IN CLASS TODAY: AS Learning TPcast Chart- William Carlos William's Poem : SPRING AND ALL
Spring and All by William Carlos Williams (USA. 1883-1963)
Use the TPCAST Analytical System to analyze Williams' poem. HINT: Williams was also a practising medical doctor. **You can do it in Chart/Point Form
Create a Chart for TPCAST analysis of the poem. Use headings for each of the Tpcast Elements
1. TITLE: write your opinion about it;
2. PARAPHRASE: select five new words and phrases used in the poem that you don't know and rewrite them using your own words.
3. CONNOTATION: what words and phrases in the poem have meanings beyond their literal meaning? One example in the poem is the phrase: sluggish / dazed spring approaches. The adjectives "sluggish" and "dazed" give human qualities to the Spring which is coming. Spring is made to seem like a human being bringing warmth and light to the dead winter scene. It is also a shift in the weather and therefore a shift in the tone. We can all agree that the Springtime is positive and healing for everyone. Notice that I have also "paraphrased" the lines from the poem by putting the phrase into my own words:
Spring is a human being bringing warmth and light to the dead winter scene.4. ATTITUDE write your impression of the feeling and tone of the poem.
5. SHIFT locate at least one physical and one emotional/tone change.
6.THEME: write your interpretation of the poet's intention and meaning.
In total you should be writing at least 150-200 words in several paragraph forms. Double space, 12pt text, save as PDF file and post to Moodle below.