Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Analysing an unseen poem
- STEP ONE: Work out what the poem is about…
- What is the subject of the poem?
- Who is speaking?
- Who is the narrator speaking to?
- STEP TWO: Identify the themes and message of the poem…
- Why has the poet written the poem?
- What are they trying to say?
- What ideas are they using?
- Is it an emotional response to something that’s happened?
- Is it trying to get an emotional response from the reader?
- Is it portraying a message or opinion on a subject or event?
- STEP THREE: Identify the attitudes and feelings in the poem…
- What are the different emotions and feelings of the narrator or poet?
- What is the mood or atmosphere of the poem (e.g. sad, angry, etc.)?
- How has the poet used different poetic techniques to show these attitudes and feelings?
- STEP FOUR: Identify the poetic techniques used in the poem…
- What are the different poetic techniques that the poet has used to show the attitudes and feelings
in the poem?
- How has the poet shown these feelings through form and structure (e.g. rhyme, rhythm, line
length, stanza length, etc.)?
- How has the poet used poetic devices to show these feelings (e.g. metaphors, similes, caesura,
enjambment, alliteration, juxtaposition, personification, etc.)?
- STEP FIVE: Explore your personal response to the poem…
- How do you feel about the poem?
- How well does the poet get the message across in the poem?
- What is the impact of the poem on the reader (refer to ‘the reader’, rather than ‘I’ when talking
about the impact of the poem)?
- Are there any other ways the poem could be interpreted?