Lesson 7

LESSON 7
Interpreting Allegorical English Poems

• The literature of this era
expressed the fusion of pure
romance and gross realism.
• Remarkable for the excellence
of its prose
VICTORIA
• The literature of this age
tended to come closer to daily
life which reflected its
practical problems and
N AGE interest
• Moral Purpose: Victorian
literature seemed to deviate
from “art for art’s sake” and
asserted its moral purpose
• Idealism: it was often
considered as an age of doubt
Authors in the Victorian Age
ROBERT
BROWNING
• Was an English poet and
playwright whose mastery of
dramatic verse, especially
dramatic monologues, made
him one of the foremost
Victorian poets.
• Born: May 7, 1812
• Died: December 12, 1889
ALFRED
LORD
TENNYSON
•English poet often regarded as
the chief representative of the
Victorian age in poetry. He was
raised to the peerage in 1884.
• In 1829, Tennyson was awarded
the Chancellor's Gold Medal at
Cambridge for one of his first
pieces, "Timbuktu". He published
his first solo collection of poems,
Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830.
•Born: August 6, 1809
•Died: October 6, 1892
PROSPICE
By: Robert Browning
“Prospice”
By: Robert Browning
Fear death? – to feel the fog in my throat,
The mist in my face,
When the snow begin, and the blasts denote
I am nearing the place
The power of the night, the press of the storm
The post of the foe;
Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form;
Yet the strong man must go:
For the journey is gone and the summit attained,
And the barriers fall,
Tough a battle’s to fight ere the guerdon be gained
The reward of it all.
I was ever a fighter, so – one fight more
The best and the last!
I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,
And made me creep past.
No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers
The heroes of old,
Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life’s appear
Of pain, darkness and cold.
For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave
The black minute’s at end,
And the element’s range, the fiend voices that rave,
Shall dwindle, shall blend
Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain
Then a light, then my breast,
O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again,
And with God be the rest!
Crossing the Bar
By: Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Crossing the Bar”
By: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep

Too full for sound and foam
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark;
From through from out our bourne of time and place

The flood may bear me far
I hope to see my pilot and face
When I have crossed the bar.
Denotation and Connotation
Connotation – refers to the emotional

associations that a world evokes
Denotation – is the literal definition

of a word, as seen in the dictionary,
without its emotional associations.
Reading poetry is like exploring another world.
You must consider lots of aspects so that you
Analyzing Poetry will fully understand a single piece of poetry.
Here are some tips that will help you to

understand the poems in this lesson.
• Read the title
• Read the poem. Look for the setting, topic, and voice.
• Divided the poem into parts: rising action, climax,
declining action, and conclusion.
• What tone does the poem have? Pay close attention to
intonation, nuances, and word used.
Elements of Poem Analysis
Genre – what type of poem is it? Whereas a "form" defines the way a poem arranges sounds,
rhythms, or its appearance on the page, "genre" is something like the poem's style.
Voice – who is the speaker? Just like fiction has a narrator, poetry has a speaker–someone who is
the voice of the poem. Oftentimes, the speaker is the poet. Other times, the speaker can take on
the voice of a persona–the voice of someone else including animals and inanimate objects.
Thesis – what is the poem about? A thesis is to an essay what a theme is to a short story, play, or
poem: it's the governing idea, proposition, claim, or point. Good theses come in many shapes and
sizes.
Structure – What is the poems formal structure (number of meters,
stanzas, rhyme scheme)?
Setting – what type of “world” is the poem set in place? The setting of a piece of
literature is the time and place in which the story takes place
Imagery – what is the physical setting or metaphor used? This is the author's use of description
and vivid language, deepening the reader's understanding of the work, by appealing to the
senses.
Key Statement – what direct or indirect statements are made?
Sound – how does the sound, both rhythm and rhyme (if applicable)
contribute to the poem
Language use – What kind of words are used? Poems are likely to use
figurative language more often and in more nuanced ways than we use it in
everyday language.
Allusion – Does the poem have a meaning from another work?

Allusion is a reference to a person, event, or literary work outside
the poem.
Qualities that evoke the reader – what sort of learning or

experience does the poem give to its reader?
Ideology – what values and basic ideas of the world are

expressed?
ALLEGORY
• It is a literary
technique similar to
symbolism, in which
characters, events, and
details of setting have
a nonliteral meaning.
Using Modifiers
Correctly
Modifiers should placed as close as
possible to the words they modify in
order to make the meaning of the
sentence clear.
1. Word modifiers are usually placed before
the words they modify.
I nearly got a
She rarely visited They hardly
perfect score on
her relatives in the understand what’s
the test that I took
province. going on
last week.
Only the Grade 9

He spoke to me
level has literature
just now.
class on Monday.
2.1. Prepositional phrase is generally placed
after the word it modifies
The sonnets are poems of great value.
I placed the books on the study table.

2.2. Participial phrase is generally placed
before the word it modifies
Reading sonnet a loud, I shared with

the audience my appreciation of poetry.
Whistling furiously, the strong winds
began to destroy the rice fields.
3. Clause modifiers generally come after the
words they modify
Robert Browning wrote “Prospice”,

which is a beautiful poem.
“Prospice,” which was written in 1861, expressed

Browning’s undaunted spirit in the face of death.
THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING!
•Prepared by:
Ma’am Merry Joyce F. Pineda

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LESSON 7

Interpreting Allegorical English Poems

But such a tide as moving seems asleep

From through from out our bourne of time and place

Connotation – refers to the emotional

Denotation – is the literal definition

Here are some tips that will help you to

Key Statement – what direct or indirect statements are made?

Allusion – Does the poem have a meaning from another work?

Qualities that evoke the reader – what sort of learning or

Ideology – what values and basic ideas of the world are

Only the Grade 9

The sonnets are poems of great value.

I placed the books on the study table.

Reading sonnet a loud, I shared with

Robert Browning wrote “Prospice”,

“Prospice,” which was written in 1861, expressed

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