Name Title of Poem: Poet: 1. TITLE Period HONORS ENGLISH 3-4 TPP-CASTT POETRY ANALYSIS Date Year/Era: Ponder the title BEFORE reading the poem. What do you think the poem will be about? What significance do you think the title will hold? 2. PARAPHRASE Translate the poem (or difficult lines/phrases/words) into your own words. 3. POETIC DEVICES Identify the poem's poetic devices and analyze what effect they have on the poem's tone and theme./n4. CONNOTATION Contemplate the poem's diction for meaning beyond the literal. 5. ATTITUDE Identify both the speaker's and the poet's attitude (TONE). 6. SHIFTS Note shifts in speakers and in attitudes. 7. TITLE Examine the title again, this time on an INTERPRETIVE level. 8. THEME Write a statement of theme which clearly represents what the poet is trying to communicate.

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