THE BIG SIX for Poetry by Rosemary Quintero https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc What the Big Six IS: A framework for studying poetry. An instructional tool to create learning targets. An invitation into conversation about a poem. A tool to use with any poem and any skill level. What the Big Six IS NOT: A right or wrong answer to a poem. A roadblock for a conversation on poetry. en-us 2021-01-03 06:59:59 UTC 2025-11-15 23:34:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f369.png TITLE: rosemaryquintero https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049499382 What words/ideas appear in other places in the poem?

Is it a line in the poem?

What does it highlight? 

Does the title reveal a special detail? ]]> 2021-01-03 07:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049499382 SPEAKER: rosemaryquintero https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049505789 An author can take the liberty to adopt a persona or speaker from a perspective of someone or something  that they are not. 


What is the speaker like?

What does she/he love, hate, fear, etc?

What is the speakers attitude towards the subject?

Why did the poet chose that particular speaker? 

How would the poem's message or approach be different if the speaker was different? 

]]> 2021-01-03 07:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049505789 THEME: rosemaryquintero https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049509909 Identify the difference between a topic/category and a theme statement. Themes in poetry are more complex than just one word category. This isn't about getting it right, but exploring what is possible based on the text. 

What are the big universal ideas addressed in the poem?

How are they presented?
Think: tone, imagery, literary devices, details etc. 

Does the author or speaker give plausible clues that make your theme statement possible? ]]> 2021-01-03 07:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049509909 TOOLS: rosemaryquintero https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049516690 Poetry can include many tools, don't get stuck on identifying all of them. 
Choose one or two tools that are CLEARLY evident as mentors in the poem or meaningful to the poems turn or theme as focal points. 

How do the devices work and is the effect on the message of the poem as a whole?  

What specific devices are used? Most frequently?

What tools repeat or create a consistent image?

What are the most powerful metaphors?

]]> 2021-01-03 07:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049516690 TURNS: rosemaryquintero https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049524294 What are the spots that the poem TURNS or SHIFTS?
What is the tone at the beginning of the poem?The end?
Where does that change?]]> 2021-01-03 07:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049524294 PARAPHRASE: rosemaryquintero https://padlet.com/rosemaryquintero/8529idwr5cdyhpjc/wish/1049525998 Line line or stanza by stanza put the poem in your own words.

What big ideas/images stand out?

What is the story of the poem?

What happens?

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