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Poetry Analysis English I * TP-CASTT

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TP-CASTT. Poetry Analysis English I. Reading strategy used to analyze a poetic text Allows the reader to decipher meaning from a poet’s work. What is TP-CASTT?. T = Title P = Paraphrase C = Connotation A = Attitude S = Shift T = Title…again T = Theme. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Poetry Analysis

English I

*TP-CASTT

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*What is TP-CASTT?

*Reading strategy used to analyze a poetic text

*Allows the reader to decipher meaning from a poet’s work

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*What does TP-CASTT mean?

*T = Title

*P = Paraphrase

*C = Connotation

*A = Attitude

*S = Shift

*T = Title…again

*T = Theme

*When analyzing a poem, one should examine each of the components outlined with TP-CASTT

…starting with the first “T” to the last.

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*Let’s Practice

*With the poem “Passage” by John M. Roderick, use the TP-CASTT strategy to decipher meaning from the poem

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*T = TITLE

*Before you read the poem…

*Make a prediction: What do you think the title “Passage” means?

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*P = Paraphrase

*Translate the poem in your own words. What is the poem about? Rephrase the difficult sections word for word.

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*C = Connotation

*Look beyond the literal meaning of key words and images to their associations.

*Identify the use of poetic devices and consider how they effect meaning in the poem.

*For “Passage”, look for diction, imagery, and sound devices (alliteration and onomatopoeia)

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*A = Attitude

*What is the speaker’s attitude?

*What is the poet’s attitude?

*How does the poet feel about the speaker, about the characters, about the subject?

SPEAKER AND POET ARE

DIFFERENT!

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*S = Shifts

*Where do shifts in tone, setting, voice, etc. occur? (Look for time and place, keywords, punctuation, stanza divisions, changes in length or rhyme, and sentence structure.)

*What is the purpose of each shift?

*How does the shift effect the meaning of the poem?

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*T = Title

*Reexamine the title. What do you think it means now in the context of the poem?

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*T = Theme

*What is the overall theme of the poem.

*THE THEME MUST BE WRITTEN IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE. Theme is a message or complete thought…NOT just one word!

THEME = LOVE LOVE IS BLIND = THEME

*Theme does not have to be a cliché. It is the writer’s message to the reader. What does he/she want the reader to know/learn/think?