Protection and Naturally Beautiful Field
Using TPCASTT for Analysis
T | Title | There is a field on the Canadian border that has a monument that is either forgotten, unimportant or both. | P | Paraphrase | On the Canadian border, there’s a beautiful field that isn’t famous, but it shouldn’t be known in order to preserve its beauty. | C | Connotation | What meaning does the poem/story have beyond the literal meaning? Fill in the chart below. | | | Form/Genre It’s structured in the form of a free verse. The author chose to describe the beauty of nature, and says we should protect it. | Diction The author uses “no…” and”did not…” because he is showing us that this field is important, even though nothing significant happened there. | Imagery I see a green, open, big field with birds silently flying overhead, with the wind blowing across the field. | | | Point of View The author is the narrator. He is speaking in 1st person. He may have a lot of reliability. | Details There is a naturally beautiful field that the author doesn’t want to be destroyed by any human or anything else. | Allusions It refers to the unknown soldiers that died. None of them died there, or were buried there. | | | Symbolism It’s referring to purity. | Figurative Language This is the field where grass joined hands hallowed by neglect and an air so tame | Other Devices “People celebrate it by forgetting its name.” | A | Attitude | The speaker feels that the field is a beautiful place, and it should be protected. The author likes nature, and wants everyone else to try to protect it and to keep it as long as possible. | S | Shifts | There was no shift in this poem. | T | Title | The title means there is a beautiful piece of nature that it should be its own monument, even though nothing happened there. | T | Theme | Things in nature that are forgotten are the things that last. |
In William Stafford’s poem, “At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border,” I think the author is telling
T | Title | There is a field on the Canadian border that has a monument that is either forgotten, unimportant or both. | P | Paraphrase | On the Canadian border, there’s a beautiful field that isn’t famous, but it shouldn’t be known in order to preserve its beauty. | C | Connotation | What meaning does the poem/story have beyond the literal meaning? Fill in the chart below. | | | Form/Genre It’s structured in the form of a free verse. The author chose to describe the beauty of nature, and says we should protect it. | Diction The author uses “no…” and”did not…” because he is showing us that this field is important, even though nothing significant happened there. | Imagery I see a green, open, big field with birds silently flying overhead, with the wind blowing across the field. | | | Point of View The author is the narrator. He is speaking in 1st person. He may have a lot of reliability. | Details There is a naturally beautiful field that the author doesn’t want to be destroyed by any human or anything else. | Allusions It refers to the unknown soldiers that died. None of them died there, or were buried there. | | | Symbolism It’s referring to purity. | Figurative Language This is the field where grass joined hands hallowed by neglect and an air so tame | Other Devices “People celebrate it by forgetting its name.” | A | Attitude | The speaker feels that the field is a beautiful place, and it should be protected. The author likes nature, and wants everyone else to try to protect it and to keep it as long as possible. | S | Shifts | There was no shift in this poem. | T | Title | The title means there is a beautiful piece of nature that it should be its own monument, even though nothing happened there. | T | Theme | Things in nature that are forgotten are the things that last. |
In William Stafford’s poem, “At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border,” I think the author is telling