*How to Analyze Poetry

Question 1

What should I pay attention to when determining the poem's structure and organization?

Accepted Answer

Number of stanzas, Overall length, How ideas are grouped

Question 2

What is TONE?

Accepted Answer

How the author thinks about the topic

Question 3

Why read a poem once to yourself silently?

Accepted Answer

To get & record any emotional reactions or feelings.

Question 4

Why should you now look for poetic devices and figurative language?

Accepted Answer

I now understand all the literal and structural purposes

Question 5

Why is it important to annotate each stanza of a poem?

Accepted Answer

It allows you to read a poem closely and with intention., It allows you to find symbolism and meaning of lines of poetry., It allows you to understand the purpose of each paragraph.

Question 6

Why first look for the LITERAL meaning?

Accepted Answer

The straightforward version is there and needs translated.

Question 7

Why would a poet use a rhyme scheme?

Accepted Answer

To deepen the meaning and emphasize an idea.

Question 8

How much of a poem relates to its central idea or theme?

Accepted Answer

All of it.

Question 9

What is SYMBOLISM?

Accepted Answer

The idea or belief meaning of a concrete noun., Symbols, colors, or objects that stand for a feeling/belief

Question 10

What is the purpose of uncovering the main idea of a poem?

Accepted Answer

helps you to understand the author's message behind writing the poem, helps you to answer analysis questions about the poem., Helps you to understanding the overall meaning of the poem

Question 11

Why should the reader identify the poem's speaker?

Accepted Answer

Helps identify the audience, Heps understand perspective, Because it's not always the author

Question 12

Why then seek the CONNOTATIVE meaning of a poem?

Accepted Answer

The connotation of words are mean to evoke emotion.

*How to Analyze Poetry

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*How to Analyze Poetry

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