Poetry Review
Include the following elements in your poetry review:
Title of Poem
Poet
(Copy the poem.)
Which book did your poem come from?
Why did you choose this poem?
Does it rhyme or is it free verse?
Why do you think the poet wrote this poem?
Is this a poem you could recite to the class? Why or why not?
Example
There’s a New Cook in the Cafeteria
by Bruce Lansky
Good morning, staff and students.
We have a brand new cook.
And that’s why our lunch menu
will have a brand new look.
To make a good impression,
our cook’s prepared a treat:
your choice of snapping turtle soup
or deep-fried monkey meat.
If you’re a vegetarian,
we have good news today:
she’s serving pickled cauliflower
and jellyfish soufflé.
And for dessert our cook has made
a recipe from France:
I’m sure you’ll all want seconds—
of chocolate-covered ants.
I hope you like this gourmet feast.
I hope you won’t complain.
But if you do we’ll have to bring
our old cook back again.
This poem came from the book, No More Homework! No More Tests! by Bruce Lansky. I chose this poem because it reminded me of lunches in the cafeteria when I was in school. It made me laugh and I like the fact that the verses rhyme.
I believe that Bruce Lansky is trying to tell students that no matter how bad school lunches may be, they can always be worse! Reciting this poem to the class would not be very difficult to do because it rhymes and it is humorous. Using facial expressions and voice inflections would make the poem even funnier!
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