Poetry Evaluation Form

Poem Title:_________________________________________________ Author: ____________________________________ Write an S next to lines in the poem that you feel create strong sensory descriptions. (BE PREPARED TO SHARE and explain WHY you selected the lines!) Write down any examples of the following figurative language that you find. Circle one:

Alliteration

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Idiom

Personification

_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Does the poem rhyme?

Yes

No

How does it rhyme? ______________________________________________________________ (every line, every other line, etc.) Does the poem have a rhythm or a cadence?

Yes

No

Does the poem have any UNIQUE ELEMENTS about it? What are they? _______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Which line/section did you find the MOST confusing? _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What is your FAVORITE line/section or description in the poem and why? ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What word do you think describes the TONE of the poem? _________________________________ What word do you think describes the MOOD of the poem? _________________________________ Tone in tells us how the author thinks about his or her subject. The author's style conveys the tone in literature.

WORDS TO AVOID happy sad good boring bad nice cool interesting amazing awesome beautiful big fine great really

Mood is the effect of the writer's words on the reader. Mood is how the writer’s words make us feel.