Unit-Two-Poetry-2.2Speaker-&Tone

2.2Voice:SpeakerandTone2.3Diction23451WhatisSpeakerToneinPoetryTheThreeComponentPartsofWordsDictioninPoetryCaseStudy——Thecreatedpersonaorcharacterthatexpressideasinapoem.1.WhatisSpeakerE.g.TheRuinedMaidSoliloqueoftheSpanishCloister(twofemalespeakers)(onemalespeakers)Howtoidentifyspeakersinpoems:---femaleormalespeaker;---intelligentorfoolish;---kindorwicked;---open-mindedorreserved......TheRuinedMaid---ThomasHardyO'Melia,mydear，thisdoeseverythingcrown！WhocouldhavesupposedIshouldmeetyouinTown？Andwhencesuchfairgarments，suchprosperi-ty？Odidn'tyouknowI'dbeenruined？saidshe.Youleftusintatters，withoutshoesorsocks，Tiredofdiggingpotatoes，andspuddingupdocks；Andnowyou'vegaybraceletsandbrightfeathersthree！Yes：that'showwedresswhenwe'reruined，saidshe.Athomeinthebartonyousaid'thee'and'thou，'And'thikoon，'and'the？soon，'and't'other'；butnowYourtalkingquitefits'eeforhighcompa-ny！Somepolishisgainedwithone'sruin，saidshe.Yourhandswerelikepawsthen，yourfaceblueandbleakButnowI'mbewitchedbyyourdelicatecheek，Andyourlittleglovesfitasonanyla-dy！Weneverdoworkwhenwe'reruined，saidshe.Youusedtocallhome-lifeahag-riddendream，Andyou'dsigh，andyou'dsock；butatpresentyouseemToknownotofmegrimsormelancho-ly！True.One'sprettylivelywhenruined，saidshe.IwishIhadfeathers，afinesweepinggown，Andadelicateface，andcouldstrutaboutTown！Mydear——arawcountrygirl，suchasyoube，Cannotquiteexpectthat.Youain'truined，saidshe.2.ToneinPoetryE.g.Amoretti----sound:denotation:dictionarymeaningconnotation:overtonesofmeaningE.g.spring,skeletion,terminal,sun,3.TheThreeComponentPartsofWords---poetschoosethebestwords,thedesiredwords,themostmeaningfulone.---takeadvantageofthemultiplemeaningofwordsandusethemtomeanmorethatnonethingatatime.---(ie.ambiguity&multiplicityofmeaningspossessedbywords)E.g.chartedinLondonP1394.DictioninPoetrySnakeAnarrowfellowinthegrassOccasionallyrides;Youmayhavemethim,-didyounot?Hisnoticesuddenis.``Thegrassdividesaswithacomb,Aspottedshaftisseen;AndthenitclosesatyourfeetAndopensfurtheron.Helikesaboggyacre,Afloortoocoolforcorn.Yetwhenachild,andbarefoot,Imorethanonce,atmorn,Havepassed,Ithought,awhip-lashUnbraidinginthesun,-When,stoopingtosecureit,Itwrinkled,andwasgone.Severalofnature'speopleIknow,andtheyknowme;IfeelforthematransportOfcordiality;Butnevermetthisfellow,Attendedoralone,Withoutatighterbreathing,Andzeroatthebone.LykeasashipthatthroughtheOceanwyde,Byconductofsomestardothmakeherway,Whenasastormehathdimdhertrustyguyde,Outofhercoursedothwanderfarastray:SoIwhosestar,thatwontwithherbrightray，Metodirect,withcloudesisovercast,Doewandernowindarknesseanddismay,Throughhiddenperilsroundaboutmeplast.YethopeIwell,thatwhenthisstormeispastMyHelicethelodestarofmylyfeWillshineagain,andlookeonmeatlast,Withlovelylighttoclearemycloudygrief.TillthenIwandercarefullcomfortlesse,Insecretsorrowandsadpensivenesse.AmorettiEdmundSpenser