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Poetry Analysis Step by Step

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📋 How to Proceed1

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Instructions

  • The columns represent the working steps.
  • Always support your points with line references.
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1️⃣ First Impression1

After the First Reading

  • What is the poem about? What is the mood? What stands out immediately?
  • Do not use technical terms yet; simply write down your impressions.
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2️⃣ Content & Structure2

Content of Each Stanza

  • Stanza 1: ...
  • Stanza 2: ...
  • One sentence each
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Form

  • Count the stanzas and lines
  • Determine the rhyme scheme (aabb couplet rhyme, abab alternate rhyme, abba enclosed rhyme)
  • Meter, if covered
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3️⃣ Language2

Identify Literary Devices

  • Metaphor (figurative image)
  • Simile (using like or as)
  • Personification (things act like humans)
  • Anaphora (same beginning of successive clauses)
  • Alliteration (same initial sound)
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Describe the Effect

  • Do not merely identify it: What effect does the literary device have here? Always include a line reference.
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4️⃣ Interpretation1

Bring It Together

  • What is the poem trying to say? How do content, form, and language work together?
  • Formulate an interpretation and support it with observations
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✍️ Sentence Starters1

Useful Phrases

  • The poem ... by ... explores ...
  • One striking feature is ... (line ...)
  • This creates ... for the reader
  • In summary, it can be said that ...
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