Starter quiz
- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we learn about a number of different artists and poets. Match each person to something we know about them.
- Pieter Bruegel⇔16th century painter ✓
- Williams Carlos Williams⇔20th century American poet ✓
- W.H. Auden⇔20th century British poet ✓
- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at some poems by Williams Carlos Williams. Williams carefully selects the adjectives in his poems. Which of the following are adjectives?
- winter
- sturdy ✓
- icy ✓
- skaters
- picture
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- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at some poems by Williams Carlos Williams. He uses a simile in one of them. What is a simile?
- when one or more words begin with the same letter
- repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences
- when you don't use any punctuation in a line of poetry
- a method of comparison using 'like' or 'as' ✓
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- In the unit 'Myths and Legends', we look at a poem called 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Williams Carlos Williams. Williams doesn't use any punctuation in this poem which increases the …?
- enjambment
- rhyme
- pace ✓
- understanding
- stanzas
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- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at a poem called 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Williams Carlos Williams. What type of poem is it?
- sonnet
- ekphrastic ✓
- ballad
- myth
- legend
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- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at some poems by Williams Carlos Williams. Williams uses enjambment in every line of these poems. What does this mean?
- each line of poetry ends in a full stop
- his poem is inspired by a piece of art
- his poem describes a piece of art
- his poem doesn't use any punctuation ✓
- his poem has the same title as the painting it describes
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Exit quiz
- Williams Carlos Williams poem 'The Hunters in the Snow' (Myths, legends and stories that inspire) is an ekphrastic poem. Why is it an ekphrastic poem?
- It doesnt use any punctuation.
- It was inspired by a piece of artwork. ✓
- It has the same title as a painting.
- It describes a painting. ✓
- It includes enjambment throughout.
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- Williams Carlos Williams poem 'The Hunters in the Snow' (Myths and Legends) describes a number of things in Pieter Bruegel's painting of the same name. Match the item to how Williams describes it.
- mountains⇔icy ✓
- hunters⇔sturdy ✓
- bonfire⇔huge ✓
- bush⇔winter-struck ✓
- A pupil said of Pieter Bruegel's painting 'The Hunters in the Snow' (Myths, legends and stories that inspire): "The hunters look dejected". What does the word dejected mean?
- unsuccessful
- bloodthirsty
- angry
- depressed ✓
- returning
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- Match each stanza of William Carlos Williams poem 'The Hunters in the Snow' (Myths, legends and stories that inspire) to its focus.
- Stanza 1⇔the mountains ✓
- Stanza 2⇔the hunters ✓
- Stanza 3⇔the broken sign above the inn ✓
- Stanza 4 and 5⇔the bonfire and the women around it ✓
- Stanza 6⇔the skaters ✓
- Stanza 7⇔a bush ✓
- Pieter Bruegel's painting 'The Hunters in the Snow' (Myths, legends and stories that inspire) depicts a ______ winter scene which means it is of the countryside, rather than a city, town or urban area.
- 'rural' ✓
- Williams Carlos Williams's poem 'The Hunters in the Snow' (Myths and Legends) doesn't uses any punctuation. We would describe each line of his poem as ...
- 'enjambed' ✓
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Key learning points
- William Carlos Williams's 'The Hunters in the Snow' is an ekphrastic poem.
- An ekphrastic poem is a poem which describes a piece of art, and is inspired by it.
- Each of Williams's seven stanzas refers to something in Pieter Bruegel’s painting 'The Hunters in the Snow'.
- Bruegel's 'The Hunters in the Snow' depicts a rural scene in winter.
Common misconception
Williams didn't use any methods in his poem because he is just describing a painting.
Every word in a poem is carefully selected. Williams could have made any number of choices about what he depicted in terms of focus, structure, tone and language. We can explore these methods, and add layers of meaning to the painting.
Keywords
Depict - to portray in a picture or to describe in writing.
Ekphrastic - a poem which describes a piece of art, and is inspired by it.
Dejected - depressed, downcast.
Rural - the countryside.
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