Meaning LANGUAGE

Analysing poetry Surface meaning and deeper what words has the poet used to create an image?
CSL – JUNE 2014 meaning
Are there any complicated words?
Does it have a message?

What is the poet discussing? Is the language simple to understand?

Is there an overall theme Which words and phrases create the images? (Use quotations to prove
and idea in the poem? your point).

EFFECT
STRUCTURE IMAGERY

What is the effect of the poem?

( How many stanzas/verses) What pictures do you get in
your mind when you read the
How is the idea developed? What does the poem make you feel/think about?
poem?

(what words or phrases give the images or theme Does the poem contain What opinion does it show about the subject?
emphasis or clarity) similes/metaphors or
personification?
What is the poet trying to say about their
What is the structure? subject?
Why do you think the poet has
(line length/rhyme scheme? Is there any included these images in the
rhythm/repetition/enjambment? poem?