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Teen Poetry Analysis: "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late"
Rebecca Baumgarten, MA
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(28)
This 1-time class introduces high school students to the basics of poetry analysis as we read together J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Man in the Moon Stayed UP Too Late,” a hilarious, more mature retelling of a classic nursery rhyme.
Class experience
Poetry analysis can be intimidating, but when students learn how to do it by reading fun and memorable poetry—especially the kind that tells a story—it becomes much less of a challenge. “The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late” (the ridiculous song Frodo sings in the common room of the Prancing Pony Inn in The Fellowship of the Ring) is just that sort of poem. This wild comedy of errors expands on the nonsense of the classic nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle.” How can a cow jump over the moon?...
In this class, students will learn to • Understand the basics of close reading • Identify a poem’s rhyme scheme • Identify figurative language like similes, alliteration, and onomatopoeias • Explain the concept of intertextuality
I have a Masters in English from Texas A&M University, where I worked for 3 semesters as a graduate assistant teacher. I also have years of experience working with children from freelance tutoring elementary through college students and from volunteering with Girl Scouts and church.
All students must have a copy of “The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late,” by J.R.R. Tolkien. This poem can be found in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, or on the Tolkien Gateway website.
The inciting incident of this poem is the Man in the Moon drinking too much of an inn’s excellent beer. The cat with the fiddle is also described as “tipsy.” There is plenty of drinking, but all it makes people do is either fall asleep or dance.
I will share my screen to show PowerPoint slides throughout the class. This class is based on the following texts: “The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late,” by J.R.R. Tolkien “Hey Diddle Diddle,” the nursery rhyme For further exercise in the skills acquired in this class—and for a rollicking good time—check out the song “The Cat and the Moon” from the Lord of the Rings Musical on YouTube. You won’t be disappointed!
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(28)
My name is Rebecca Baumgarten. I have a bachelor’s and master’s in English from Texas A&M University, focusing on the fiction and scholarship of J.R.R. Tolkien (hence my headline). I am an adjunct professor of English at Collin College in...
Group Class
$1
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
1-6 learners per class
