Poetry Analysis Sample

Poetry Analysis Template

You need to be able to answer all of these questions about your poem. After you have

Gathered all of this information, you will be ready to write a script that you will be able

To use to explain your poem to the audience.

Introduction:

1. What is the name of your poem?

2.

What is the name of your poet?

Written in, or any other interesting tidbits of information. You shouldhave at

Least one or two things to say.

Form:

1.

What is the overall form of the poem. That is, what genre or type of poetry is

Your poem? If you have no idea what form of poem you are studying, a good

List of different forms is found at

http://www.poemofquotes.com/articles/poetry_forms.php

2. What is the structure of your poem? That is, how many stanzas does it have?

1. Discuss what the overall meaning of your poem is. Avoid one sentence

Answers. You need to expand on your answer. Most poems make several

Interesting points and you need to explain as many of them as you can.

2. Discuss how this poem relates to your life, and/or to life in general.

Figurative Language and Poetic Techniques:

1.

Identify several (four would be the bare minimum – you can likely find more)