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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.

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