These are all questions I want my students to be aware of when revising. One, called group feedback revision, is a modification of Peter Elbow's revision groups. In groups of four or five, students read their poem twice. These two questions are similar to the ones Kirby and Liner suggest students ask about their own poems when they write. This question reinforces my teaching that in their poems they need to make strong images that last in the reader's mind.
Listeners give oral feedback before they hand the papers to the reader.
I like this group revision because the poems are read orally. Poems sound different than when they are silently read, and it is important to hear how the words flow together. Also, the strong images will stay in the listener's mind. These images will be what the listener will respond to, showing the author the poem's strong points. The author will see the strengths in their poem and the weak links that need strengthening.