Poetry Out load Immortal Sails by Alfred Noyes Poetry analysis. Think about the title and how it relates to the poem. Titles often provide important clues about what is at the heart of a piece. Likewise, a title may work ironically or in opposition to a poem.

1. Does the title immediately change how you think about it?
2. Does the poem's title paint a picture that gives a specific time frame, setting or action?
3. Does it imply multiple possibilities?
4. Read the poem to yourself AND aloud, at least TWICE.
5. Look for and identify the rhyme scheme, if there is one.
6. Determine the type of poem.
7. Paraphrase each sentence; you can
8. in note or bullet form.
9. Determine the speaker of the poem.
   1. Who "tells" the poem?
   2. Does the poem give any clues about the speaker's personality, the point of view, age, or gender?
   3. Who is the speaker addressing?
   4. Does the speaker seem attached or detached from what is said?
10. Determine the tone of the poem.
11. Look for and identify imagery.
12. Look for and identify symbolism.
13. Identify the theme of the poem.
    1. What is the subject of the poem?
    2. What lesson is conveyed through the poem?