Subtopics Brainstorm and Checklist 30 poems
1. Love Poems:
- Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
- Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
- How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
- A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
2. Nature Poems:
- I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
- The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
- The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
- The Sun Rising by John Donne
3. Death and Grief:
- When Death Comes by Mary Oliver
- Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
- Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
- O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
- Crossing the Bar by Alfred Lord Tennyson
4. War and Peace:
- The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
- Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
- Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
- If We Must Die by Claude McKay
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe
5. Childhood and Innocence:
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl
- Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
- The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Tyger by William Blake
- The Sick Rose by William Blake
6. Friendship:
- Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
- To a Friend by Matthew Arnold
- Friendship After Love by Derek Walcott
- The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
- True Friendship by Emily Bronte
Checklist:
- Have you chosen a variety of themes for your poems?
- Are you using a variety of poetic structures, such as sonnets, free verse, and haikus?
- Have you done research on the poets who have written about similar themes for inspiration and ideas?
- Are you incorporating descriptive language and sensory details to bring your poems to life?
- Have you revised and edited your poems for clarity, flow, and tone?
- Are you experimenting with different literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and alliterations?
- Have you considered the target audience for your poems and adapted your style and tone accordingly?
- Have you sought feedback from peers, mentors, or editors to improve your poems?
- Have you maintained your individuality and authenticity in your voice and style?