One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand - Level 2
Prep Phase
Read the following poem carefully.
On a scale of 1-10, how well did you understand this poem?
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Take a moment to identify the words and phrases that stuck out or resonated with you. Write them down below:
Why do you think these words and phrases stick out to you?
What images came to you mind as you read this poem?
What confused you about this poem, if anything? Why were these things confusing?
Connection Phase: We can infer that the ocean waves represent:
Change
Time
Love
The Seaons
How did you choose the answer to the previous question?
From the poem, we can BEST describe the speaker as:
Cocky
Stubborn
Funny
Loyal
Which line best supports the answer to the previous question?
"One day I wrote her name upon the strand"
"Again, I wrote it with a second hand;"
"You shall live by fame: // My verse your virtues rare shall eternize,"
"For I myself shall like to this decay,"
How can we best explain the speaker's ambitions?
He wants to give his beloved immortality.
He wants to marry his beloved.
He wants to write her name permanently into the sand.
He wants to run away with his beloved.
How did you choose the answer to the previous question?
How does the woman feel about the poet's ambitions?
She is excited and overjoyed.
She is bored by them.
She is skeptical and pessimistic.
She is dismayed and saddened by them.
How did you choose the answer to the previous question?
What best describes the tone of speaker in this poem?
Admiring and sad
Optimistic and confident
Annoyed and critical
Admiring and happy
How did you choose the answer to the previous question?
How can we best sum up the main idea of this poem?
Lover's will squabble, but that shouldn't get you down.
Immortality is possible through love.
Poetry has the power to immortalize love and make it eternal
The ocean will always bring death and decay
How did you choose the answer to the previous question?
Which of the following is NOT a good example of elaboration:
The poem’s themes of poetry, immortality, and love remind me of one of Shakespeare’s sonnets that presents a similar theme. Both poets are speaking to their beloved and promising to make them immortal through poetry. Spenser compares his beloved’s mortality to drawing her name in the sand, and Shakespeare compares it to a summer’s day. Both poets conclude, however, by promising to make their beloved immortal through “verse.”
This poem is an excellent example of Renaissance poetry. It is a structured sonnet with an idea introduced in the first eight lines, and expanded upon in the last six. The poet’s use of the ocean reminds me of the days I spent in Key Largo.
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