Analyzing Poems

What is poetry?

• A written work that uses figurative language and rhythms to show meaning.

• A story with a beginning, middle, and end.

• An informative written work that uses facts and data.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Analyzing for STRUCTURE means looking for...

• rhyme scheme

• stanzas and lines

• quatrains and couplets

• all the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A poem with 14 lines.

• free verse

• sonnet

• villanelle

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

A poem with 19 lines.

• free verse

• sonnet

• villanelle

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A verse of poetry with 4 rhyming lines.

• couplet

• quatrain

• stanza

• line

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A verse of poetry with 2 rhyming lines.

• couplet

• quatrain

• stanza

• line

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The unit of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph:

• couplet

• quatrain

• stanza

• line

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

a repeated line in a poem

• refrain

• tercet

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

the pattern of rhyme in a poem, based on the last word in each line of the poem

• refrain

• quatrain

• rhythm

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Analyze poems using SWIFT. What does the S stand for?

• Structure

• sounds

• synonyms

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7