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Analysis Worksheet

This document provides a poetry analysis worksheet (PAW) that can be used by students to analyze poems. The worksheet includes sections for summarizing the poem, identifying its poetic form and rhyme scheme, noting sensory images and literary devices, and determining the theme. It is intended to help students gain a deeper understanding of poems by closely examining the author's use of poetic techniques. The worksheet can be used for whole-class discussion, individual work, or as an activity during reading workshop.

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Analysis Worksheet

This document provides a poetry analysis worksheet (PAW) that can be used by students to analyze poems. The worksheet includes sections for summarizing the poem, identifying its poetic form and rhyme scheme, noting sensory images and literary devices, and determining the theme. It is intended to help students gain a deeper understanding of poems by closely examining the author's use of poetic techniques. The worksheet can be used for whole-class discussion, individual work, or as an activity during reading workshop.

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Analysis Worksheet

PAW is a poetry analysis worksheet that you can give to your students for any poem that they read! This worksheet forces students to
take a closer look at the poems they read and gain a deeper understanding of the author’s use of poetry to communicate his/her
ideas.
Concepts included on the worksheet:
Summarizing literal meaning
Determining poetic form
Identifying rhyme scheme
Identifying sensory images
Determining types of rhyme (internal vs. end rhyme, exact, eye, slant)
Identifying literary devices (similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, allusions, symbolism, hyperbole, and
personification)
Determining the theme of the poem
Giving a personal response

PAW can be used in a whole class discussion of a poem or on an individual level. Keep a stack of these worksheets in a literacy center
along with a copy of different grade level appropriate poems for students to read and interact with during workshop or as an early
finishers activity.

These are also great for a CLOSE reading activity! Read the poem the first time together to get the main “gist” of the poem. Then,
work through the worksheet during a second read to dig deeper. There’s no need to create a separate sheet for each poem you read.
It’s all here!

PAW is created by Martha Hach from “The Owl Spot.” Your purchase entitles you to copy and use this for your single classroom. If
you wish to share with another colleague, either purchase an additional license to share or direct others to my TpT store to purchase
their own. You may not share, copy or upload to a shared server.
Follow “The Owl Spot” for more teaching ideas and product updates.

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Happy teaching! – Martha


Poetry Analysis Worksheet
Read the assigned poem and complete the PAW. Make sure to refer back to the poem to
include textual evidence with your answers.

Poem Title and Author: ________________________________________________________


Literal Meaning:
Summarize what the poem is about. What does the author say?
___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
Poetic Form:
What kind of poem is this? ______________________________________________________

Does it rhyme? ______ If so, what’s the rhyme scheme?


_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________
Imagery:
Images can be evoked by appealing to the readers’ senses. What senses does the author
include?
_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________
What specific words does the author include to help “paint a picture” in your mind as you
read?
_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________
Choose 2 phrases from the poem that the author describes in a unique way. Write the
phrase/line and then what it means.
Phrase 1:_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Meaning: ____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Phrase 2: _____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Meaning: ____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________
Literary Devices:

Describe how the author uses 2 of these literary devices in the poem: rhyme (internal vs. end, exact vs.
eye vs. slant, lack of rhyme) alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition.

Literary Device (1): ____________________________________________________________________

Example: ____________________________________________________________________________

Effect/Meaning: _______________________________________________________________________

Literary Device (2): ____________________________________________________________________

Example: ____________________________________________________________________________

Effect/Meaning: ______________________________________________________________________

Figurative Language:

Find 2 examples of figurative language and explain the meanings: simile, metaphor, allusion,
symbolism, hyperbole or personification.

Figurative Language (1): ________________________________________________________________

Example: ____________________________________________________________________________

Effect/Meaning: _______________________________________________________________________

Figurative Language (2): ________________________________________________________________

Example: ____________________________________________________________________________

Effect/Meaning: _______________________________________________________________________

Theme and Response:

What do you think the author’s message is? ________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Did you like this poem? ____________ Why or why not? ____________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

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