Comparing Two Poems Worksheet

There are 2 pages of questions about each of the poems as well as comparing and contrasting the poems.

Comparing two poems worksheet. Teach your students how to compare and contrast poems with this lesson plan. Before we devour more poetry it s time for a check up. In this poetry lesson students closely read two poems by 17th century metaphysical poets john donne and george herbert.

Young literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Comparing poems read these two poems aloud listening to the rhythms and the sounds. It covers these common core standards.

In this worksheet you can read two very different poems about the wind and think about how the poets have treated their subject. The first poem is by a a. Milne and emily dickinson.

Rl 3 1 and rl 4 2 rl 3 5 and rl 4 5 rl 3 9. Readers look for slant rhyme observe the beat and rhythm of each and search for repeated vowel sounds. Can you find some pairs of slant rhymes in these poems.

Many poems have been written about the weather. Comparing poems by john donne and george herbert. Two poems by the same author can have similar or different moods and tones.

For example you might compare and contrast two poems by the same author such as a prayer in spring and a late walk by robert frost. Students will analyze each poem with a focus on central themes. Slant rhymes are words that nearly rhyme.