AQA English Lit and Lang HELP!

Of Mice and Men key points:
-Isolation
-Falseness of the American dream
-Treatment of itinerant worker
-Racism and discrimination by gender, age and academic/physical ability

What poetry cluster are you studying?

Thank you!
It's unseen poetry so I don't know, I just don't know how to properly analyse a poem??

Thank you!
It's unseen poetry so I don't know, I just don't know how to properly analyse a poem??

Heya, been asked this alot recently so I hope you don't mind a copy paste of my response to the same question

Basic check list:

Form
- Count how many syllables each line has.
- What is the 'shape' of the poem?
- Does it rhyme?
- Do any of the above conform to a particular style?


Content
- Are any words repeated often?
- Is the poem 'set' anywhere?
- What do the last lines of the poem alone tell us?



These are the basic questions to ask each poem. Hope this helps!

When analysing a poem take these things into consideration:

Rhyming scheme,
Metre of the poem,
Syllables,
Assonance.

There are many more things you should take into consideration, such as the language used etc. What I have mentioned above, according to my teacher, should get you the highest marks? I will post the other stuff on the thread when I find my poetry analysis guide.

Good Luck!


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