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Name: _________________
Poem: __________________________ Poet: ________________ Period/Century: _____________
TITLE
T Anticipate Meaning.
Questions?
SPEAKER
S Speaking to…? Situation?
PARAPHRASE
P What’s it about? One-three
sentences
FIGURATIVE
DEVICES
Look beyond the literal at
F figurative and sound
devices. Give examples.
How do they affect
meaning, feeling?
ATTITUDE
A Analyze narrator’s and/or
poet’s attitude (TONE)
SHIFTS
S Note shifts in tone, subject,
speaker, situation, or
diction.
TITLE
T Re-consider the meaning of
the title.
THEME(s)
T What is the poem saying?
What is “message?”