How to Analyse a Poem: The Language of Poetry

This workbook is perfect for students who are keen to improve their analytical skills and metalanguage/poetic language. It’s also perfect for any student who is doing Literature or IB.

The workbook provides a step-by-step analysis of poetic techniques.

• **  the poetic framework (key ideas and rhythmic structure)
• ** the narrative perspective (“voice”, tone and style)
• ** the thematic fields and figurative techniques; and
• ** syntactic patterning devices.

Following model sentences, students will intuitively use analytical terminology to evaluate poetic devices. They will apply this knowledge to the poet’s views, values and multi-layered intentions.

The sample tasks include a sample paragraph; a sample commentary and a sample essay plan.

The workbook provides examples from 40 poems that are clear and relatively easy to follow.

Cost: $28.99; Class sets available for $17.00   (The English Series: 978-0-9808397-8-4)