Analysing Poetry
by Sude Y
1. Language
1.1. Alliteration
1.2. Onomatopoeia
2. Structure
2.1. Organization
2.2. Stanzas
2.3. Length
3. Title
3.1. Significance of the title
4. Tone
4.1. Serious
4.2. Angry
4.3. Humorous
4.4. Sarcastic
5. Theme
5.1. Ideas
5.2. Subject
6. Narrative Stance
6.1. Who is the speaker of the poem?
7. Punctuation
7.1. Does it emphasize some words or phrases?
8. Rhyme Scheme
8.1. Internal Rhyme
8.2. Assonance
9. Imagery
9.1. Personification
9.2. Simile
9.3. Metaphor