General Guidelines For Poem Appreciation

General Guidelines For Poem Appreciation

1. Q. 3 (B) in board paper will be appreciation of a poem from the textbook. 
2. You will be given the full poem/extract of 10 – 15 lines from your textbook along with instructions/points.
3. Based on the points, write the appreciation of the poem in paragraph format in about 150 words.
4. Make sure that you cover all the given points. 

Marking Scheme:

Appropriateness Of Theme and Language Features	2 Marks
Explanation and Presentation	1 Mark
Personal Opinion and Evaluation Of The Poem	1 Mark
	Total 4 Marks

Question that will appear in the Exam:

Q. With the help of the following points, write a poetic appreciation of the poem ‘Song of the Open Road’.

• About the poem / poet and the title
• The theme
• Poetic style
• The language/ poetic devices used in the poem
• Special features
• Message, values, morals in the poem
• Your opinion about the poem

Poets / Poetess at a glance

Name of the poem	Poet / Poetess	Known as
Song Of The Open Road	Walt Whitman	Father Of Free Verse
Indian Weavers	Sarojini Naidu	Nightingale Of India
The Inchcape Rock	Robert Southey	Poet Laureate Of England
Have You Earned Your Tomorrow	Edgar Guest	People’s Poet
Father Returning Home	Dilip Chitre	Indian English Poet And Translator
Money	William H. Davies	Welsh Poet And Writer, Tramp Poet
She Walks In Beauty	George Gordon Byron	Lord Byron, Romantic Poet
Small Towns And Rivers	Mamang Dai	Indian Poetess, Active Radio And TV Journalist

Warm regards,

Chirag Jain.