
Call country ants to harvest offices, Meaninglikelyexamined loveexists
socialrules
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime,
Muthor Ragsof timesuggeststimeis
a
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time. insignificantandwornout
Thy beams, so reverend and strong butchooses
Theselects teswthatshe.cilpsetpgneisthrs.un
Why shouldst thou think?
Heclaimsthatalltheworld'srichesandrulersare contained intheirbed
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink, Hyperboleexaggerateshispowerbycontrolling aneclipse
But that I would not lose her sight so long: boththindias
Metaphysical ConceitTheloversbedcontains
If her eyes have not blinded thine, alltheirwealth
Look, and tomorrow late, tell me To sightreinforcetheidea
of loveoutshining
EmeryEggs light
Whether both the'Indias of spice and mine
tolovers
To
Be where thou leftst them, or lie here with me. Ironykingsarereducedtonothingcompared
Ask for those kings whom thou saw'st yesterday, DandeeaminedPeng inaisolitical
And thou shalt hear: "All here in one bed lay." orMaterialpower
She'is all states, and all princes I, v Thespeakerdeclaresthathisloverrepresentsallnationsandhe
i Nothing else is. Thesunisfinally
representsallrulers
becomesthecentreofthe universe
givenaroletowarmtheloverstheirbed
Princes do but play us; compar'd to this,
Suggestswordlyrichesarefake
All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy.we
universe
Thou, sun, art half as happy'as we, Thebedisthecentreofthe
ffe
In that the world's contracted thus;JEmfgdgd.fm on mockingto triumphant
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be completeself
minedlovecreates a
To warm the world, that's done in warming us. glith Bff Is
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere; Fifetanscends
This bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere. Pseginocking persuasive
tongerErelatingYt's
ownuniverse
Love
Tafia EE tEsiatiggtsbutintellectual 4
L satierity Eg.fiEnntative
,Table of Contents
The Sun Rising (Annotated) ......................................................................................................... 4
The Sun Rising (Blank) ................................................................................................................ 5
Ozymandias (Annotated) ............................................................................................................ 6
Ozymandias (Blank) ................................................................................................................... 7
Remember (Annotated) .............................................................................................................. 8
Remember (Blank) ..................................................................................................................... 9
NAMAQUALAND AFTER RAIN (Annotated) ..................................................................................10
NAMAQUALAND AFTER RAIN (Blank) .........................................................................................12
Mirror (Annotated) .....................................................................................................................14
Mirror (Blank) ............................................................................................................................15
Strangers Forever (Annotated)...................................................................................................16
Strangers Forever (Blank) ..........................................................................................................17
For Oom Piet (Annotated) ..........................................................................................................18
For Oom Piet (Blank) .................................................................................................................19
The Herb Garden (Annotated) ....................................................................................................20
The Herb Garden (Blank) ...........................................................................................................21
These Fought in Any Case (Annotated).......................................................................................22
These Fought in Any Case (Blank) ..............................................................................................23
Constantly Risking Absurdity (Annotated) .................................................................................24
Constantly Risking Absurdity (Blank) .........................................................................................25
Ulysses (Annotated) ..................................................................................................................26
Ulysses (Blank) .........................................................................................................................29
Crossing Over (Annotated) ........................................................................................................32
Crossing Over (Blank) ................................................................................................................34
Superstition (Annotated) ...........................................................................................................36
Superstition (Blank)...................................................................................................................37
Trespasser (Annotated) .............................................................................................................38
Trespasser (Blank) ....................................................................................................................40
Stealing (Annotated) .................................................................................................................42
Stealing (Blank) ........................................................................................................................43
The Poet (Annotated) ................................................................................................................44
The Poet (Blank) .......................................................................................................................45
1. FIGURES OF SPEECH (STYLISTIC DEVICES) ............................................................................46
A. Comparison Figures ......................................................................................................................................... 46
B. Sound Devices .................................................................................................................................................. 46
C. Structural Figures ............................................................................................................................................. 46
D. Emphasis & Contrast ....................................................................................................................................... 46
2
, E. Meaning & Imagery ........................................................................................................................................... 47
2. POETRY ANALYSIS CONCEPTS (WHAT IEB EXPECTS YOU TO DISCUSS)..................................47
A. Tone ............................................................................................................................................ 47
B. Mood ........................................................................................................................................... 48
C. Diction ......................................................................................................................................... 48
D. Register ....................................................................................................................................... 48
E. Style............................................................................................................................................. 48
F. Themes ........................................................................................................................................ 48
G. Message / Meaning ..................................................................................................................... 49
3. POETRY STRUCTURE ELEMENTS (IEB OFTEN ASKS THESE) .....................................................49
A. Speaker vs Poet .......................................................................................................................... 49
B. Form ............................................................................................................................................ 49
C. Stanza Types ............................................................................................................................... 50
D. Rhyme Scheme ........................................................................................................................... 50
E. Punctuation ................................................................................................................................. 50
4. HOW TO ANSWER AN IEB POETRY ANALYSIS QUESTION ........................................................50
3
, s ie sti structure
Ii niiaii
esiengtinnimiinthiiets
ifeng.ie ine
30Lines
The Sun Rising (Annotated) 3 stanzas
sunblamingitfor
LyricPoem
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, oThespeakerisangrilyaddressingthe RhymeScheme
disturbinghim andhis l over
ACD CDEE
Why dost thou thus, Hemocksthesun'sauthorityandargues thatloveis ABB
controlled time
not by Enjambment Frequent
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? season orsocialschedule
Conversational creates
Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? argumentative ow
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Egggieseen iii foolish
Loversvsschoolboysworkersand
Late schoolboys, and sour prentices, kings
Juneaositions
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride, loveis superior toduty
outsidetimeand
Call country ants to harvest offices, Meaninglikelyexamined loveexists
socialrules
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime,
Muthor Ragsof timesuggeststimeis
a
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time. insignificantandwornout
Thy beams, so reverend and strong butchooses
Theselects teswthatshe.cilpsetpgneisthrs.un
Why shouldst thou think?
Heclaimsthatalltheworld'srichesandrulersare contained intheirbed
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink, Hyperboleexaggerateshispowerbycontrolling aneclipse
But that I would not lose her sight so long: boththindias
Metaphysical ConceitTheloversbedcontains
If her eyes have not blinded thine, alltheirwealth
Look, and tomorrow late, tell me To sightreinforcetheidea
of loveoutshining
EmeryEggs light
Whether both the'Indias of spice and mine
tolovers
To
Be where thou leftst them, or lie here with me. Ironykingsarereducedtonothingcompared
Ask for those kings whom thou saw'st yesterday, DandeeaminedPeng inaisolitical
And thou shalt hear: "All here in one bed lay." orMaterialpower
She'is all states, and all princes I, v Thespeakerdeclaresthathisloverrepresentsallnationsandhe
i Nothing else is. Thesunisfinally
representsallrulers
becomesthecentreofthe universe
givenaroletowarmtheloverstheirbed
Princes do but play us; compar'd to this,
Suggestswordlyrichesarefake
All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy.we
universe
Thou, sun, art half as happy'as we, Thebedisthecentreofthe
ffe
In that the world's contracted thus;JEmfgdgd.fm on mockingto triumphant
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be completeself
minedlovecreates a
To warm the world, that's done in warming us. glith Bff Is
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere; Fifetanscends
This bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere. Pseginocking persuasive
tongerErelatingYt's
ownuniverse
Love
Tafia EE tEsiatiggtsbutintellectual 4
L satierity Eg.fiEnntative
