Poetry and artwork images
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The document discusses imagery in poetry and artwork. It asks students to analyze four classical paintings - Mona Lisa, Starry Night, The Birth of Venus, and The Lady of Shalott - by describing the images and comparing them to images in poems. Students are then instructed to choose a classical painting, insert it into an MLA formatted document, and provide a bulleted list analyzing the imagery, mood, metaphors, symbols, and patterns in the painting. An example analysis is given.
Poetry and artwork images
- 1. Poetry and Artwork- Images English 9 K.Shimabukuro
- 2. Imagery Words that create images/pictures in your head For each of the following paintings, write what the images are- describe what you see in detail How are the images in these paintings similar to the images “seen” in poems?
- 3. Mona Lisa
- 4. Starry Night
- 5. The Birth of Venus
- 6. The Lady of Shalott
- 7. Imagery Assignment Open the MLA formatted document Find a classical painting Copy it onto the document In a bulleted list: Identify the imagery Identify the mood Identify any metaphors Identify any symbols Identify any patterns
- 8. Example: Imagery: there are four melted clocks shown in the desert with a bare, dead tree Mood: the yellow makes it seem as though it’s cheerful, and the blue is calm Metaphor: none Symbols: the clocks represent time, the desert seems to represent isolation Patterns: there are three clocks and the sky is divided from the dark foreground