Cliche

The 7th talk in the Patterns of Poetry series looks at cliché, examining how Shakespeare in sonnet 130 and Carol Ann Duffy in 'Valentine' subvert such language.

Bang! Splash! The purpose of onomatopoeia

This is podcast 6 in the rerun of the Patterns of Poetry series of short discussions of poetic techniques, and looks at onomatopoeia, examining Seamus Heaney's poem 'A Constable Calls', as well as 'Sunlight'.

 

Symbolism in poetry

The fifth in the Patterns of Poetry series deals with the use of symbols, and uses 'The Stare's Nest by my Window', the sixth in the sequence 'Meditations in Time of Civil War' by W.B.Yeats. A longer podcast on his poem 'The Wild Swans at Coole' can be heard here. 

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Personification

In this re-run of short talks, the fourth in the Patterns of Poetry series is on personification, examining Patrick Kavanagh's 1934 poem 'Shancoduff'.

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Alliteration and its Purpose

The next in the re-run series of brief talks on the Patterns of Poetry series of brief talks is on the technique of alliteration, and uses 'The Windhover' by Gerard Manley Hopkins to illustrate how powerfully it can be used.  Here's an article on Simon Armitage's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

What do you first see when you look at a poem?

Four years ago we started a series of very short talks on the 'Patterns of Poetry' (they went on t0 be runner-up in the 2010 Edublog Awards in the category 'Best Educational Use of Audio'. Since these talks are buried deep in the site, and they continue to be relevant to our pupils for both prescribed and unseen poems, here's another run at them over the next couple of weeks.

This is the original introduction:-


And this is the first talk that actually looks at poems, considering the importance of titles in poetry, and uses Elizabeth Bishop's 'The Fish' and Robert Frost's 'Out, Out' in 4 minutes:-

Patterns of Poetry 9-15

Our 26th podcast brings together in one handy file seven more brief talks from the Patterns of Poetry series, which was runner-up in the 2010 Edublog Awards in the category 'Best Educational Use of Audio.' The talks are, in order: (9) Rhyme, (10) Repetition, (11) The Sonnet, (12) Punctuation, (13) Foreshadowing, (14) Metaphor, (15) Hyperbole. Note that there is a brief pause between each talk.

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Patterns of Poetry 15: hyperbole

Last night this series was voted first runner-up in the Edublog Awards in the category 'Best Educational Use of Audio.' Many thanks to all our supporters.

The 15th talk (all under 5 minutes) is about the figure of speech called hyperbole, and uses Patrick Kavanagh's well-known poem 'A Christmas Childhood' to examine this effect.

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Patterns of Poetry 14: metaphor

The 14th in the Patterns of Poetry talks (under 5 minutes, and mostly using poems from the Leaving Certificate course) is on metaphor, and examines Seamus Heaney's sonnet 'The Forge' (scroll down for the poem). The New York Times article by Robert Sapolsky on metaphor and the human brain referred to can be read here. Below, James Geary's TED talk on 'metaphor'.

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Patterns of Poetry 13: foreshadowing

The 13th in the Patterns of Poetry series of talks of under five minutes is about foreshadowing, and uses John Keats's ode 'To Autumn'.

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Patterns of Poetry 12: punctuation

The 12th talk in the Patterns of Poetry talks (all under 5 minutes) is about punctuation. The two poems quoted are Emily Dickinson's 'I felt a Funeral in my Brain' and the late Edwin Morgan's 'Strawberries'. Click here for Victor Borge's 'Phonetic Punctuation' turn.

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Patterns of Poetry 11: sonnet

The 11th Patterns of Poetry talk briefly considers the sonnet form, concentrating on Patrick Kavanagh's sonnet 'Epic'. Click here on the Poetry Archive site to read the poem, and listen to Kavanagh himself reading it out.

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Patterns of Poetry 10: repetition

The 10th Patterns of Poetry short podcast deals with repetition in poetry, and how it can be a useful way into a poem, examining Elizabeth Bishop's 'The Fish' and Richard Murphy's 'Moonshine'.


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Patterns of Poetry 9: rhyme

The 9th short talk on elements of poetry is on rhyme, and looks at how Thomas Kinsella uses it in his poem 'Mirror in February'.

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First 8 Patterns of Poetry talks

Our 24th podcast puts together in one handy track the first eight Patterns of Poetry talks, originally published via Audioboo. The eight talks are all under 5 minutes each and are, in order: (1) Introduction, (2) Titles, (3) Alliteration, (4) Personification, (5) Symbols, (6) Onomatopoeia, (7) Cliché, (8) Simile. Note that there is a brief gap between each talk.

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Patterns of Poetry 8: simile

Talk 8 in the Patterns of Poetry series is on simile, and looks at how Sylvia Plath uses it in her poem 'Morning Song'.

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The Patterns of Poetry 7: Cliché

The 7th talk in the Patterns of Poetry series looks at cliché, examining how Shakespeare in sonnet 130 and Carol Ann Duffy in 'Valentine' subvert such language.

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The Patterns of Poetry listing

This page will be updated each time there is a new Patterns of Poetry talk. It gives the date, links to the original post, and indicates which poems were discussed.

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1: Introduction. 28 September 2010.
2: Titles. 28 September 2010. 'The Fish' by Elizabeth Bishop, and 'Out, Out' by Robert Frost.
3: Alliteration. 30 September 2010. 'The Windhover' by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
4: Personification. 1 October 2010. 'Shancoduff' by Patrick Kavanagh.
5: Symbols. 4 October 2010. 'The Stare's Nest by my Window' by W.B. Yeats.
6. Onomatopoeia. 6 October 2010. 'A Constable Calls' and 'Sunlight' by Seamus Heaney.
7. Cliché. 8 October 2010. Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare, and 'Valentine' by Carol Ann Duffy.
8. Simile. 9 October 2010. 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath.
9. Rhyme. 12 October 2010. 'Mirror in February' by Thomas Kinsella.
10. Repetition. 15 October 2010. 'The Fish' by Elizabeth Bishop and 'Moonshine' by Richard Murphy.
11. The Sonnet. 18 October 2010. 'Epic' by Patrick Kavanagh.
12. Punctuation. 20 October 2010. 'I felt a Funeral in my Brain' by Emily Dickinson and 'Strawberries' by Edwin Morgan.
13. Foreshadowing. 3 November 2010. 'To Autumn' by John Keats.
14. Metaphor. 22 November 2010. 'The Forge' by Seamus Heaney.
15. Hyperbole. 16 December 2010. 'A Christmas Childhood' by Patrick Kavanagh.

Patterns of Poetry 6: onomatopoeia

This is podcast 6 in the Patterns of Poetry series of short discussions of poetic techniques, and looks at onomatopoeia, examining Seamus Heaney's poem 'A Constable Calls', as well as 'Sunlight'.

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Patterns of Poetry 5: symbols

The fifth in the Patterns of Poetry series deals with the use of symbols, and uses 'The Stare's Nest by my Window', the sixth in the sequence 'Meditations in Time of Civil War' by W.B.Yeats. A longer podcast on his poem 'The Wild Swans at Coole' can be heard here.

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