Oral Commentary Poetry Questions 1.

Analyse the play of contrasts in the poem and discuss how they affect the meaning of the poem as a whole. 2. Examine the structure of the poem and discuss the effect produced. 3. Discuss the uses and effects of imagery in the poem. 4. Analyse the opening and closing lines of the poem and discuss the connections between them. 5. Analyse the ways in which the poet conveys a particular insight in the poem selected. 6. Discuss how vocabulary and other aspects of language serve to establish the voice of the poem. 7. Comment on the use and significance of any motifs present in the selected poem. 8. Analyse the way the selected poem can be understood as much through the musicality of its language as any description of subject or theme. 9. Discuss the ways in which the poet uses oppositions as a structural element in the selected poem. 10. Discuss the key themes of the poem, and the ways in which the poet uses language and imagery to present them. 11. Comment on the way the ideas of the poem are reflected in its structure and pattern. 12. Discuss the way the voice of the poem is presented and its effect. 13. Analyse the ways in which the author uses symbols in the poem and what meanings and effects are produced . 14. Comment on the way the poets choice of words creates the atmosphere of the poem. 15. What can you say about the use of tone in the poem, especially its effect on the way the poems themes are presented?