Tuesday, March 1, 2011

3.1 Diction Exercise

Once Upon a Time by Jack Gilbert

A) incidentally
stumbling
accidentally
intensity
innocent
baffled
tender
sweetness
melody

B) Connotation: poetic and imaginative
Elevation: monotonous and familiar

C) In Jack Gilbert's poem Once Upon a Time, the monotonous and familiar elevation of language juxtapose the poetic and imaginative connotation to create a poem about young love.

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