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8th Grade Poetry Worksheets

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Poetry comprehension asks students to read a poem closely and explain how its images, sounds and structure build meaning. There are 9 poetry worksheets for 8th grade, all with answer keys, with poems by Dickinson, Rossetti, Dunbar, Yeats, Longfellow, Lear and Millay alongside two original poems. They include Hope as a Small Bird (Poem by Dickinson), A Traveler's Questions in Rossetti's Up-Hill (Poem) and A Poet the World Misread (Poem by Dunbar). The sheets practice RL.8.2 and RL.8.4.

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

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Frequently Asked Questions

An extended metaphor is a comparison that continues through several lines or a whole poem. In Up-Hill, Christina Rossetti keeps comparing a journey to an uphill road that ends at an inn. In Hope, Emily Dickinson describes hope as a small bird from the first stanza to the last.

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