What is an analysis of a poem

When we face the analysis of a poem Many doubts may arise: where do I start to analyze the text? What is the most important thing: the theme or structure? How do I determine the type of verse and composition of the text that I am analyzing? or how should I measure each of the verses? are some of the questions that we will answer throughout this lesson from a TEACHER in which we will deal in an easy and detailed way what is an analysis of a poem. Keep reading!

When we talk about a poem we are referring to any type of poetic composition, in which the language is used in a particular way with afin purely beautifying and artistic.

Poems can be written either in verse, which is the most common form, or in prose. If we are before a poem of the second type; that is to say, a poetic composition written in prose, this is known by the name of "poetic prose".

Once we are clear about the definition of poem, we will briefly explain some tips and tricks that will allow us to carry out a fantastic analysis of a poem.

As it cannot be otherwise, the first thing we must do is read calmly and carefully the poem that we have to analyze. A good exercise to accompany the first leisurely reading of the text is try to summarize it then with your own words, in order to verify that you have truly understood what is the message that the author wants to convey to us through the fragment and also what is its theme.

Once we have understood what the message of the poem is and what is the intention with which the poet wrote it, we can focus on it analysis of the formal and metric structure; that is, of what literary resources the author is used to convey his message to us.

We must also know what is the metric that appears in the text and what is your rhyme, since it is essential to understand the metric operation of the poem since each lyrical composition will use one meter or another depending on the type of poetry the subject, the topic being discussed, the time in which the fragment is written or the audience the piece is addressed to, among many other issues.

In a PROFESSOR we discover the different rhyme classes in a poem and we also discover you how to measure a poem.

After analyzing the structure and metrics of the poem, having identified, highlighted and commented on the different rhetorical resources that have appeared throughout the poem, we can also mention the poet as an author; That is, if we know the poet, we can briefly talk about his role in the history of Spanish literature, highlight his works or poetic compositions most important and well-known or add a verse or quote from said writer that is relevant or can complete something within our comment poetic.

In the same way, it is also convenient to locate the author in a social and literary context determined, briefly naming some political-social circumstances that could influence the creation of the poem as well as the main linguistic and artistic characteristics of the literary movement to which the text.

In this way, we will achieve that our analysis of a poem is as complete as possible, since we mention all the fundamental aspects to when analyzing a poem, such as the literary resources, the meter or rhyme of the text, the intention of the author and the characteristics fundamentals of the literary movement to which it belongs, as well as the main sociocultural keys that took place at the time in which it was wrote the poem.

On the other hand, if we consider it appropriate, we can include in our analysis a brief reference to our own personal interpretation either the poem or the work in which it is inserted, since through a personal conclusion we can better understand the primary purpose of the poem.