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TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis Guide

This document provides instructions for using the TP-CASTT method to analyze a poem. It involves considering the Title, Paraphrasing the content, examining Connotations beyond literal meaning, determining the Attitude or tone, looking for Shifts in perspective, reexamining the Title with interpretation, and determining the overall Theme. The instructions are repeated to allow for analysis of a personal poem using the TP-CASTT method.

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TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis Guide

This document provides instructions for using the TP-CASTT method to analyze a poem. It involves considering the Title, Paraphrasing the content, examining Connotations beyond literal meaning, determining the Attitude or tone, looking for Shifts in perspective, reexamining the Title with interpretation, and determining the overall Theme. The instructions are repeated to allow for analysis of a personal poem using the TP-CASTT method.

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Name

Period_________

TP-CASTT Practice
Title Ponder the title before reading the poem Paraphrase Translate the poem into your own word s

Connotation Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal (Interpretation)

Attitude

Observe both the speaker s and the poet s attitude (tone! di"tion! images! mood! et"#)

Shifts

Note shifts in speakers and in attitudes (are there "hanges$)

Title

%&amine the title again! this time on an interpretive level

Theme

'etermine what the poet is saying

TP-CASTT Personal Poem


Title Ponder the title before reading the poem Paraphrase Translate the poem into your own word s

Name

Period_________

Connotation Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal (Interpretation)

Attitude

Observe both the speaker s and the poet s attitude (tone! di"tion! images! mood! et"#)

Shifts

Note shifts in speakers and in attitudes (are there "hanges$)

Title

%&amine the title again! this time on an interpretive level

Theme

'etermine what the poet is saying

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