Fillable Printable Poetry Analysis Worksheet

Poetry Analysis Worksheet

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Answereachofthefollowingquestionstothebestofyourability.

1.Thetitleofthispoemis_________________________________________________.

2.Itwaswrittenby________________________________________.

3.Thispoemiswritteninthe___________(1

or3

)personpointofview.

4.Whoisthespeaker?

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5.Whatisthebasicsituation?

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6.Whatisthepoem’ssetting?

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7.Arethereconflictsinthepoem?Ifso,whatarethey?

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8.Whatkind(s)ofimagerydoyouseemostofteninthepoem?Givesomeexamples.

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9.Doesthepoemhavemeter?Ifso,whatisit?

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10.Doesyourpoemhavearhymescheme?Ifso,whatisit?

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11.Whatothersounddevices(alliteration,assonance,onomatopoeia)havebeen

includedbythepoet?Giveexamplesofeach.

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12.Whatfiguresofspeechareincluded(metaphor,simile,personification,hyperbole,

metonymy,apostrophe,etc.)?Includeexamplesandexplaintheeffecteachonehason

yourunderstandingandappreciationofthepoem.

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13.Whatisthemoodofthispoem?Explainyouranswer.

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14.Identifywordswhichhaveaconnotativemeaningwhichhelptoclarifytheauthor’s

tone.Explaineachexample.

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15.Whatistheauthor’stone(hisorherattitudetowardthesubject?

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16.Explainthesignificanceofthepoem’stitle.

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17.Writeaparagraphinwhichyoubrieflysummarizethepoem.

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18.Basedonyouranalysis,whatdoyouthinkistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthis

poem?Thatis,whatuniversaltruthdoeshe/shewanttosharewithhis/herreaders

(theme)?

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