Intensive Reading: Simple Poems

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 8 English | Theme 2.0 Scientific Innovations | Sub-Strand 2.2.1 Intensive Reading: Simple Poems (2 Lessons)

Lesson objectives

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

• Identify the persona in a given poem
• Identify instances of repetition in a given poem
• Explain what the poem is about
• Appreciate the role of poems in real life

Summary

A poem is spoken by someone — but that someone is not necessarily the poet. This topic covers how to identify a poem's persona, how repetition is used deliberately rather than by accident, and how to move from the surface meaning of a poem to the deeper message it carries.