The Dawn’s Awake

Otto L. Bohanan
Vocabulary
Line- in poetry represents a sentence or clause in poetry

Stanza- a group or set of lines in a poem, followed by a line break

Line break- is a pause in a poem that carries the theme to the next line

Rhyme- rhyming of words or phrases at the end of a line of poetry

Rhyme pattern- AABBCC (rhythm) cadence beat sound

Repetition- the repeating of words or phrase within a poem to emphasize its meaning

Tone- author’s attitude( emotions) Mood- reader’s (you) emotions

Couplet -2 rhyming lines in a row Lyric- poetry that reveals emotion

Narrative- poetry that tells a story concrete- poetry shaped like the theme
Renaissance

The cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from

roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the
seventeenth centuries, based on the rediscovery
of the literature of Greece and Rome. ...
Renaissance means “rebirth” or “reawakening.”
Harlem Renaissance
A cultural movement in 1920s
America during which black art,
literature,and music experienced
renewal and growth, originating
in New York City's Harlem
district; also called Black
Renaissance
Close Reading

Read the first time for the flow of the text

Signal-When you are done place your head on your desk to
show that you’re done
Vocabulary

Second read- Circle any vocabulary that you

don’t know and write it on your index card
Signal- pencils down when you are done.
Setting

What is the setting of the poem?

How do you know?
What words guide you to this conclusion?
Sensory Language
How is sensory language
used to describe the color
of the sky in the first
stanza?

What color is represented?

What line?
Sensory Language
How is sensory language used throughout the first stanza?

In line ____ the word ____ allows me to (see, hear, smell, taste, feel) _____
Figurative Language
Define:

Metaphor, Personification

Locate example of each within stanza 1

Line ___ is a metaphor because

Line ___ shows personification by______

Figurative Language
Define : Hyperbole and personification

Locate examples in Stanza 2

Line ____ uses personification because

Line _____ is exaggeration because _____

Summary
Retell each stanza in your own words

Turn and Talk to your elbow partner. Be prepared to explain

your ideas.

Signal Stand up when you are complete

Tone
How does the tone change from stanza 1 to stanza 2?

What words lead you to this decision?

The word _____ in line _____ makes me feel that the author____

And in Stanza 2

The word_____
How does the title relate to
the poem?

Explain the metaphor of the

Harlem Renaissance and
the title?
Read stanzas 12-15 what mood
do they create? Explain your
answer.
Repetition, Rhythm
How does repetition play a
role in the rhythm of the
poem?