Text Title: (a) Text Title: (a) Worksheet title Refers to linksWorksheet on www.crossref-it.info title John Keats, Selected poems: (a) Odes Refers to links on www.crossref-it.info Lesson focus: To look at similarities Discussion ideas: Allocate the and differences in the language, tone other five great odes to and structure of Keats' odes. pairs/groups: . Ode on A Grecian Urn . Ode to a Nightingale Opening exercise: Remind the class of what an ode is and the . Ode on Indolence associations with this form. Ode to Psyche . Ode to Melancholy crossref-it.info/articles/397/ode and use the following questions as Students create a glossary of terms prompts for discussion: including What are the qualities of this Odes . The Romantic ode poem that make it an ode? . Lyrical What does Keats use as his main . Iambic pentameter subject matter in this ode? (a) . Celebratory Identify the poetic techniques . Ceremonious : Keats uses and their impact . Apostrophe What appear to be Keats . Elevated style personal feelings in this ode? Why do you think Keats chose to . How does Keats use this poetic form so often? communicate these feelings? From memory name the six 'great odes' that Keats wrote. Recreative task: Compose an ‘Ode to Keats’ employing as many of Textual examination: Re-read the following as possible: Ode to Autumn and recap its meaning . References to Greek crossref-it.info/textguide/john-keats- mythology selected-poems/40/2987 . References to nature crossref-it.info/textguide/john-keats- . Personification selected-poems/40/2989 . Use of the imperative Annotate all the features of form . Words with negative and structure: connotations. Letter the rhyme scheme . Scan the lines for length and Critical task: Plan an essay rhythm addressing the following: . Count the stanza lines How do Keats' odes reflect the , Selected poems , Selected Highlight the distinctive diction and world of nature? imagery in each stanza. See if you can identify any of the following: Extension task: Go through . Alliteration each of the odes and find . Assonance and sibilance A description of a place or object . Onomatopoeia Identify . Hyperbole . Keats’ contemplation arising . Simile from the place or object . Personification described Analyse the impact of the three . His personal or spiritual questions in this poem insight arising out of this. How does the mood and tone of the contemplation. poem change throughout the three John Keats John stanzas? ©2016 crossref-it.info .