THE ART OF THE POEM

Essential Question:

•How do poets express themes of self and identity? •How do poets express themes of human and physical nature?

Focus Questions:

• What is poetry?• What is a poem?• What strategies can we use to

understand poetry?• How does diction help reader’s

experience poetry?• What is the significance of a poem’s

cultural and historical context?

Your goals are to be better able to:• read, discuss, and appreciate a

variety of poems• analyze poems and identify different

poetic forms and devices• compare, contrast, and evaluate

poetry• understand the cultural and historical

context of poems/poets• create original poetry using various

forms, devices, and models

What are the big ideas?

• Poetry can be interpreted in many ways• Poets make deliberate and thoughtful

decisions about style, tone, rhythm, structure, and word choice• Poetry can take many forms• Poetry is about the use of carefully

chosen language and punctuation• Poetry is an important valued literary

genre

Complete this sentence:

All poetry has ____________.

Annotation:

• Underline or circle important words (surprise, imagery, confuse)

• Write your thoughts/conclusions in the margin

• Write a short summary at the end• Write a question: huh? Who? why? What? • Comment on a word or phrase: Exactly!

Awful! So true!