POEM ANALYSIS

By: NURAINI BINTI MOHD NOORDIN NUR AIN ASILAH BINTI NOOR AZAM NURUL FASIHAH BINTI MOHD TAMIZI

In Gwendolyn Brooks poem 'Sadie and Maud' the author is comparing two sisters lives. Maud is obviously the smarter of the two and therefore she goes to college, but then in the end she is the alone sister that is going to die alone in the old house. So how smart could she possibly be to condemn herself to a life of loneliness? Sadie is the favorite character in this poem because even though she didn't go to college and is an only mother of two, she is still the happy and free sister. When the author talks about Sadie's comb finding every strand, it is symbolizing how Sadie doesn't miss out on any fun in her life and how she lives it to the fullest.

THEME
Two different people from one family -even siblings prefer different views. -dare to be different to enjoy lifes.

TONE/MOOD The tone of this poem is admiring and being amazed. The tone for the last stanza is being sympathy.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 7 IMAGES Images of pity. -the poet is being pity as seeing the condition of Maud who stays alone in the old house. PERSONA/ ATTITUDE The persona of this poem is Sadie. -Sadie is explaining about what is happening between the two siblings in the family. Central issue: Lifestyle between two siblings in a family.

Literal Analysis:
Metaphor : -Sadie stayed home, Sadie scraped life -Sadie was one of the livingest chicks -in a thin brown mouse Hyperbole : nearly died of shame Imagery: sight= thin, brown sound = sadie said her last so-long touch= scraped life and with a fine toothed comb

I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD -WILLIAM WODRSWORTH-

ANALYSIS OF POEM - I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD

In the first stanza the speaker describes a time when he meandered over the valleys and hills, "lonely as a cloud." Finally, he came across a crowd of daffodils stretching out over almost everything he could see, "fluttering and dancing in the breeze": In the second stanza the speaker goes into more detail about the daffodils. They reminded him of the Milky Way, because there were so many flowers packed together that they seemed to be neverending. The speaker guesses that there were ten thousand daffodils, which were "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance":

In the third stanza the speaker compares the waves of the lake to the waves of daffodils and decides that even though the lake is "sparkling," the daffodils win because they have more "glee." He then comments that he, like any other poet, could not help but be happy "in such a jocund company." He looked at the scene for a long time, but while he was there he was unable to understand what he had gained from the experience:

In the fourth and final stanza the poet describes what he gained from the experience. Afterwards, when he was lonely or feeling "pensive," he could remember the daffodils, seeing them with his "inward eye," and be content:

MESSAGE/ THEME -Nature is superior to man. Man is always overcome emotionally, nature remains constant

TONE/MOOD The mood of this poem is happiness. The poet gets happy when he gets to see the natures happiness.

SIMBOLISM: Cloud- close identification with the nature that surrounds him
RHYME: ababcc

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 7 IMAGES

PERSONA/ATTITUDE: The persona of this poem is I. Lonely man who had encounter group of daffodils. Lonely man who encounter nature. Positive attitude: He was owe and amazed - I wandered lonely as a cloud

LITERAL ANALYSIS
Alliteration: lonely as a cloud (line 1). golden Daffodils (line 4). Beside the Lake, beneath the trees, high o'er vales and Hills (line 2). When all at once (line 3). (Note that the w and o have the same consonant sound.)
Simile: Comparison (using as) of the speaker's solitariness to that of a cloud (line 1). Personification: Comparison of the cloud to a lonely human. (line 1) Comparison of daffodils to a crowd of people (lines 3-4). Comparison of daffodils to dancing humans (lines 4, 6). Hyperbole: - Ten thousand saw I at a glance,(line11) - They stretched in never-ending line(line 9) Metaphor - Lines 21-24: Wordsworth imagines the daffodils in his spiritual vision, for which he uses the metaphor of an "inward eye." His heart dances like a person, too.