Checklist for Analyzing Poetry
Evaluator:
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Does it have figurative language and imagery? | yes |
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Does it create images? (pictures, sounds, smells, tastes, touching sensations) | yes no |
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Is what the author says or doesnt say helpful in creating imagery? | yes no |
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Does it move from the familiar to the unfamiliar or unfamiliar to familiar in a manner that enlightens and/or amazes? | yes no |
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Is it understandable? (literally, interpretively, and emotionally) Alone or with help? | yes no |
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Does it appeal to me? To who else would it appeal? | yes no |
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Does the poem touch people emotionally? | yes no |
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Are words combined in a mixture that communicates both a literal and suggested meaning. Not so precise as to limit the imagination or so suggestive as to not communicate? (denotation and connotation). | yes no |
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Does it get to the heart of an idea? | yes no |
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Is it creative with language? Use language and words in interesting ways? (metaphors, similes, personifications). | yes no |
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Are words used in a highly powerful manner? Is there a lot of zap with few words? | yes no |
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Is it a language of simplicity? | yes no |
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Does it sing to you? [sounds (alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia), verse, rhythm, patterns, beat (words, phrases), rhyme (end of line, inline, and/or link rhyme)] | yes no |
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Does it include ideas that people can use? | yes no |
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