1. Go over homework on "Using Commas"
2. Introduce "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
3. Group activity focusing on metaphors in the poem.
Here's a link to a reading of this famous poem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSAymj4hp7Y&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Notes for this week:
“O Captain!
My Captain!”
-Poem by Walt Whitman American Poet (1819-1892)
extended metaphor- a comparison between two unlike things that extends through an entire poem or piece of literature.
symbolism- when one thing is used to represent something else
tone- the author’s attitude toward a subject
irony- the opposite of what is expected or intended.
