8th Grade Poetry Comprehension Worksheets

Poetry comprehension asks students to read a poem closely and explain how its language builds meaning. There are 9 sheets for 8th grade here, all with answer keys. Students follow the extended metaphor in Rossetti's Up-Hill and Dickinson's Hope, find the theme of Dunbar's The Poet and Yeats's The Song of Wandering Aengus, and study suspense in Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride. Each sheet prints the poem with line numbers, and most add a glossary or a note.