(Note: These do not have to be in this specific order, just criteria that must be present somewhere)
1. Title and author of the poem (titles of poems go in quotes)
2. Summarize the poem in a few sentences. Attempt to give a brief analysis of the: subject, occasion, audience(s), purpose(s), speaker, tone, and major theme(S).
3. Make an attempt to analyze the poem's structure and type as well as rhyme, meter, etc.
4. Identify, give examples, and analyze any literary elements and techniques that you can find and the author's purpose in using them
5. Your personal response to the poem (how it affected you or how you reacted to it)
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MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING SPECIFIC TEXTUAL EVIDENCE--WORDS/LINES IN QUOTATION MARKS AND LINE NUMBERS IN YOUR ANSWER!!! USE THEM IN A SENTENCE---DO NOT CITE THEM AS INDEPENDENT SENTENCES!!!!
EX: This can be seen from the line, "shoulder-high, we bring you home" (6) because in a funeral, it is custom for the deceased's closest friends to carry the casket. The speaker plays an ironic part in this poem, seeing life ended early as a great and lucky thing. The speaker views an early death as an escape from seeing his accomplishments forgotten and faded. The line "And early though the laurel grows/ It withers quicker than the rose."(
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