TPCASTT+method

TPCASTT T-title: The meaning of the title without reference to the poem. P-paraphrase: Put the poem, line by line, in your own words. __DO NOT__ READ __INTO__ THE POEM. Only read on surface level. C-connotation: looking for deeper meaning. A-attitude: Looking for the author’s tone. How is the writer speaking? Is it sarcastic, sympathetic, serious? S-shifts: Looking for shifts in tone, action, and rhythm. Don’t just write the number. Discuss how the shift(s) affects the poem. T-title: reevaluate the title as it pertains to the poem T-theme: What does the poem mean ? What is it saying? How does it relate to life?
 * Diction and symbolism
 * Personification
 * Imagery
 * Metaphors and similes
 * Allusions
 * Rhyme scheme
 * End rhymes and internal rhymes
 * Line beginnings and endings
 * Alliteration
 * Assonance
 * Consonance
 * Mood
 * Punctuation