Please find a poem that you would like to TPCASST and fill out the graphic organizer for the Poem Analysis(the first file)
use the term on the 2nd and 3rd files to do the connotation part
the example on 4th one is what the format should like
PoetryAnalysis
Directions: please fill in the following graphic organizer with information from your selected poems. Your poem
may not be divided by stanza so just use the most logical breaks for your poem like punctuation. Please use the
color coding that I have assigned to each part.
Title:
Author:
Title:
Title Revisited:
Paraphrase:
Connotation:
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Connotation:
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Connotation:
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Connotation:
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Connotation:
Attitude/Tone:
How do you know? What words (diction), details,
Imagery informs you of the attitude/tone?
Highlight any words,details, imagery in the poem.
Shift: Highlight the shift/s in RED in the above
paragraphs. Then, describe the purpose of the shifts
below.
Theme: What is the poem saying about the human
motivation, experience, or condition? What subject or
subjects does the poem address? What idea does the
poet want you to take away? The theme should be stated
in a complete sentence.
Write the theme in a complete sentence below: