Intensive Reading: Poetry (Structure)

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 8 English | Theme 3.0 Pollution | Sub-Strand 3.4.1 Intensive Reading: Poetry - Structure (2 Lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Identify the aspects of structure in a given poem
• Recognise the main ideas in a given poem
• Recognise the role of poems in communicating values

Summary

A poem's structure — how it is divided into stanzas, and how many lines sit within each — is not arbitrary decoration around the words. This topic covers the components of a poem's structure, and how that structure works together with its main ideas to communicate values, not just describe events.