TP—DASTT Poetry Analysis
Title Ponde= r the title before reading the poem.&n= bsp; Predict what it will be about.
Paraphrase Translate the poem into your own words. Make sure to read complete
sentence by complete sentence, not just line = by line.
Connotation
figures of speech, irony, diction (see quest= ions at bottom), point of view, allusions, and sound devices. How do these devices enhance meaning and effect?
Attitude = Observe both the speaker’s and = the poet’s attitude (tone). Look for the
speaker’s attitude toward self, other characte= rs, and the subject; attitudes of characters other than the speaker; and the poet’s attitude toward speaker, other characters, the subject, and the reader.
Shifts Note shifts in speakers = and in attitudes. Look for key words (but, yet,
however, although), punctuation (dashes, per= iods, colons, ellipsis), stanza
divisions<= /span>, diction.
Title Exami= ne the title again, this time on an interpretive level.
Determine what the poem is saying.&nb=
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What human experience, motivation, or condition is suggested by the poem?&n=
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Remember that theme is stated as a complete sentence.
Diction in Poetry
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