Literature_Poetry_Analysis__JC_

Literature Poetry Analysis Questions / ​ Parallels ​ / ​ Main Ideas Notes Assessment Criteria What are the 4 Assessment Criteria for Literature? Assessment Criteria 1. Literary Terminology 2. Sensitivity: Personal & Insightful 3. Imagination 4. Systematic Thinking Answering Technique Recite the Poetry Mnemonic and the Elements of Poetry ● What relations should you be looking out for within these elements? ● What are the 3 steps of Literary Analysis? ● //Systematic Thinking Step 1: Understand the Logical Structure and Flow of Argument of the Poem ● What is each Stanza saying? ○ How are the stanzas separated? ■ E.g. Idea about x in each stanza ● What is the Overall Thesis? ○ What themes are raised? ● Are there overarching techniques (e.g. motifs)? ● Who is speaking? To whom? ○ In what tone? How does the tone relate to the main idea? Step 2: Identify the Elements of Poetry: Subject-Matter, Themes, Imagery, Diction, Form (Versification, Rhythm, Rhyme), Mood, Tension, Value Judgements ● Screaming Through Ice Deep Freezes My Throaty Voice ● Understand the general mood, tone and atmosphere of the poem ● What do the elements reveal in ​ Contrast and Synergy ​ ? ○ Note Contradictions and Relations within Poem ○ Good to use Multiple elements

● Pay Close Attention to Genre-Specific Techniques ○ Poetry: Emphasis on Sound ■ Rhyme scheme, Masculine/Feminine Ends ■ Do not miss out on the ending!! Step 3: Express Points that answer the Question with Clarity ● What? → How? → Why? ● Technique > Effect > Significance ○ Bring out Action of the Author ○ E.g. The author uses visual imagery in the simile “men die as cattle” to suggest that the men considered less than human in how they are systematically, indiscriminately and frequently sacrificed for war, so as to condemn the act of war as senseless ○ Effect: “die as cattle” has multiple connotations: soldiers die in large numbers, have no personal identity, are less than human and are slaughtered ○ Significance: enemies are butchers and the battlefield is an abattoir where senseless killings occur ● Technique: Memorise poetic Devices ○ Interpret lines in context: Draw links between quotes throughout the poem ○ If possible: Choose quotes based on the technique ● Effect: The line of ​ reasoning ​ that draws on the ​ mood, tone, atmosphere or audience response ​ evoked by the technique to make clear logical ​ justifications ​ of the point/significance ○ Questions to Consider ■ What is this ​ associated ​ with? ■ How does this relate to the ​ context of the poem ​ and as a ​ general statement ​ ? ■ Why did the author ​ choose ​ to add this when the sentence would have been fine without it/other things could have been used ​ ? ■ What does the author want to ​ achieve (thematically/emotionally) ​ ? Does this support/oppose it? ■ Are there other