Cornell Notes for Perrine Poetry Ch 2: “What is Poetry?” Name: ______

AP Literature: Ms. Stacey Date: ______Pd: ______

DIRECTIONS: Use this guide to take notes AS YOU READ Perrine’s Poetry Ch 1 (pages 679-696). This should not be a scavenger hunt! Read the entire chapter, perhaps first, and then go back and complete this notes sheet. Be prepared to articulate these ideas in your own words and apply them! Remember: When you see a , the answer can be found in the book. When you see a ☻, it means you have to think and respond on your own, often making an inference or offering your opinion. For ease of reference (and since our pages are different), I have indicated location of ideas and quotes like this: (1:2), with the first number being the page of the chapter, and the second number being the paragraph on that page)

Cues and Questions / Notes
One of the ways Perrine suggests developing your poem-reading skills is by (1) reading the poem how many time? (1:1) Why?
What three texts does Perrine recommend having nearby when close-reading poetry? (1:2)
☻ What does Perrine mean when he recommends we “read so as to hear the sounds of the words in your mind”? (1:3)
While it’s obviously important to pay attention to a poem’s sound and rhythm, what should a reader be sure to determine upon first reading? (2:1)
Perrine offers three pieces of advice for reading a poem aloud. What are they, and how are they employed? (2:2)
☻ Pick out and describe one poetic device of stylistic technique employed by Hardy in his poem “The Man He Killed”. Why did this stand out to you? How did it help you enjoy / understand the poem?
Perrine recommends that to avoid or clarify misunderstandings, one basic first step in reading poems is to paraphrase it (3:1). What are the goals, as stated by Perrine, of such a paraphrase?
☻ Read Philip Larkin’s poem “A Study of Reading Habits” and attempt to paraphrase it BEFORE reading the sample paraphrase that follows (4:1-3). Jot your paraphrase of each stanza here, and then, compare the author’s paraphrase to your own:
According to Perrine (4:4), what makes up a “good” poem paraphrase?
What does Perrine then encourage you to look for, so that you may understand the inadequacy of that paraphrase?
What two questions does Perrine encourage us to ask (5:2) what analyzing a poem? Why are these questions so important?
How may knowledge of the poet’s life be valuable to readers? (5:3)
What is meant by referring to a poem as “dramatic”? (6:1-2)
☻Explain, in your own word’s, Perrine’s sense that the purpose of the poem is different from the purpose of the poet in writing the poem: (6:3)
☻Read the poem “Is my team plowing” by A. E. Housman and identify the poem’s speaker(s).
☻When Perrine instructs us to ask By what mean’s is a poem’s purpose achieved?, what is he encouraging us to consider? (8:1)