Reeeemix!: 9-Point Poetry Analysis

To be entirely honest, the follwing video describes my sentiments exactly when it comes to evaluating and appreciating poetry through nine-point analyses:



However, I know that these types of analyses are precisely the standards by which a student's capacity for higher-level thought and understanding are measured, so alas I must practice/learn/obey them. They are as follows:

1. Dramatic Situation: The speaker. His (or her) surroundings/lifestyle/bias/context
2. Structure
3. Theme
4. Tone
5. Grammar and Meaning: diction and mechanical significancies
6. Imagery and Figures of Speech
7. Tone
8. Literary Devices
9. Prosody: how the structure and flow of a text convey insight to the meaning of the piece and the intent of the author