Poetry Analysis

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Poetry Analysis

Target: In your table top groups, you will be assigned a poem and work together to analyze and understand the poem finding figurative language.

Poems and your assignment:

The number of the poem matches your GROUP number:

#1 “Where I’m From” page 92

#2 “Woman with Kite” page 121

#3 “Grape Sherbet” page 122

#4 “My Papa’s Waltz” handout

#5 “The Rose That Grew from Concrete” handout

Task:

Complete the Quote Analysis Sheet

Each group member will fill out the Poetry Analysis

Sheet (weekly score grade). Follow the exact instructions!

Once you have completed this, show Mrs. Weyhrauch.

Grab a laptop and go to Google Drive.

TASK:

As a group, share a document via Google Drive and group write an analysis of the poem (QUIZ

SCORE!).

Assign different parts of the analysis:

1. The title and meaning of the poem (INTRO)

2. Theme and Tone of the poem (Body Paragraph)

3. Poetic devices (Body Paragraph)

4. Historical and Cultural Context of the poem (see your poetry analysis sheet #8) (Body Paragraph)

5. CONCLUSION – What you learned, what the poem reminds you of…

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