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Re: Word Chase (22nd Jun 12 at 3:31pm UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (22nd Jun 12 at 4:46pm UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (22nd Jun 12 at 8:30pm UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (22nd Jun 12 at 9:14pm UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (23rd Jun 12 at 9:31am UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (23rd Jun 12 at 10:41am UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (23rd Jun 12 at 11:40am UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (23rd Jun 12 at 3:20pm UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (24th Jun 12 at 8:51am UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (24th Jun 12 at 9:34am UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (24th Jun 12 at 9:54am UTC)
Analytical (Denotation and Connation Words in poems have denotations, or literal, easy-to-understand dictionary meanings, and connotations, or figurative, less specific and less direct meanings. The latter is the more important in poetry than the former. The figurative, or connotative, meaning of a word means everything that the word might imply besides its direct, dictionary meaning. For example, the literal, denotative meaning of the word apple is something like this: It is the fruit of the apple tree, anywhere from gold to dark red in color, and it has seeds and a sweet taste. The literal meaning of a word, its denotation, can usually be defined in simple, clear language and can be understood right away. The connotative meaning of a word, however, is much different. A red apple in a poem is never merely a red apple, but probably implies a lot of different things. The red color may symbolize passion, fertility, anger--anything one can associate with the color red could be a possible meaning. The apple itself could symbolize the Tree of Life, it could symbolize knowledge, Adam and Eve and their Fall from Grace, the harvest in fall, the forbidden, Sir Isaac Newton or Johnny Apple seed--perhaps a combination of these things. In this way a poet uses a word or an idea in a poem to express a variety of ideas at one time, and so deepens our experience.)
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Re: Word Chase (24th Jun 12 at 10:19am UTC)
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Re: Word Chase (24th Jun 12 at 11:40am UTC)
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