1. TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis

2. Directions:
You will present this to the class in a PowerPoint or another presentation type
You need to understand your poem
Do research!!!!

3. 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

4. P: Paraphrase
Give audience a LINE BY LINE paraphrase
Define any words you think may be unfamiliar

5. C: Connotation Explain the meaning of the poem
Connotation is symbolic meaning
Example: heart and heart

6. A: Attitude/Tone
Think about a ‘tude
Happy, sad, funny??

7. S: Shifts
Shifts are changes
In attitude
In speaker
In content

8. T: Title
Look at the title again
Now reinterpret it

9. T: Theme What do you think the poem is about?
What does the poet want you to think/believe?