Thursday, September 15, 2005

Poetry Explication

Poetry

Explication

Steps: Explicating Poetry

  1. Identify general meaning
  2. Divide poem into meaning clusters
  3. Summarize meaning of each cluste
  4. Identify & interpret metaphors
  5. Identify ambiguous phrase
  6. Identify how diction, rhythm, rhyme, etc. contribute to meaning
  7. Put it all together

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