Poetry Analysis Sub Plan, Grades 6-8: One Poem, Five Questions (No Prep)

"Does the road wind up-hill all the way?" "Yes, to the very end." Christina Rossetti's "Up-Hill" (1862) is a 16-line conversation between a traveler and the voice that answers, printed in full with numbered lines. Students read it twice and put it through five sets of questions, 10 in all: who is speaking and to whom, two devices and what they do, how one stanza fits the whole poem, where the poem shifts, and what tone the answering voice takes.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Poem Page, 1 page: "Up-Hill" by Christina Rossetti (1862), 16 numbered lines
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a 30-point grading guide
• All four documents in one ready-to-print PDF, in print order, 6 pages
• 9 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no scissors.

Answer key included

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