How to analyze a poem.

The title of the poem is...

• The person who wrote it

• The main theme

• The name of the poem

• The layout

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The poet is...

• The name of the poem

• The person who wrote the poem

• The layout

• The theme

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

The stanzas in a poem are...

• the same as sentences

• the same as paragraphs

• the same as lines

• the same as the theme

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

Lines in a poem are the same as...

• sentences

• paragraphs

• themes

• poets

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is rhyme?

• Words that are the same

• Words that are spelled the same

• Words that have the same sound

• Words that have the same meaning

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CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

Look at the following limerick:

There once was a farmer from Leeds,

Who swallowed a packet of seeds.

It soon came to pass,

He was covered with grass,

But has all the tomatoes he needs.

What is the rhyme scheme of this limerick?

• ababa

• abbaa

• aabba

• babab