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STEPS FOR INTERPRETING POEMS English 8. STEP 1  Read the poem through What is your first impression? (Do you like it? How do you feel?) What do you think.

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1 STEPS FOR INTERPRETING POEMS English 8

2 STEP 1  Read the poem through What is your first impression? (Do you like it? How do you feel?) What do you think the title means?

3 STEP 2  Reread the poem and underline things that you think are important to the meaning What is the tone? (dreary, serious, funny, etc.)

4 STEP 3  Star (*) any literary devices you see  Circle any words you don’t know  Make a guess at what the devices and words mean

5 STEP 4  Look for rhyme scheme  Look for a format Type of poem (limerick, haiku, sonnet, etc.)

6 STEP 5  Who is the speaker? (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd person?)

7 STEP 6  What is the theme or message of the poem?

8 STEP 7  Once you have gone through all of the steps, take a guess at what the poem means

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