Children's Poem
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CHS203_Unit_6_Analysis_of_Childrens_Poem_Template.docx
CHS203 – Children’s Literature and Language Arts
Unit 6 Analysis of a Children’s Poem (20 Points)
Your Name: _________________________________________________________________________
Directions: Analyze the children’s poem that you have chosen for this assignment, answer each question using full sentences and provide examples from the poem. If a question does not apply to your poem explain why it not apply to the poem. Do not leave any items blank.
Include a copy of the poem when you submit this assignment on Blackboard.
Name of Poem:
Name of Poet:
Date the Poem was Written (if known):
Consider the following when evaluating poetry:
1. How does the rhythm of the poem reinforce and create the meaning of the poem?
2. If the poem rhymes, does it sound natural or contrived? Explain.
3. How does the sound of the poem add to its meaning?
4. Does the poem use alliteration? Onomatopoeia? Repetition? To what effect?
5. Does the poem create sensory images of sight, touch, smell, or taste? List some of the poem's sensory images.
6. Are these images related to children's delight in their particular senses? How?
7. What is the quality of imagination in the poem? Does the poem make the child see something in a fresh, new way, or does it rely on tired clichés? Provide examples to support your answers.
8. Is the figurative language appropriate to children's lives?
9. Are the similes and metaphors ones that a child would appreciate and understand? Provide examples.
10. What is the tone of the poem? Does it patronize childhood by looking down to it? Is it didactic and preachy? Does it see childhood in a sentimental or nostalgic way? Offer examples to support your answer.
11. Is the poem appropriate for children? Will it appeal to them, and will they like it? Why or why not?
12. How has the poet created the emotional intensity of the poem?
13. Does every word work to heighten the feelings conveyed?
14. Does the shape of the poem contribute to the poem's meaning? How?
15. What is the purpose of the poem? To amuse? To describe in a fresh way? To comment on humanity? To draw parallels to our lives?
16. How well has the poet achieved this purpose?
Reminder: Submit a copy of the poem with this document.
Your
Name:
__________________________________________
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Directions:
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chosen for this assignment, answer each question using full
sentences and provide examples from the poem. If a question does not apply to your poem explain why it not
apply
to the poem. Do not leave any items blank.
Include a copy of the poem when you submit this assignment on Blackboard.
Name of Poem:
Name of Poet:
Date the Poem was Written (if known):
Consider the
following when evaluating poetry:
1.
How does the rhythm of the poem reinforce and create the meaning of the poem?
2.
If the poem rhymes, does it sound natural or contrived? Explain.
3.
How does the sound of the poem add to its meaning?
4.
Does the poem use alli
teration? Onomatopoeia? Repetition? To what effect?
5.
Does the poem create sensory images of sight, touch, smell, or taste? List some of the poem's sensory images.
6.
Are these images related to children's delight in their particular senses? How?
7.
What
is the quality of imagination in the poem? Does the poem make the child see something in a fresh, new way,
or does it rely on tired clichés? Provide examples to support your answers.
8.
Is the figurative language appropriate to children's lives?
Your Name: _________________________________________________________________________
Directions: Analyze the children’s poem that you have chosen for this assignment, answer each question using full
sentences and provide examples from the poem. If a question does not apply to your poem explain why it not apply
to the poem. Do not leave any items blank.
Include a copy of the poem when you submit this assignment on Blackboard.
Name of Poem:
Name of Poet:
Date the Poem was Written (if known):
Consider the following when evaluating poetry:
1. How does the rhythm of the poem reinforce and create the meaning of the poem?
2. If the poem rhymes, does it sound natural or contrived? Explain.
3. How does the sound of the poem add to its meaning?
4. Does the poem use alliteration? Onomatopoeia? Repetition? To what effect?
5. Does the poem create sensory images of sight, touch, smell, or taste? List some of the poem's sensory images.
6. Are these images related to children's delight in their particular senses? How?
7. What is the quality of imagination in the poem? Does the poem make the child see something in a fresh, new way,
or does it rely on tired clichés? Provide examples to support your answers.
8. Is the figurative language appropriate to children's lives?
