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| HOLDING THE POEM IN QUESTION |
- Who is the speaker of the poem?
- What can you tell about the speaker’s character, values, emotions, beliefs, from the poem?
- What can you point to in the poem that provides clues about the speaker’s character?
- What is the speaker’s tone in the poem?
- What can you point to in the poem that provides clues about the speaker’s tone?
- To whom is the poem addressed?
- What is the poem trying to say, convey, express, show, etc. to its audience?
- What is the literal level of the poem?
- What types of images are used in the poem?
- What is the balance between statement and image in the poem?
- When, how, or why do you get interested in what the poem is doing?
- What is held in “tension” in the poem?
- How is the language/word choice functioning in the poem?
- Are there words that seem out of place in the poem?
- Does the sound/rhythm of the poem fit with the content/context of the poem?
- How are the line breaks working in the poem?
- Is the imagery, content, and language fresh or original?
- Of what value is the poem to you, its reader?
- What is the relationship between title and text?
- Does the poem move toward revelation, understanding, conclusion?
- Have you learned or experienced something by reading the poem?
- Are there places in the poem that are unnecessary?
- Is there something missing from the poem?
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