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CONNECT NONFICTION AND POETRY
Poets often use nature as the subject of their poems. They may include scientific
facts, or pieces of information that can be verified through direct observation or
through reliable reference sources. Sometimes, however, poets change the facts to
create images or express their ideas.

Directions: Complete the chart to show which poem, “Fireflies” or “Fireflies in the
Garden,” stays closer to the facts. One example has been done for you.

Poem Details Fact or Not Fact?

“Fireflies” “fireflies/flitting/fireflies/glimmering” Fact

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“Fireflies in the
Garden”

Which poem uses more factually accurate details?

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