Poetry Project Requirements

Paraphrase: Translate the poem into your own words. It may help to take it line by line, or stanza by stanza. A shorter poem would naturally require a shorter paraphrasing, while a longer, more complex work would require a comparable paraphrasing. What is the speaker of the poem saying?  

Sound and Literary Devices: Identify at least three (3) sound or literary devices - alliteration, assonance, consonance, similes, metaphors, symbolism. Pull out the three and explain each one individually. How does it help enhance or intensify the effect of the poem?  

Connotation/Meaning: Contemplate the meaning of the poem beyond its literal interpretation. Examine the poet’s use of figurative langue, including metaphors and/or similes, and the literary devices studied in class. How do these devices add to the meaning of the poem or intensify the effect of the poem? It may be necessary to build on components your identified and discussed earlier.  

Theme: Determine what the poet is saying with the poem? What is the larger meaning or universal message he/she is trying to get across? How does the poet get this message across, through use of literary devices, word choice, images, etc…?  

Personal response: This is your chance to react personally about the poem? Did you like it? Why or why not? What impact did it have on you? Why?  

03.       Identify and explain the significance of literary devices, including mixed metaphors, imagery, symbolism and implied metaphors

04.       Draw conclusions and make inferences in oral and written responses about ideas and information in poems

05.       Explain ways in which ideas and information in poetry connect to real-life situations and other texts

09c.     Analyze in oral and written responses distinctive elements (including theme, structure, characterization) of poetry

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