Finding Theme in Poetry

What theme might a poem about a family explore?

• The number of family members

• The bonds and connections between family members

• The size of the house

• The type of car owned

What is a theme that might be explored in a poem about nature?

• The number of trees

• The beauty and power of the natural world

• The type of soil

• The height of mountains

What is the theme of the poem?

• What goes around comes around

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• Practice makes perfect

What is the theme of this poem?

• family first

• Don't judge a book by its cover.

• Jealousy

• Believe in yourself

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 S stand for in TPCASTT?

• Simile

• Synechdoche

• Sanity

• Shift

What does the last T stand for in TPCASTT?

• Tone

• Theme

• Title

• Thesis

When analyzing poetry, you should start by...

• Reading the title

• Looking at pictures

• Making a prediction

• All of the above

Why do we reanalyze the title of the poem?

• to help guide our thinking for coming up with a theme

• we don't this is a silly step

What does the C stand for in TPCASTT?

• Critique

• Connotation

• Catharsis

• Caricature