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WorksheetsSteps to Analyzing Poetry
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the 2nd step to analyzing a poem?
Read the poem
Analyze the mood and tone
Figure out the theme, or message
Compare and contrast the title and how it relates to the poem
What does it mean to paraphrase a poem?
How does step 3 relate to step 4?
Reading the poem is required to understand how the title relates to the poem.
The theme of the poem is hard to get if you don’t go through it line by line.
The speaker generally affects the mood, based on their personality.
The speaker makes the title based on their personality.
What is theme?
A claim
A universal message
Core of a poem
Similar to the mood
Main idea
What is Step 3?
Analyze the mood and tone of the poem.
Understand the speaker, or who “tells” the poem.
Go through the poem line by line and dissect it.
Read through the poem at least twice.
The figuring out the (a) is the final step of the analyzing a poem.
The 2nd thing you should do in a poem compare the (a) to the poem as a whole.
Describe step 5 and why it is necessary for step 6.
How many times should you read a poem?
At most 2 times
1 time
At least 2 times
At least 3 times
What is step 7 for analyzing a poem?
There is no step 7.
Theme
Connections
The same as step 8.
How many steps do you use to analyze poetry?
4
7
5
6
Which has the most in common with Connotative Language?
Theme
Read
Mood and Tone
Paraphrase
Which step has the most in common with Figurative Language?
3
5
4
6
