Unseen Poetry Strategy

Question 1

What are the 7 questions that need to be asked?

Answer 1

SWIFT TU
Speaker
What happens - what is the poem based on?
Ideas or concerns that are engaged with
Form or shape
Title - Effects and connotations
Tone
Uncertainties and questions

Question 2

Structure (4 questions)

Answer 2

SMSR

Stanzas - does the content of each stanza influence how you read the poem?

Metre - are there any moments in the poem where the rhythm shifts?

Syntax - how does the syntax contribute to the meaning?

Rhyme - how does the rhyme structure change/contribute to the meaning?

Question 3

Language (4 questions)

Answer 3

TITS

Techniques
Imagery
Tone - What is the tone of the poem? Is it satirical? Melancholy? Romantic?
Style: What is the style of the language? Formal? Informal? Matter-of-fact? Lyrical?

Question 4

Voice (3 points)

Answer 4

1st or 3rd?
How many?
Tone?