Unseen poetry + prose

CLASP

Content - what is the poem about?,central tension

L - language

Attitude / tone

Structure / stanzas/length/poetic form

P urpose - who is this poem for?

How to approach the three paragraphs

spell it out

Push it forward

Push your luck

How could you write about the title

the title appears to suggest….

what to write about

title

form

setting

characterisation

opening/ending

phonology

what to write in Prose

• Characterisation

• Themes

• Narrative voice

• Setting

• Language

what could you say about a sonnet

By shaping the poem as a sonnet, the poet aligns it with the tradition of love poetry, yet the fractured rhythm and irregular rhyme scheme suggest tension or disillusionment within that ideal.”

“The consistent iambic pentameter mimics the steadiness of true affection, but moments of metrical disruption reflect emotional conflict.”

what is one sentence starter to use regarding the fin-de-siecle

Essentially,this is a fin-de-siecle extract concerning the protagonist…

how to lay out your three body of paragraphs

Principally, practical criticism may choose to focus on the “sympathetic characterisation…”