Steps+For+Close+Reading+Poetry

Steps For Reading Poetry
 * 1) Determine and explain which listed characteristic the poem exemplifies. Remember, you need separate poems to exemplify lyric, sonnet and free verse. Your other poems will exemplify 7 of the remaining characteristics.
 * 2) Define any unfamiliar words __OR__ words used in unusual ways in the poem.
 * 3) In colored ink, annotate the poem you have hand copied into your poetry notebook. Your annotations should indicate the literal meaning of the poem - in other words, what the poem says. This is the ONLY STEP NOT ON THE ANALYSIS PAGE.
 * 4) Determine and explain what the poet mean. In other words, what is the poet trying to say about life or society in this poem.
 * 5) Explain how the characteristic identified in number 1 functions in the poem to enhance the underlying meaning you identified in number 4.
 * Begin the analysis of each poem on a new page. Each analysis must be a minimum of one page and a maximum of two pages, TYPED.
 * Set up each of your analyses as follows
 * "Title of the Poem" Author of the poem Characteristic Exemplified

List of words of definitions

Analysis: Start with a clear and exact statement and explanation of underlying meaning - **written in** **paragraph form.** Use specific examples (quoted words and phrases) from the text of the poem itself. Explanation of how the identified characteristc functions in the poem to enhance the underlying meaning. Don't forget to see your example. ||