Poem Analysis Worksheet

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📚 Part 1: WALT, Success Criteria & Quick Checks

WALT: We are learning to analyse the poem we are reading and explain how language and structure create meaning.

Success criteria: I can identify the poem's theme, describe tone and imagery, name at least one poetic device, and explain its effect in full sentences.

Differentiation strategies: - For extra support, work with a partner or use line-by-line prompts. - Provide highlighted key lines or a glossary of poetic devices to scaffold answers.

Extension activities: - Analyse how the poet's choices would change if the poem were written in a different era or voice. - Compare this poem's theme with another poem you know and write a short comparative comment.

1. Which choice best names the poem's central theme?

Love and loss

Nature and change

Identity and belonging

Conflict and reconciliation

2. Which word best describes the poem's tone?

Reflective

Angry

Celebratory

Playful

3. If a poem is made of three-line stanzas, that stanza form is called a:

Couplet

Tercet

Quatrain

Sestet

4. Which poetic device most directly creates a vivid sensory image?

Metaphor

Alliteration

Rhyme

Enjambment

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Creative Tasks

5. Title of poem and poet:

6. In one sentence, state the poem's main idea (theme):

7. Quote two lines from the poem that show strong imagery (write line numbers if easier):

Explain briefly how those lines create imagery (which senses are used and what effect they create):

8. Identify one poetic device used in the poem, give the example (quote the phrase), and explain its effect on the reader:

9. Creative extension — Rewrite the final stanza from a different perspective (4–6 lines). Aim to keep the poem’s mood but change the speaker:

Teacher note: For learners who need support, collect key words first or sketch the stanza's images before writing. Advanced learners can compare two possible readings of the poem in a short paragraph.