1. Steps to
analyse a
poem
Read
Mercury is the
smallest planet
Title
Venus has a beautiful
name, and it’s hot Speaker
Saturn is a gas giant
with rings
Tone
Earth is the beautiful
planet where we live
01
02
03
04
2. Elements of poetry
Imagery
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun and
the smallest one
Rhythm
Despite being red, Mars
is a very cold place. It’s
full of iron oxide dust
Sound
Saturn is a gas giant
composed mostly of
hydrogen and helium
Density
Venus has a beautiful
name and is the second
planet from the Sun
3. Imagery
Saturn is a gas giant and
has several rings
Elements of poetry
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Sound
Density
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Rhythm
Despite being red, Mars
is a cold place
4. Prose
● Fiction
● Not fiction
● Passage
● Story
● Paragraph
● Main idea
● Book
Difference between poem and prose
Poem
● Stanzas or shape
● Rhyme
● Rhythm
● Figurative land
● Paint pictures in head
● Doesn’t always follow rules
● Figure out meaning
5. Main types of poems
Sonnet
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Pantoum
Saturn is composed of
hydrogen and helium
Haiku
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
Acrostic
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Ode
Mars is actually a very
cold place
Villanelle
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
6. Acrostic
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Pantoum
Saturn is composed of
hydrogen and helium
Villanelle
Main types of poems
Sonnet
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Haiku
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
7. Swift
analysis
strategy
Structure
Mercury is the
smallest planet
S
Word choice
Venus has extremely
high temperatures
W
Imagery
Saturn is a gas giant
and has several rings
I
F
T
Figurative
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
Theme, tone
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
8. Swift analysis strategy
S
Structure
Mercury is the
smallest planet
F
Figurative
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
W
Word choice
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
T
Theme, tone
Neptune is far away
from Earth
I
Imagery
Mars is actually a very
cold place
9. Structure
S
Stanza It’s a group of lines in a poem, it is
often called a “verse”
Rhyme It’s a pattern of words that contain
similar sounds
Meter It’s the rhythmic structure of a poem
Line break It’s where a line of poetry ends. It
causes the reader to pause
How is the poem organized?
10. Structure
How is the poem organized?
Stanza Rhyme Line break
It’s a group of lines in
a poem, it is often
called a “verse”
It’s a pattern of
words that contain
similar sounds
It’s where a line of
poetry ends. It causes
the reader to pause
S
11. Word choice
W
Formal Informal Pedantic
Colloquial
Slang Abstract Concrete
Poetic
What kind of words do poets use to provoke
emotions? With what effect?
12. Word choice
Identify the correct description of the word
S
Theme
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Saturn is composed of
hydrogen and helium
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
Slang Formal
13. Imagery
What images does the poet paint with words?
Think of vivid language
I
Theme
Friendship
Dream
Love
Childhood
World
Life
14. Imagery
Create a poem using the following words that stimulate imaginative thinking
I
A fish in a
flying
through
spaceship
school
dancing
I will let
On top
the
wind
purple
and
balloons
head
Write your poem here
15. Simile Metaphor Idiom
Personificatio
n
Allusion
Comparing two
things using the
words “like” or “as”
Comparing two
things using the
words “is” or “are”
Phrases whose
meaning can’t
be inferred
Describing non
human things
using human
qualities
Making a
reference to
something else
Ex: He is as fast as
a rabbit
Ex: Her smile is the
sun of my life
Ex: It’s raining cats
and dogs
Ex: The leaves
danced in the
wind
Ex: Sweets are
Achilles’ heel
Figurative language
How does the figurative language affect
and enhance the poem?
F
16. Figurative language
How does the figurative language affect and enhance the poem?
F
Simile
Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as
Ex: He is as fast as a rabbit
Metaphor
Comparing two things using the words “is” or “are”
Ex: Her smile is the sun of my life
Idiom
Phrases whose meaning can’t be inferred
Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs
17. Theme and tone
What is the poet’s message? Poet’s attitude?
T
Theme
Defined as a main idea or
an underlying meaning of
literary work that may be
stated directly or indirectly
Tone
It’s an attitude of the
writer toward an audience.
Tone is conveyed through
the choice of words
Proud
Friendly
Nostalgic
Fearful
“My identity”
18. Describe the tone and theme of the following poem
Theme and tone
T
Venus has a beautiful name and is the second planet
from the Sun. It’s terribly hot, even hotter than
Mercury, and its atmosphere is extremely poisonous.
It’s the second-brightest natural object in the night sky
after the Moon
Write the answer here
19. Mood Theme Rhythm Meter
Neptune is very
far from the Sun
Mars is actually a
cold place
Mercury is the
smallest planet
Venus has a
beautiful name
The feeling The message The beat The style
Poem
Identify the parts of the poem
20. Identify the parts of the poem
Stanza
Capital
letters
Mercury is the closest planet to the
Sun and the smallest planet in the
entire Solar System
Venus has a beautiful name and is the
second planet from the Sun. It’s hot,
even hotter than Mercury, and its
Atmosphere is extremely poisonous
Neptune is the farthest planet
from the Sun
{
Theme
{ Mood
}
Rhyme
Schem
e
23. Inspiration
Mars is actually a
cold place
Steps for writing a
beautiful poem
01
Ideas
Mercury is the
smallest planet
02
Writing
Neptune is very far
from the Sun
03
Correction
Venus has a
beautiful name
04
24. Steps for writing a beautiful poem
Inspiration
Mars is actually a
cold place
Writing
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Idea
Jupiter is the
biggest planet
02
Correction
Neptune is far away
from Earth
04
01 03
25. Test results
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Comprehensio
n
Mercury is the closest planet
to the Sun
Analysis
Despite being red, Mars is a
very cold planet
26. Test results
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Ideas
Mercury is the
smallest planet
20%
Inspiration
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
26%
Corrections
Mars is actually a very
cold place
10%
Writing
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
44%
27. Bibliography
Online
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
Book
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
Anthology
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
Script
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
● Poet’s Last Name, First Name.
“Title”(year). Publisher
28. Saturn
It’s composed of hydrogen
and helium
Bibliography
Venus is the second planet
from the Sun
Mars
Venus
Mars is actually a very
cold place
Neptune
It’s the farthest planet
from the Sun
Mercury
It’s the closest planet to
the Sun
Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
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