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Poetry Analysis

Poetry Analysis

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7th Grade

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Poetry Analysis

"The Drought''

by Amy Helfrich

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Poetry Analysis


"The Drought"

by Amy Helfrich

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Learning Objectives

--Identify and analyze an idea or problem in a sonnet.

--Identify the form of a sonnet.

--Identify and analyze a sonnet's parts.

--Identify and analyze a sonnet's rhyme scheme.

--Research the nature of droughts.

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Sonnet

---A poem

---2 types of sonnets

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Types of Sonnets

  • Shakespearean Sonnet

  • Italian Sonnet

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Shakespearean Sonnet

  • Made up of four parts

  • Three four line groups and one couplet

  • The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg

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Rhyme Scheme

  • A pattern of end rhyme in a poem

  • Assign a letter of the alphabet to each end rhyme

  • Line with the same end rhyme gets the same letter.

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Rhyme Scheme Example

At night I stand and watch the stars on high (a)

And think of how they twinkle far away. (b)

I wonder if somewhere in that array (b)

There stands another watcher of the sky. (a)

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Italian Sonnet

  • Two Parts

  • One group of eight lines followed by a group of six lines

  • The rhyme scheme is abbaabba cdcdcd or cdecde.

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Italian Sonnet

  • One group of eight lines followed by a group of six lines

  • It's Rhyme Scheme is abbaabba cdcdcd or cdecde

Poetry Analysis

"The Drought''

by Amy Helfrich

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