How to Compare Poems
Identify the poem's form.. Scan the meter. Establish the rhyme scheme for rhyming poems.
Steps
Identify the poem's form.
Identify the poem's form.
Scan the meter
Scan the meter
Establish the rhyme scheme for rhyming poems.
Establish the rhyme scheme for rhyming poems.
Listen for assonance and alliteration within lines.
Listen for assonance and alliteration within lines.
Learn the conventions of the traditional forms if that applies.
Learn the conventions of the traditional forms if that applies.
Contextualize the choice of form.
Contextualize the choice of form.
Compare experimental techniques in the poems.
Compare experimental techniques in the poems.
Determine if the poems are about any of the same subjects.
Determine if the poems are about any of the same subjects.
Identify the mode of address.
Identify the mode of address.
Analyze the tone.
Analyze the tone.
Evaluate metaphors, similes, and other figurative language.
Evaluate metaphors, similes, and other figurative language.
Compare the biographies of the authors.
Compare the biographies of the authors.
Research the intended audience and medium of each poem.
Research the intended audience and medium of each poem.
Begin talking about the similarities.
Begin talking about the similarities.
Craft a thesis statement.
Craft a thesis statement.
Compare the authors' treatments of the themes.
Compare the authors' treatments of the themes.
Describe the form of each poem.
Describe the form of each poem.
Explain how the form affects the meaning of each poem.
Explain how the form affects the meaning of each poem.
End by summarizing the comparisons.
End by summarizing the comparisons.
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