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[|voicethread] ====The Knight By Adrienne Rich ==== 

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 *  T ||  TITLE  ||  The poem might be about the chivalry of medieval knights during the middle ages. The title portrays a strong male Arthurian, in glistening armor. Knights often stand for nobility and righteousness.  ||

P ||  PARAPHRASE  ||  A hero journeys into the field, as his armor points forward glistening in the sunlight. The armor sparkles displacing light in all directions, while his flag waves in the wind. Only his eyes are seem from under him metal armor, covering his clothing and skin underneath. Who will defeat this knight and release him from his armor? When will he fall to the grass, with hidden bruises. ||

C ||  CONNOTATION  ||  Allusion to the common knight in the second sentence, “The soles of his feet glitter and his palms…he rides like a ship in sail.” Imagery throughout: Imagery in the second sentence, third, and forth. Structure shift from stanza one to two, the first stanza epitomizes the perfect knight, though in the second stanza it shows the weaknesses of that very knight. Rhetorical questions in the second stanza. || A ||  ATTITUDE  ||  The author places on the importance of reality vs. facade. The tone of the poem in the first stanza is that of admiration and curiosity, but the tone of the second stanza is annoyance with the false appearance of this idealized knight. The rhetorical questions make the appearance of the authors annoyance easily seem; the author is pointing out the flaws of the knight. || S || <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> SHIFTS  || <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> The main shift in this poem is between the first and second stanza, where the author goes from describing the elegance of the knight to asking rhetorical questions and trying to understand the down fall of the knight. //<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">“Who will unhorse the rider and free him from between the walls of iron, the emblems crushing his chest with their weight? Will they defeat him gently, or leave him hurled on the green, his rags and wounds till hidden under the great breastplate?” // ||
 * <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> T || <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> TITLE  || <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> The title portrays a knight, as an idealized figure with its imperfections. It portrays not only the appearance of a knight but also the realities that come with it.  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> T || <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> THEME  || <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #780808; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> The theme of this poem is the price of bravery and appearance. The poem addresses those who are idolized and their falls. Lesson that is meant to be learned is that of seeing reality as it is.  ||