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Contemporary's GED Language Arts, Reading
John M. Reier

Poetry

Web Links

The following links contain information about reading and understanding the language of poetry.

When you have finished all the activities in Chapter 7, go on to Chapter 8.


Literary Analysis: Terms
(http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/ElementsLit.html)

Scroll down to the section called "Poetry." This site provides a list of terms that define the various elements related to the analysis of poetry.
Critical Analysis of Poetry
(http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html#poetry)

This site provides a guide for analyzing poetry. It includes information of how to analyze the following elements:
  • genre
  • speaker
  • subject
  • structure
  • setting
  • use of imagery
  • key statements
  • sound of words
  • use of language
  • reference to other works
  • how the reader relates
  • historical placement
  • ideology or "world-view"

Activity:

Go to the Listening Booth (first link below) and choose a poem that is interesting to you. Read it. Then go to the Poetry Guidelines site (second link below) and follow the directions for analyzing the poem. Finally, follow the guidelines for writing and revising a poem on a similar topic.

Listening Booth
(http://www.poets.org/booth/booth.cfm?bitShowAll=A)

This site provides a links to poems by well-known American poets. To read the poem, click on its title. To hear it, click on the speaker icon.
Poetry Guidelines: Reading and Writing for Understanding
(http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcreisd/resource/literary/pomguide.htm)

This site provides guidelines for reading and analyzing poetry. It also provides step-by-step instructions for writing and revising your own poems.