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Synthesizing your Understanding
Now that you have read the sonnet three times and studied its vocabulary and sentences, work with your classmates and your teacher to synthesize your understanding by exploring poem using the elements of TP-CASTT. You have used TP-CASTT before with poetry. This will allow you to consider elements of the poem to help you to understand the overall message that the poet is trying to communicate.
Understanding Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, and Theme
Paraphrase: Rewrite the content of the sonnet in your own words. Use the space
below to record your ideas.
Connotation: The connotation of a word can be defined as the meaning that word carries beyond the literal. In poetry, connotation can be communicated in a variety of ways. Discuss the connotations or associations of the imagery, figures of speech (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism), and diction, when examining connotation.
Attitude: The attitude of a piece of literature is identified by its tone. Each tone expresses the emotion that a speaker or writer wants to communicate about a subject. It is common for works of literature, including poetry, to involve more than one attitude, which can be demonstrated by shifts in tone.
What attitude(s) of the speaker can you identify in the sonnet? What evidence helps you identify this/these attitude(s)?
Theme: A theme in any work of literature can be described as an idea about or a perspective on the topic that the speaker or writer wants to communicate to the audience.
What theme(s) can you identify in the sonnet? What evidence helps you identify this/these theme(s)?
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