Text analysis

31 Março 2016, 10:00 • Isabel Maria da Cunha Rosa Fernandes

Analysis and interpretation of William Blake's poem, "The Sick Rose". Brief introduction to this author's work and the concept of illuminated printing.

The importance of connotation in poetry and the role of the reader as co-creator of the poem. The multiple readings of the poem besides the literal one.

Revision of certain concepts: hyperbaton; anacrusis; cataleptic line; simile.

Reading and brief introductory remarks about William Shakespeare's sonnet XVIII.