LEVELSTIPS:

SOME 10/11 - - POETRY

Do NOT APPRECIATION
leave any WRITING
points out. Remember AT AN
to use O LEVEL
formal languageSTANDARD
and to use an objective/respectful and
ambivalent tone. You should not show any bias, opinion, be over critical. Your register has to be diplomatically
critical.

WHAT GOES IN PARAGRAPH ONE ?

Title/Poet/Poet Bio/Life/Other poems he/she wrote which are similar/which contast/is this one in a series?
Why did the poet write this poem? What was happening in their lives at the time?
Poem Context: In what year and era was this poem written? What was the background and context which made the poet write it?
Voice/Narrator: who is talking in this poem? What perspective is taken? Are there more than one perspectives?
What is the Tone/Mood/Atmosphere/Feeling evoked?

WHAT GOES IN PARAGRAPH TWO?

What is the Genre of the poem? Is it a War/Love/Nature/Psychological (Not what you think, do some research here)
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY MESSAGE OF THE POEM
AND WHAT ARE THE SECONDARY MESSAGES?
WHAT ARE THE Primary Subjects or Themes?
what are the Secondary Themes: (what aspect/s of the Primary Theme) e.g. the horrors of War/the pains of Love

WHAT GOES INTO PARAGRAPH THREE: FORM AND STRUCTURE ?

What is the FORM of the poem? Is it a
Sonnet(Shakespearean/Petrarchan)/Ballad/Elegy/Ode/Ekphrastic/Concrete/Epigram/Epitaph/Haiku/Free Verse
What can you say about the Layout or Structure of the poem? How many Stanzas are there? What are the stanzas?
Are they Octaves/Sestets/Quatrains/Rhyming Couplets?
What is the Rhyme Schemes? Is it ABAB, OR ABCB (etc.)
WHAT GOES INTO PARAGRAPHS FOUR, FIVE, SIX…...DEPENDS ON HOW MANY STANZAS YOU HAVE TO ANALYZE

NOW HERE BE CAREFUL AS YOU ALL GOT THIS WRONG IN THE 1ST TWO APPRECIATIONS. HERE YOU NEED TO HAVE A
PARAGRAPH FOR EACH STANZA AND YOU NEED TO QUOTE FROM THE POEM, LINE BY LINE, SHOWING (1) WHAT
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE/LITERARY DEVICES ARE USED IN EVERY LINE OF THE POEM (2) WHY DOES THE POET USE THIS
LANGUAGE? TO CREATE WHAT EFFECT /WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING EACH OF THE FIGURES OF SPEECH ? (3)
WHAT MESSAGE OR FEELING DO EACH OF THESE EFFECTS GIVE THE READER? (AND THIS HAS TO BE LINE BY LINE. [DO
NOT GIVE YOUR OWN INTERPRETATION/DO NOT TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE POEM MEANS. YOU ANALYZE LINE BY
LINE AND QUOTE AND COMMENTS ON THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.
1. VOICE/SPEAKER: Who are the speakers in the poem? How many voices are there? What perspectives are taken in
each of the stanzas? It could be that there are no voices: just the omniscient narrator (which means that we don't
know exactly who it is/the poet)
2. TYPE OF LANGUAGE: Comment on the type of Language Used (words) - indicate what stanza and what line - use quotation marks

3. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE / FIGURES OF SPEECH: here are some examples for you to check for:
Word repetition/Epizeuxis /Anastrophe (Word Order)/Caesura/Enjambment
Alliteration/Assonance/Onomatopoeia/Irony/Hyperbole/Consonance/Dissonance/Anaphora
Symbolism/Imagery/Similes/Metaphors/Personification/Metonyms/Synecdoche/Idiom/Untruth or Impossibility
4. EFFECTIVENESS : For each example of Figurative Language in each line, also explain what Literary Effect the poet
creates.
ExamplesHere below Effects
of Literary are some examples for youHyperbolic,
or EFFECTIVENESS: to choose from:
Paradox, Irony, Sarcasm, Contradiction, Pathos, Hubris,
Cynicism, Sardonicism, Rhythm, Speed, Tempo, Romanticism, Euphemism, Emphasis, Conflict, Poignancy, Ambivalence,
Emotion, Dramatic, Humour.
5. WHAT MESSAGE DOES EACH LITERARY EFFECT GIVE US?
WHAT GOES INTO THE LAST PARAGRAPH
How do you feel about the poem/your reactions
How was this poem received in its time? Was it heaviy crticised? Why?
Is it famous/important? Why? /to Whom?/How?
Final thoughts and analysis. Is it relevant today? What does it represent today?
Normal length - depends on your handwriting, but normally: pages 3 minimum- 4 maximum
made the poet write it?

ine - use quotation marks