Analyzing Poetry
I: Critical Analysis of Poetry Discussion Questions to Determine Theme of a Poem 1. What is happening in the poem? 2. Why do you think the author wrote this poem? 3. How did the poem make you feel? 4. Did the poem remind you of anything? 5. What big idea was the poet trying to get across to the reader? 6. What do you think the theme of this poem is? The process of analyzing a poem