By: Katria Hale
Transcribed By: Cary Carr
The basis of all poetry is the meaning of the words, and how they come together to invoke emotion in the reader.
When critiquing poetry, focus on how each word makes you feel, and what each word adds to the meaning and feeling of the work as a whole.
Look for repeated words and phrases, alliteration, and similar word constructions, as all of these can indicate greater meaning in the piece.
Poems do not have to rhyme in order to be poetry, but they should have some form of rhythm to them.
Example Critique from the Workshop on the Poem Abandoned Farmhouse:
The objects spoke, and it painted a picture of the people that used them. It is figurative language.
Repeated words and phrases: Something went wrong, he was not a farmer, the word “broken”, and words like leaky or empty. All of these showed that something happened to break the farm and the family that lived there.
The overall emotion of this piece is emptiness and desolation. Something went wrong, and everything is broken now.
Alliteration: good, Godfearing man; plum preserves; dolls in overalls; and lilacs and oilcloth.
Source: www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/237648
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