Using TPCASSTT for Analysis of Poetry



Using TPCASSTT for Analysis of Poetry

|Title |What do the words of the title suggest to you? What denotations are presented in the title? What connotations or associations do the |

| |words posses? |

|Paraphrase |Translate the poem in your own words. What is the poem about? When and where is it set ? |

|Connotation |Details selected by poet (and | | |

| |those omitted) |Allusions (biblical, classical, |Imagery :Patterns |

| | |historical, literary…) | |

| | | |Light/dark, sensory… |

| |Symbolism |Point of view : speaker ? Use of second |Tense |

| | |person ? | |

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| | |Retrospect ? | |

| |Figurative Language |Other devices : apostrphe, understatement,|DICTION : choice of words, semantic field, striking |

| | |irony, pun, |words, dominant style ? |

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|Attitude |What is the speaker’s attitude? How does the speaker feel about himself, about others, and about the subject? What is the |

| |author’s attitude? How does the author feel about the speaker, about other characters, about the subject, and the reader? Does|

| |the text imply a moral stance or a perspective from a socio-historical or psychological point of view ? |

|S ound Devices |If there is a rhyme scheme, why do you think the poet has chosen this to communicate his ideas ? Perfect/full rhyme can offer |

| |a sense of harmony, assurance, while slant rhymes could reinforce a sense of change, disharmony…) |

| |Assonance, Sibiliance, alliteration, consonance, repetition, anaphora (rep of phrase) are easily recognisable. Suggest what |

| |ideas are being reinforced. (consider euphony and cacophony) |

| |Rhythm and meter will often reflect the attitude, or will serve to reinforce certain words or ideas. |

|Shifts |Where do the shifts in tone, setting, voice, rhythm etc. occur? Look for time and place, keywords, punctuation, stanza |

| |divisions, changes in length or rhyme, and sentence structure. What is the purpose of each shift? How do they contribute to |

| |effect and meaning? |

|Title |Reanalyze the title on an interpretive level. What part does the title play in the overall interpretation of the poem? |

|Theme |List the subjects and the abstract ideas in the poem. Then determine the overall theme. What message is the author trying to |

| |convey? What lesson is being taught? The theme must be written in a complete sentence. |

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| |Recurring themes include : Relationship between man and nature, man and time, between the sexes, social class, solitude, love,|

| |death, religious belief, emotion and environment, the dilemma of existence, solitude, individual in society, overcoming |

| |hardships, childhood, the community and the outsider, |

|Personal response |What kinds of pleasure does the text give ? |

|Connotation |Details selected by poet (and those omitted) |

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| |Allusions (biblical, classical, historical, | | |Imagery  and | |Other Devices irony, antithesis|

| |literary…) | | |:patterns | |oxymoron, |

| | |Symbolism | | | |apostrophe, , pun, sarcasm, |

| | | |Diction (choice of words, semantic fields, | | |understatement |

| | | |striking words, dominant style) | | | |

| |Point of View : speaker ; use of second | | | | | |

| |person ? written in retrospect ? | | |Figurative Language| | |

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