Level 11 Poetry Appreciation: List of details to include. Be sure to include a few sentences on each point below.

Do NOT leave
any point out. Remember to use formal language 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.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

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: time/era/Context/Background
Voice/Narrator: who's talking?/What perspective? How many perspectives?
Tone/Mood/Atmosphere/Feeling evoked
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What are the Messages that the poet is trying to convey? (Not what you think, do some research here)
Primary Subject/Themes: War/Love/Nature/Psychological (Not what you think, do some research here)
Secondary Themes: (what aspect/s of the Primary Theme) e.g. the horrors of War/the pains of Love
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PART TWO: FORM AND STRUCTURE

Poem Genre/Type of Poem : Sonnet(Shakespearean/Petrarchan)/Ballad/Elegy/Ode/Ekphrastic/Concrete/Epigram/Epitaph/Haiku/Free Verse

Layout/Structure/Stanzas/Octaves/Sestets/Quatrains/Rhyming Couplets?
Rhyme Schemes / Rhythym (Beat) and Tempo - is it Lyrical/Aural
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PART THREE: STANZA BY STANZA ANALYSIS
Have a stanza analysis for each stanza. If poem has 3 stanzas, you need 3 separate paragraphs here
LINE BY LINE: LOOK FOR ANY LITERARY DEVICES - QUOTE AND SAY WHAT STANZA, WHAT LINE
1. VOICE/SPEAKER: Who the speaker is, the voices, what perspective, positions that each stanza takes
2. TYPE OF LANGUAGE: Comment on the type of Language Used (words) - indicate what stanza and what line - use quotation marks

3. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Examples of Figurative Language: 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. EFFECT: For each example of Figurative Language in each line, also explain what Literary Effect the poet creates.

Examples of Literary Effects: Hyperbolic, Paradox, Irony, Sarcasm, Contradiction, Pathos, Hubris, Cynicism, Sardonicism, Rhythm, Speed,
Tempo, Romanticism, Euphemism, Emphasis, Conflict, Poignancy, Ambivalence, Emotion, Dramatic

5. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THIS POEM (FROM THE POET)?

At the end of this Part Three, make the space, i.e. write a sentence or two to COMPARE the paragraphs - any similarities? Any differences? Contrasts? Developments?
(start a new paragraph here)
FOURTH AND FINAL PART: CONCLUSION (Paragraph 6)
How do you feel about the poem/your reactions
How was it received in its time? Why?
Is it famous/important? Why? /to Whom?/How? (E.G. Brooke's 'The Solider' is important because it reminds us of the risks and dangers of
over-romanticising the war
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