This document provides a chart to compare two poems based on their title, topic, speaker, use of figurative language and sound devices, number of lines and stanzas, important ideas/images/topics, theme, and personal reaction. The chart lists these criteria side by side to facilitate analyzing and contrasting two poems across multiple literary elements.

1. Chart for Comparing Poems
Criteria
Title
Poem #1
Poem #2
___ similes and metaphors
___ personification
___ onomatopoeia
___ rhyme
___ alliteration
___ similes and metaphors
___ personification
___ onomatopoeia
___rhyme
___ alliteration
Topic
Speaker
Use of figurative
language and sound
devices
# of lines and stanzas
Important ideas,
images, or topics
Theme
(the message or the
big idea of the poem)
Personal reaction
(what do you think
about it?)