Under the trees light has dropped from the top of the sky,

light

like a green

latticework of branches,

shining

on every leaf,

drifting down like clean

white sand.

A cicada sends

its sawing song

high into the empty air.

The world is

a glass overflowing

with water.

Analyze Form: Ode

RL 5

• Count the number of lines in each stanza.

9, 3 , 3

• Underline the repeating words.

• Highlight all repeating initial consonant sounds in yellow.

• Highlight repeating sounds within words in green.

• jot down any patterns in lines, stanzas, or rhythm.

They

With a partner: identify the similes in the poem and explain their effect. Ask students to relate these images to the title of the poem. How is the light “enchanted”?

“like a green

latticework of branches,

shining

on every leaf,” and drifting down like clean

white sand.

A latticework is a sort of design, it can be on clothes, on wood etc. So when they said like a green latticework of branches shining on every leaf, they probably meant a lot of branches with leaves looking like that design.

Inpendent assignment: Answer the three open response questions below using the R. A.C. E. strategy

INFER

What feeling are suggested in lines 1-9 of the poem? How does the poem suggest those feelings?

Analyze

A cicada is an insect that makes a high pitched, continual sound. Re-read lines 10-12, what repeated sound, or alliteration, do you hear and how are the sounds connected to the poems meaning?

Exit Ticket:

Does the poem meet the requirements of an Ode? Why or why not?