Name: __________________ Date: ____________ Mr. Halen - English 9 – P.C.SS. RM.

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DIRECTIONS: After reading a poem, fill in as much of the following as you can in the spaces provided. Print or
write out the poem and staple it to this Poetry Response Sheet, three-hole punch it, and put it in your Poetry
Portfolio.

Title of Poem: ____________________________________

Poet: ____________________________________________

1. What was your first response to this poem?

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Circle one: I liked it or disliked it

2. What did the poem make you think about?

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3. How did the poem make you feel?

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4. What personal connection(s) did you make? Who or what does the poem remind you of?

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5. What did you like that the poet did in the poem?

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 6. What techniques did they use that you would like to try out in your own poems?

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7. Which line in this poem makes you want to draw a picture?

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8. Which words painted a picture in your mind?

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9. Why do you think this poet wrote this poem? (What do you think the poet was thinking?)

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10. What mood did the poem leave you in? Describe how you felt after reading this poem in one or two
BIG words.

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