LibGuides: Yr 11 Literature: Dropbear and Living on Stolen Land: Analysing Poetry

How to analyse a poem

How to analyse poetry CliffNotes
Poetry is a compact language that expresses complex feelings. To understand the multiple meanings of a poem, readers must examine its words and phrasing from the perspectives of rhythm, sound, images, obvious meaning, and implied meaning.
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Cliff Notes. (2020). How to Analyze Poetry. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/american-poets-of-the-20th-century/how-to-analyze-poetry
Responding to poetry Insight - Analysing poetry can be a daunting prospect. This week, Insight writer and English teacher Melanie Flower gives tips on how to approach poetry for analysis. Flower, Melanie. (2018). Responding to poetry. https://www.insightpublications.com.au/responding-to-poetry/
Writing about poetry Writing about poetry can be one of the most demanding tasks that many students face in a literature class. Poetry, by its very nature, makes demands on a writer who attempts to analyze it that other forms of literature do not. So how can you write a clear, confident, well-supported essay about poetry? This handout offers answers to some common questions about writing about poetry.

A short guide to close reading for literary analysis.
Writing Centre University of Wisconsin. (2020). A short guide to close reading for literary analysis. https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/closereading/

Poetry: Close Reading. The OWL at Purdue. (2020). Poetry: Close Reading. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/poetry_close_reading.html

Plourde, Professor Bruce. (2017 January 17). Close Reading: Poetry. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbd8ZzGU7HA