Blogger 9 - Christian Fletcher - Period 9 - 11/17/2020 - Day C - Freshmen 2021

 Blogger 9 - Christian Fletcher - Period 9 - 11/17/2020 - Day C - Freshmen 2021 

Lesson’s Aim: How are metaphors used by writers to send meaning to readers?

For the Do Now we had to do an activity in which we had to finish a sentence that sentence was: Love Is:. Many Students came up with responses like, Love is Food or Love is Fun.It wasn't really a right or wrong question because love is simply what you think love is.  

Do Now: Complete The Following: Love is                .

Class Notes: 

The lesson stars off by giving us the definition or meaning of metaphor. 

Metaphor: The distinct comparison where one thing or idea substitutes for another. It’s a figure of speech that develops a comparison which is different from a simile. 

Note: It often uses the form of the verb “To Be.” ( Is, Am, Are, Was, Were, Will Be, Being, Been, Could, Should, Would, Has, Have, Having, Had , May, Might, Must) 

⚝ I.E We do not use “Like or As” to develop comparison in a metaphor. 

⚝ It actually makes an impact or hidden comparison and not an explicit one. 

Next we watched a video from this link: Red Room Poetry Object Poetic Device #3 

After the video was finished there was another definition this time of an extended metaphor. Extended Metaphor: An Extended metaphor is developed over several lines thought a poem. If it helps to have an example, consider Robert Frost’s “ The Road Not Taken”, Langston Hughes’

“ Mother to Son”, or see below. 

What is below that message is a picture of an extended metaphor to help u grasp the concept a little better. ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

The Image Reads: Life is an hour glass running out of sand you start by tipping it over. As the sand runs to the other side, You try to figure out your path. You never know when the sand will run out. You just know that it will. So when it does will you be ready? 

This image is followed up by a article by David Brooks called : “ Poetry for Everyday Life”. Where he brings the fact that we use metaphors all the time in life, something that we are not highly aware of. He mentions how we use food, health and plenty of other metaphors to describe things like food, money, and plenty of other things. 

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/opinion/12brooks.html

Then we read an extended metaphor by Emily Dickinson named Hop is this thing with Feathers. Afterwards we had a class discussion. We all talked about the extended metaphors. As well as Emily’s comparisons of freedom. Not only that but the main drive of the passage is to always persevere and to never give up no matter what. Not only that but she touches on the importance of having hope. 

Team/ Breakout Room Work

 We were instructed to read two poems one with a similar message to Emily Dickinson’s. In fact it's about a mom telling her son to keep persevering. In order to reach your goal you must face hardships directly and never try to dodge them instead fight and overcome them. Life isn't cupcakes and rainbows. They're always going to be something you'll need to overcome.

The second poem was by Tupac, who was a legendary rapper from the west coast known for songs like Hit em up. It talks of a rose growing out of concrete. Which he continues to talk about how it represents him. In my opinion it also represents many other kids who grew from nothing and still became something. Becoming something out of nothing is the gist of the poem for the most part.

At the end of the lesson we had to compare the two poems  one of overcoming hardships and becoming something out of nothing. They both have a very similar message, in order to become something you have to overcome hardships especially when you came from nothing that is the main message in the first poem and the hidden message of Tupac's poem. 

Reflection:

I think that poems are used more often than people think. We use them all the time in our everyday lives. They make long complicated things compact simple and short with the same message. Knowing the meaning of metaphors can change the entire meaning of the passage. Meaning that the power of a metaphor is unlimited.