How To analyse A Poem

How To analyse A Poem

1. Step 1

   • Find Your Point
     • Pick Something To Talk About
       • This Is Your Main Focus
     • What Do You Want To Say In The First Place?

2. Step 2

   • Find Evidance
     • Which Part Fits In
       • You Could Pick More Than One, Try To Link Them If You Do
     • What Part Of The Poem Supports What Your Saying?
       • Pick Specific Words, What Do They Mean?

3. Step 3

   • Technique
     • Look At Your Evidence
       • Is It A Simile? Metaphor? Alliteration? Or Something Else
         • How Does This Add To Your Point?
           • How Does It Make The Poem More Engaging?

4. Step 4

   • Explain
     • How?
       • Answer The Questions With The Evidence And Techniques You Have Gathered From The Poem
     • Why?
       • Answer The Questions With The Evidence And Techniques You Have Gathered From The Poem

5. Step 5

   • The Reader
     • What Effect Does It Have On The Reader?
       • What Do They Think?
         • Why?
           • Refer back to other steps

6. Step 6

   • Summary
     • Your Opinion
     • Look At Your Point
     • What Did The Writer Want?
     • Why Is This Important?