Below are three examples of a poetry markup, one poor, one mediocre, and one strong. If you are not sure what a poem “means” you can still mark it up by pointing out what you are noticing, or what questions you have – I would rather see you struggle with a poem (and even interpret it incorrectly) than leave the poems blank

POOR ANNOTATION (Please ignore the comments on the numerical scoring)

MIDDLING ANNOTATION

GOOD ANNOTATION

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