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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson explains how analyzing poetry is a many-layered process. This lesson introduces the special characteristics of poetry and leads learners through a look at how poems are structured and why. Includes links to poems and web...
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Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...