Setting The Stage
When readers create mental images, they engage with texts in ways that make it personal and memorable to them alone. Anchored in prior knowledge, images come from the emotions and all five senses, enhancing understanding and immersing the reader in rich detail.
Response Stance
Mark the lines that reveal the most to you about who the poet is, about what he or she is like.
Visual tools serve to help the reader imagine, visualize, and ultimately, bring readers closer to the experience of the poem. Choose one of your markings that created a particularly vivid image, close your eyes and picture it. Open your eyes and describe it to your blogging partner.
You are probably already thinking about what is or will be in your journal/portfolio. This is a great technique for you to try as a poet: take a verbal snapshot of who you are right now. As a poetic introduction, share your insights with your blogging partner.
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Namrata and Hunter
ReplyDeleteA brown horse is running on the sand with a foal. They are tracking sand with the wind blowing on their manes. The slushy, cool sand slids off their shiny black hooves as they jump off a cliff.
Namarata and Hunter,
ReplyDeleteYour vivid description of the horse allows me to see the majestic animal challenge the power of the ocean's waves against his immense strength.