How do you identify the important
parts of a poem?
Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
In this lesson you will learn to identify
an important part of a poem by finding
repeating words or phrases.
Let’s Review
Descriptive words in poetry put pictures in our
minds.
A Common Mistake
Not noticing a poet’s clues
A Common Mistake
Not thinking about your own life
Core
CoreLesson
Lesson
Why did the poet
repeat this part?
Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.
Christina Rossetti
I think the poet
wanted her question
to stand out and be
the most important
part of her poem.
Core
CoreLesson
Lesson
1
Identify repeating words or phrases.
2
Ask yourself, “Why do I think the poet
repeated this part?”
3
Jot your thoughts on a sticky note.
In this lesson you have learned how to
identify an important part of a poem by
finding repeating words or phrases.
Guided Practice
Find other words or phrases that repeat in the
poem “Who Has Seen the Wind?”
Why do you think she repeated those parts? Jot
your ideas on a sticky note.
Extension Activities
Read through the poem “Something Told the Wild
Geese” by Rachel Field.
Identify repeating words or phrases.
Why do you think she repeated those parts? Jot your
ideas on sticky notes.
Extension Activities
Using Christina Rossetti’s poem as a mentor text, write
your own poem that has repeating words or phrases.
Think about why you are choosing to repeat certain
words or phrases?
Quick
QuickQuiz
Quiz
Identify a repeating phrase
in “Afternoon on a Hill” by
Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Why do you think he chose
to repeat those parts?
Afternoon on a Hill
I will be the gladdest thing Under
the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one. I will look at
cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise. And when
lights begin to show Up from the
town, I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!