This document provides activities and information for a middle school poem analysis lesson. It includes 10 activities focused on different poetry concepts like rhyme, metaphor, and analyzing poetic elements in sample poems. The document contains instructions, examples, and questions to guide students in learning about and practicing different aspects of analyzing poetry.

1. Language Arts
Subject for Middle
School: Poem
Analysis Activities
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Jupiter
Jupiter is a gas giant and
the biggest planet in the
Solar System. It's the
fourth-brightest object in
the night sky
Venus
Venus has a beautiful
name and is the second
planet from the Sun. Its
atmosphere is very
poisonous
Saturn
Saturn is a gas giant and
has several rings. It's
composed mostly of
hydrogen and it is the
sixth planet from the Sun
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Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and
the smallest one in the entire Solar System.
This planet's name has nothing to do with
the liquid metal, since Mercury was named
after the Roman messenger god. Despite
being closer to the Sun than Venus, its
temperatures aren't as terribly hot as that
planet's. Its surface is quite similar to that of
Earth's Moon, which means there are a lot of
craters and plains

6. Activity 1
Why don’t you exercise your rhyme abilities?
Write at least 6 words that rhyme with the first ones!
1. Mug 1. Cow
1. Hand

7. Activity 2
Write a poem using things you like and make rhymes, for
example dogs, frogs, jogs, etc

8. “This is a quote, words full of
wisdom that someone important
said and that can inspire the
reader.”
—Someone Famous

9. Types of poetry
Mercury is the closest planet
to the Sun and the smallest
one in the Solar System—it’s
only a bit larger than the
Moon
Despite being red, Mars is
actually a cold place. It's full
of iron oxide dust, which
gives Mars its reddish cast
Narrative
Lyric

10. Activity 3
Connect the name to the correct description
Stanza
Rhythm/meter
Repetition
Metaphor A grouping of lines, like a paragraph
A pattern of stressed and unstressed
syllables
Lines or words that are repeated
Comparison between two things that
implies they are the same

11. Activity 4
Which one fits the description better? Paint the circle of the correct answer
Expresses more
personal emotions or
feelings, and is
typically spoken in
the first person
Gives human
qualities to non-
human things and
objects
Is a form of poetry
that tells a story,
using the voices of
both a narrator and
the characters
01 02 03
Lyric
Simile
Narrative
Line breaks
Personification
Lyric
Metaphor
Narrative
Alliteration

12. Narrative points
● 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
● Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only
one that harbors life in the Solar System. This is
where we all live
● Jupiter is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the
Solar System. It's the fourth-brightest object in the
night sky. It was named after the Roman god of
the skies and lightning

13. Activity 5
Try coloring the text box of the words that rhymes between them
House
Mouse
Train Spouse
Road
Door
Cat
Dog Jog
Frog
Glass
Tree
Book Pen
Bee
Red
Star
Head Bread
Shoe

14. Activity 6
Plan your poem below and then write it
Nouns Verbs Alliteration
Similes Metaphors Personification

15. 4 reasons why we need poetry
Appreciate
Mercury is the
smallest planet
Empathize
Venus has a very
toxic atmosphere
Imagination
Earth is the only
planet with life
Emotions
Mars was named
after a god
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16. Activity 7
Analyze the following poem and answer the questions on the following slide
The little boy lost in the lonely fen,
Led by the wandering light,
Began to cry, but God, ever nigh,
Appeared like his father, in white.
He kissed the child, and by the hand led,
And to his mother brought,
Who in sorrow pale, through the lonely dale,
The little boy weeping sought.
The Little Boy Found
by William Blake

17. Activity 8
Is the poem a lyric or a
narrative one? Why?
Which words are used in
the rhyme scheme?
How many stanzas and
lines does the poem have?

18. A picture is worth a
thousand words

19. A beautiful poem to inspire you
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and
the smallest of them all. This planet's name
has nothing to do with the liquid metal,
since Mercury was named after the Roman
messenger god. Despite being closer to the
Sun than Venus, its temperatures aren't as
terribly hot as that planet's. Its surface is
quite similar to that of Earth's Moon, which
means there are a lot of craters and plains.
Speaking of craters, many of them were
named after artists or authors who made
significant contributions to their respective
fields
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and
the smallest of them all. This planet's name
has nothing to do with the liquid metal,
since Mercury was named after the Roman
messenger god. Despite being closer to the
Sun than Venus, its temperatures aren't as
terribly hot as that planet's. Its surface is
quite similar to that of Earth's Moon, which
means there are a lot of craters and plains.
Speaking of craters, many of them were
named after artists or authors who made
significant contributions to their respective
fields

20. Activity 9
Analyze your favorite song answering the following questions
Lines or words that are repeated:
01
Some metaphors the writer uses in the lyrics:
02
Describe the rhyme scheme pattern:
03

21. Activity 10
Alliteration
01
Give a brief description of the following:
Simile
02
Line breaks
03

22. Poetry in percentages
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Mercury
It's the smallest planet of
them all
Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Venus
It's very hot, even hotter
than Mercury
34%
12% 54%
Mercury is the closest planet
to the Sun and the smallest
one in the Solar System—it’s
only a bit larger than the
Moon

23. Activity 11
Rhyme scheme
Meter
Metaphor
Complete the phrase with the words missing on the yellow boxes:
A line break is when the line of text ends and "breaks" the line
is a pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines
is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
is a comparison between two things that implies they are the same
Line break

24. Activity 12
POETRY - RHYME - METAPHOR - STANZA - POEM - WORDS - METER
Search all the words below and select it coloring each one!
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T E M Y H R J U D S Q L Y E
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