TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis
Directions: You will present this to the class in a PowerPoint or another presentation type You need to understand your poem Do research!!!!
T: Title Ask your audience to predict what your poem is going to be about Then explain what your prediction was before you read it
P: Paraphrase Give audience a LINE BY LINE paraphrase Define any words you think may be unfamiliar
C: Connotation Explain the meaning of the poem Connotation is symbolic meaning Example: heart and heart
A: Attitude/Tone Think about a ‘tude Happy, sad, funny??
S: Shifts Shifts are changes In attitude In speaker In content
T: Title Look at the title again Now reinterpret it
T: Theme What do you think the poem is about? What does the poet want you to think/believe?