23-Page FREE Longfellow Poetry Analysis & Copywork

Published:
December 10, 2020

Bonnie Rose Hudson

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You can help your students learn about analyzing poetry, strengthen their writing, and even practice their penmanship with this FREE Longfellow Poetry Analysis & Copywork featuring “Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 

Free Poetry Analysis

This FREE Poetry Analysis & Copywork unit breaks down the steps to analyzing poetry so it doesn’t seem so hard or overwhelming. This unit guides students to look at: 

  • the definition of the words
  • what is repeated and why
  • what literary devices are used 
  • the mood, tone, and theme of the poem
  • and more

This unit supplements language arts studies and provides the questions for students to ask, notebooking lines to record answers, and the full text of the poem. It also includes print copywork for the students to trace and/or copy. 

This unit’s featured poem is “Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a powerful poem about the promise and hope of Christmas in the midst of despair.

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