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Introducing the Poem
Literary Focus: Imagery and Allusion
Reading Focus: Visualizing
Writing Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer
Same Song by Pat Mora
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Same Song by Pat Mora
How do images convey emotion and mood?
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Same Song Introducing the Poem
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In this poem, the speaker observes the changing routines of her teenage children. Her young daughter now practices with makeup, and her son works to build muscles. Both dislike the results.
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Imagery is language that appeals to the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
children’s chirping laughter
cast into the sparkling ruby waters
a path through velvet cloaks of moss
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An image helps you use your imagination to re-create a person, a scene, or an object.
• This is probably not quite the picture you see.
• When you hear the words red wheelbarrow, for example, you form a picture in your mind.
• Instead, your mental picture is probably in color.
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In “Same Song,” the speaker alludes—or makes an indirect reference—to a classic fairy tale.
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• Do you recognize the allusion?
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• What image does it form in your mind?
Mirror, mirror on the wall . . .
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Poetry often contains images with startling details.
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a face cracked with time
ice cubes plunging to the bottom of a glass
sunlight through a yellow balloon
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Your ability to visualize—to see in your mind—what you are reading makes your reading more compelling.
As you read a poem, take the time to
Same Song Reading Focus: Visualizing
• visualize the images
• experience the smells, sounds, tastes, and textures
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Into Action
As you read, use a chart like the one below to keep track of the images in “Same Song.” Note both the images and the sense or senses to which they appeal.
Image Sense
“jogs a mile in the cold dark”
touch, sight
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Find It in Your Reading
As you read, note the many active verbs Mora uses to describe the young people’s actions.
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• Consider what each teenager is trying to accomplish.
• Can you visualize their actions?
stumbles peers frowns
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