Elsewhere

Slant Rhyme

- a pair of words include the same vowel or consonant sound ex. care / dear shape / keep grudge / bridge detach / unpack

Stanzas

- groups of lines in poetry

Free Verse

- natural flow of lines does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme, mimics the flow of everyday speech.

Exact Rhyme

- pair of words end in similar or identical sounds ex. heat / complete stab / taxicab stranglehold / marigold dish / squish

Rhyme Scheme

- pattern of end rhymes. **Free Verse Poems, have a varying pattern or rhyme (or none at all)**

Motif

- repeated image, idea or theme that ties ideas together. Ex. Martin Luther King Jr. expresses hope for many things, using the "I have a dream" motif to tie them together. The poem "Elsewhere" employs the motif of location. Although location is never specified, the poem makes reference to a place using the words somewhere, here, where, or elsewhere. This motif adds to the poem's meaning and tone.

We need to raise awareness to the fighting and human rights violations that occur in other countries. The poet divides those affected into two seperate classes: Those who experience upfront, unrestrained oppression, and those who see themselves as free, but experience more hidden and incognito oppression. The poet shows us that our world is much different from that which he experienced. Throughout the poem, the writer divides the world into two distinct categories: 'somewhere' and 'here', as is seen in lines 21-28. This division shows the separation of our own society into rich and poor, first-world and third, the free and the oppressed. In our own position of privilege, we often do not consider the second 'half' of the world. Through our reading, the poet wants us to consider our own privilege, as well as the ignorance our position of power gives us. The poem is a call for both awareness and action, to educate ourselves on the atrocities in the world, then use our privilege to defend those who cannot help themselves. By doing this, change way our society works, so that we no longer need to defend the helpless, as they will no longer be left defenseless by our own ignorant bliss.

5. What might be the social function of this poem with its "somewhere" motif? What does the writer want us to take away from the experience of reading the poem?

Images

: barbed wire break stones weeping torture stories--Oppression Cruity

Word Choice

: the personification for different inanimate object adds lie and character to this somewhat dark story

Motifs / Repeated Ideas location

:reaped word of somewhere shows that these things are still happening in our world today's and they won't stop happening unless we stop them

In the poem elsewhere the poet expressed the world in a darker way. He does this using words such as "darker crime" and "a career of conscience". The reason why the poet chose to end the poem like this was to show that there is still much hatred and darkness in the world we live in. The poet also uses these phrases to show that people know about the darkness happening around the world, but choose to do nothing about it. The poet expresses the the world in the final stanza it is full of suffering, however no one takes accountability. The poet means that the world is blameless, but the people in it are not. They also mean that staying silent when you know something is wrong is just as bad as the people that are doing all these bad things.

Analyze the Text Questions : Elsewhere 4. What does the poet express about the world in the final stanza by using phrases such as "darker crime" and "a career of conscience"? Cite text evidence with your answer.

Word Choice

Comrade-writer (dead, eyes wide open/will not read or write)

Analyze Poetic Structure Mark the new location words used in the sixth stanza. Analyze: What is the effect of this shift? Why do you think the writer included it?

Here we are free for a while SHIFT here whenever we are contrasted with what is happening there, or somewhere else. Implies safety from dangers of cruelty and oppression

they feel overwhelmed by how many people are affectedis correct. By saying that the world is "blameless", the author shows that people do not think problems affect them when they are not near them. The author also says that "the darker crime is to make a career of conscience". I think this means that we must know what is right and wrong, care about these issues and act on our conscience.

How does the poet describe the reactions of people not directly affected by the events described? They understand that events in other places are not their problem. they feel overwhelmed by how many people are affected they defeat oppression by writing letters and poems they know how lucky they are to be free.

The first 20 lines take place "somewhere". The reader does not know where this place is. The author does not specify this place because it is unimportant. It is not important because suffering is universal meaning it could be anywhere at anytime. The remaining 20 lines do not directly tell us where the character is. It only tells us that it is a safer place away from the dangers of cruelty and oppression.

In the first 20 lines of the poem take place "somewhere," where do the remaining 20 lines take place? Explain.

Word Choice

Paper-frail stamped twice Breaks a skull that slit Hollowed faces black bars bars

The horse represents someone who stands out from society and doesn't feel like they fit in. The Horse runs freely but is trapped somewhere prison like and scary surrounded by barbed wire. The slave laborers working in the field watch the horse run freely while they are stuck working in their field. They aspire to feel as free as the horse does when he is running. The horse can represent a guard watching over a prisoners working in a labor field. The horse could be anywhere throughout the world that suffers from cruel imprisonment. The significance of the location could show that cruelty is everywhere in the world, meaning that this type of slavery has a global impact on society.

Reread lines 1-4. What might the horse represent in the poem? Where is the horse, and what is the significance of that location?

These stanzas compare the innumerable people who died in the massacres to the many people that one might have in a telephone book or contact list. After a while, you begin to forget who all of the numbers in your telephone book belong to because there are so many of them. In the same way, the countless people who are killed in massacres lose their individuality because of the vast numbers of them and therefore seem "faceless." It is difficult to see them as unique individuals as they all become blurred by tragedy and lost in the past. The first 20 lines take place "somewhere". The reader does not know where this place is. The author does not specify this place because it is unimportant. It is not important because suffering is universal meaning it could be anywhere at anytime. The remaining 20 lines do not directly tell us where the character is. It only tells us that it is a safer place away from the dangers of cruelty and oppression.

Reread lines 29-36. What are "like the faceless numbers/ that bewilder you in your telephone / diary"? What is being compared in these two stanzas?

Annotate: Mark the recurring use of somewhere in lines 1-20.

Somewhere-is followed by a description of a different problem or issue. All of these issues point to oppression and cruelty. Enslaved men laboring (3-4) tortured and imprisoned arrested and killed by military forces (9-12) Writers who are silenced (17-20)

these events are so pervasive that the location could be anywhere. is correct because there is stronger evidence in the poem to support it compared to the other answers. Evidence such as how the writer does not use names because suffering is a common place

The poem repeats the idea of "Somewhere" because the speaker has heard about these crimes but is unsure where they occurred It would be unsafe for the writer to name the place where these events happened. the repetition is needed to show where each new sentence begins these events are so pervasive that the location could be anywhere.

Word Choice

The world is blameless. Then who is to blame? PEOPLE doing the action. Causing the suffering and crucltics. ^and people not doing anything to stop them.

Interpret: What is the effect of the repetition? Where are these places and what do they have in common? Repetition is this one place or many places?

Unamed--points to names not being important since suffering is

Alliteration

silent scream winter --onders