Annotating Poetry Look –Listen-Watch-Closely
LOOK Structure Shape Blank Space
Listen Tone (author’s attitude) Mood (your feelings) Meter (rhythm beat rhyme)
Watch Patterns (style) Diction (word choice and vocabulary) Punctuations
Observe Your Reading Closely Close reading requires you to: Read slowly, carefully & repeatedly observing: Read slowly, carefully & repeatedly observing: Structure Shape Space While Identifying the While Identifying the : don’t forget tone –meter- rhyme… don’t forget diction, patterns and structure… which can also be applied to fiction.