English 4, Unit 9: Life and Death								Poetry Graphic Organizer

Directions: As you move through each poem, record your thoughts about the text. Type or write in the appropriate spaces provided. You’ll notice that each poem’s title and author appear in the first column of the graphic organizer. In the middle column, record words that imply messages about death in each poem. In the last column, make an inference regarding the theme about death conveyed in each poem..

Title/Author	Key Words That Imply Messages About Death	Inference About Poem’s Theme (Death-related)	
“Annabel Lee”

By Edgar Allan Poe			
“Because I Could 
Not Stop for Death”

By Emily Dickinson			
“Full of Life Now”

By Walt Whitman			
“Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep”

By Mary Frye			
“A Stone I Died”

By J.Rumi