Analyzing Poetry and Theme

What is the first step in analyzing poetry?

• Identify the text structure.

• Look for facts.

• Look for figurative language.

The second step in analyzing poetry is to look for repetition. What is repetition?

• Things that are repeated such as words, phrases, or sounds.

• Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

• Comparing something using like or as.

• The arrangement of lines into groups, separated by empty lines.

What is the final step in analyzing poetry?

• Look for characters to make connections with.

• Look for connections to your literature club books.

• Look for connections between the poem and title/images.

• Look for connections to nature.

True or False: All poems do not have to rhyme.

• True

• False

How do you feel about your ability to analyze poetry?

• I don't know where to start.

• I know the steps to take but still need help.

• I can analyze a poem on my own.

True or False: Poetry always follows grammar rules.

• True

• False

What is a stanza?

• The end or conclusion of a poem.

• The arrangement of lines into groups, separated by empty lines.

• The theme or lesson learned.

• The title of the poem.

Which type of poem follows a rhyme pattern?

• Free verse

• Ballad

What is the purpose of analyzing a poem with TPCASTT?

• Each steps helps us dive deeper in finding out the message or theme of the poem

• The teachers came up with this to make our life hard.

What does the C stand for in TPCASTT?

• Critique

• Connotation

• Catharsis

• Caricature