University:
East Georgia State College
Course:
ENGL 1101 | English Composition I
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2020
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StellarSymphony

TP-CASTT Poem Interpretation T: Title- Ponder the title before reading the poem P: Paraphrase – translate the poem into your own words C: Connotation- Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal. Explain use of literary devices/ rhetorical strategies. A: Attitude- Observe both the speaker’s and the poet’s attitude (tone) S: Shifts- Note shifts in speaker’s and poet’s attitudes 1. Key words (but, yet, however, although) 2. Punctuation (dashes, periods, colons, ellipsis) 3. Stanza division 4. Changes in line or stanza length or both 5. Irony (sometimes irony hides shifts) 6. Effect of structure on meaning 7. Changes in sound (rhyme) may indicate changes in meaning 8. Changes in diction (slang to formal language) T: Title- Examine the title again, this time at an interpretive level T: Theme- Determine what the poet is saying

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