STAMPIT NOTES

STAMPIT

a method of annotating a poem

S

Speaker, Setting, Story, Symbols

T (1st)

Title, Theme

A

Architecture

M

Meter, Motif, Metaphor

P

Punctuation, Pathetic Fallacy, Pace, Personification

I

Irony, Imagery

T (2nd)

Turns, Tone

Speaker

don’t assume the speaker is poet

determine whether 1st or 3rd person

Setting

where & when?

Story

who’s speaking? to whom? about what? where? what’s happening?

Symbols

anything occuring more than surface level?

Title

The doorway into a poem

Theme

universal + timeless - richest source of analysis

POEM

UNDERLINE

BOOK/NOVEL

UNDERLINE

Architecture

structure + shape - anything unusual?

Motif

recurring element, pattern - image or idea that happens multiple times

Meter

rhythm or rhyming

Metaphor

direct comparison

tenor - concept, object, or person

vehicle - the image that carries the weight of the comparison

Punctuation

circle punctuation

Pace

how fast the text goes

Personification

human characteristics onto something that is not real

Pathetic Fallacy

the leaves dance, the clouds are sullen

natural world has human emotions

Imagery

sight - visual

sound - auditory

smell - olfactory

taste - gustatory

touch - tactile

Irony

what is expected vs. what actually occurs

Turns

the shift in the poem

Tone

the atmosphere of the work - how does it make you feel?