Personal Response to Poem
What is happening in Poem?
Look up words...
Is there a persona speaking in the poem?
Describe the world of the poem the setting...both physical and social.
Describe the tension between speaker and the world
Experience the images in the poem.
Pay attention to the sound of the poem
Line breaks.
How does the poem begin--how does it end and why?
What is the mood of the poem?
What does the poem mean?
Historical issues with the poem--context.
*From Pam Annas' "Explicating a Poem."
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