An Easy Way To Begin Poetry is the dramatization of experience in metrical language.

To study or analyze poetry, one must consider many elements. A good way to start is by reading the poem silently. Then read the poem a second third, fourth! time aloud. "eading the poem aloud ma#es its meaning clearer and you will hear the $arious poetic sound de$ices such as alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, etc. Then try writing down a brief summary to ma#e sure that you are understanding the poem. "emember to read sentence by sentence not line by line.

Questions To Answer Before Writing

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Writing Your Paper

The actual writing of the paper is probably the easiest tas# because you ha$e already identified e$erything that needs to be co$ered. 5ou may wish to co$er all the important items in your own order, howe$er, the order listed abo$e does wor# well. 2ost li#ely you will not be able to simply write a few lines for each de$ice, rather you must group these de$ices together. A proper order of paragraphs may flow li#e this6 7. 8ramatic 4ituation A. B. +. 8. 77. Who is spea#ing& To whom is that spea#er spea#ing& What is the situation& What is the spea#er9s tone&

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777 Theme . 7: 8iction word choice! . A. B. +. 8. E. +onnotation suggested meaning of words! 8enotation dictionary definition! Abstract can only be understood intellectually! +oncrete words describing physical ob.ects! ;inds of language %. <igurati$e a. b. c. d. e. (. 2etaphor implied comparisons! 4imile comparison using 9li#e9 or 9as9! Personification gi$ing human characteristics to an inanimate ob.ect! 2etonymy the use of an attribute or =uality of an ob.ect to represent the ob.ect itself! 4ynecdoche substitutes a significant part of something for the thing itself!

"hetorical a. b. c. d. e. f. g. 7rony opposite of what is meant! >yperbole exaggeration! Allusion reference to something! Pun play on words! Paradox contradictory! ?xymoron self contradictory term! @itotes form of understatement!

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"emember, when you are writing this paper you should use direct =uotes where$er you can, you should $ary your sentence structure, and all rules of grammar still apply.