Name: _________________________ Date: ___________________

THINKING ABOUT A POEM

Title of Poem: _________________________________________________

Poet’s Name: _________________________________________________

* This poem makes me

picture…

I like the way this

poem…

This poem makes me

think about…

Maybe the author

wrote this poem
because…

Another reason the

author might have
written the poem this
way is because…
Name: _________________________ Date: ___________________

This poem reminds me

of…

In my writing, I’d like

to…

* Tools of a Poet (which helped me create a picture in my mind):

• Adjectives (describing words)
• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Figurative Language (idioms, metaphors, similes, etc.)
• Imagery
• Line Breaks
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Rhyme
• Stanzas
• Use of White Space