POEM

APPRECIATION
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 To write an appreciation of a poem.

 To critically analyze and evaluate a poem.
 To
identify various steps involved in poem
appreciation.
 Steps to follow

STEP - 1
 In order to write a critical analysis of a poem, one is
required to first evaluate the poetic techniques used by the
poet. It includes analysis of the genre: Genre simply means
category.

Every genre has its own distinct features. e.g. Sonnet has 14
lines divided into three quatrains and a couplet. Thus the
poem could be a sonnet, ballad, elegy, ode, lyric, dramatic etc.
 Poetic Techniques

 The rhyme scheme: It could either be abba, aabb, abab etc.

However, some poems are blank verse as well i.e. without any
rhyme scheme
 The figures of speech: it includes imagery, simile, metaphor,
personification, repetition, oxymoron, alliteration etc.
 The language style: It includes the use of figures of speech,
rhythm, word length, number of lines, images, senses.., etc.
 The tone of the speaker: tone can be mysterious, provocative,
ominous, festive, fearful, exuberant, hopeful etc.
 The references to other works: it includes a reference to
works of other authors
 Step 2
The reader should evaluate the meaning of
the poem. It includes

 Speaker: Speaker could be the poet himself (like Wordsworth)

or a hero (as in the poems of Keats) or a shepherd etc. Knowing
about the speaker is important as every speaker speaks
differently.
 Title: it includes the relevance of the title, its historical
significance, etc.
 Denotation: the literal meaning of the words. It helps to get
the basic idea of the poem.
 Connotations: the ideas invoked by the words i.e. deeper meaning-
the message or universal truth it conveys. This helps to understand
the central theme of the poem.
 Purpose of writing: The purpose of writing could be to inform with
facts or to persuade with an appeal to reason or emotions or just to
entertain the readers.
 Movements: A reader is required to have information about the
movements that were trending during the time of the poet. The
movements have a significant influence on the writing of a poet. e.g.
Romantic Movement influenced the poets of the early 19th century.
STEP- 3 Write Poem Appreciation

 Havingdone all the analysis and

evaluation, the reader should first write a
description of the poem and then its
comprehensive interpretation in his own
words.
POEM APPRECIATION - FORMAT
SAMPLE
 ACTIVITY


Write an appreciation of any
poem which you like the most.
THANK YOU