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Scoring Poetry

This is the point system I use when judging a poem.
 

Scoring for Poetry

Structure

%

Content

%

Texture

%

Evocation *

%

  Form

15

Universal

20

Poetic Diction

30

Emotional

 

  Cadence

 

  Theme

20

  Word Choice

20

  Impact

33

   Metrical line

20

  Subject

30

Mechanics

 

  Mood

33

   Metrical foot

20

Pt of View  

30

  Grammar

 10

  Tone

33

Rhyme

25

 

 

   Spelling

 10

 

 

Format

10

 

 

   Punctuation

 10

 

 

Layout

10

 

 

Style

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Originality

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Creativity

10

Plus

01

Total

100

Total

100

Total

100

Total

100

 

 

Formula for final score:

 

Structure =    15%

Content   =    15%

Texture   =    40%

Evocation  =  30% 

 

 

 

  • * 
  • Evocation = Emotional response to:
  • Mood = Poet's emotions about his poem
  • Tone = Emotional response the poet wants from his reader
  • Impact = Sharp, first emotional response from the reader

 

 

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  • MysticalRayne gold member
    April 26
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    where did you get that from and what does 100 mean is that good

  • Winklings gold member
    April 23
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    Normally

    I would score this sonnet at something like 98%.
    In using the method of isolated marking (as many teachers do) I find this famous poem gets, for me - pretending the poem is by say, you - Structure: 10% as there is no clearly defined turn or volta.
    Content: 10% as there is just too much repetition that is unneeded.
    Texture: 30% as the lines do have a certain jerkiness; the diction is predictable; the penultimate line has uncertain punctuation.
    Evocation: Even for the late C19 the use of old-fashioned English evokes a biblical effect thaT IS SPIRITUAL RATHER THAN EVOCATIVE OF PASSIONATE LOVE THAT SHOULD EXIST BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. lOOK AT A MUCH EARLIER POEM BY bURNS WITH THE PASSION THERE!
    Evocation: 22%.

    Total: 72% It could earn a bronze at AP.

    However, if I read this aloud to myself several times, read it silently, then looked at the totality of its impact, I'd give it 98% and a first rate Gold.

  • Winklings gold member
    April 23
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    Try:








    "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
    My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
    For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
    I love thee to the level of everyday's
    Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
    I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
    I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
    I love thee with a passion put to use
    In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
    I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
    With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
    Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
    I shall but love thee better after death."