Poetry Analysis
Subject: ELA · Grade level: 9th
Meter, rhyme, imagery, and tools for unlocking the meaning of any poem.
In this lesson
- Form & structure
- Sound: rhythm, rhyme, and music
- Imagery, metaphor, and theme
Key terms
- Stanza
- A group of lines, like a paragraph in a poem.
- Sonnet
- A 14-line poem with a strict rhyme scheme. Shakespeare wrote a lot of these.
- Haiku
- A 3-line Japanese form with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern, usually about nature.
- Free verse
- Poetry without a fixed meter or rhyme scheme.
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