Poetry Analysis: Elements of Peotry

1. Dramatic Situation

• defined by speaker of poem (creates meaning)
• where, what, circumstances (context)

2. Structure

• different parts, relation
• pros (punctuation); new stanza
• syntax---> repeating a phrase
• has to do with meter/space on page
• grammar and meaning

3. Theme

• Example: LOVE
• love of what?

4. Grammar/ Meaning

5. Images/ Figures of Speech

• Senses:
• smell, taste, feel, see --> pattern?
• Figurative and Literal

6. Important/Single Words

• diction

7. Tone

• "Attitude author feels toward subject"
• territory of essay
• atmosphere: contextual, emotional feeling
• seen off of characters

8. Literary Devices

• metaphor, simile, personification. 

9. Prosody

• the structure of language that conveys the meaning of text and others intentions
• pattern of rhythm/sound used in poetry
• patterns of stress and intonation in a language
• theory or study of these patterns, or the rules governing them