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    This document provides a template for analyzing poems using SPEC/SLIMS, which examines the Subject matter, Purpose/Theme, Emotion/Mood, Craftsmanship, Structure, Language, Imagery, Movement, Sounds, and Summary of a poem. The template breaks down each element to analyze things like the event described, the poet's message, predominant emotions, specific techniques used, structural design, appropriate language, imagery effects, rhythmic qualities, significant sound features, and overall impact and success of the poem.

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    This document provides a template for analyzing poems using SPEC/SLIMS, which examines the Subject matter, Purpose/Theme, Emotion/Mood, Craftsmanship, Structure, Language, Imagery, Movement, Sounds, and Summary of a poem. The template breaks down each element to analyze things like the event described, the poet's message, predominant emotions, specific techniques used, structural design, appropriate language, imagery effects, rhythmic qualities, significant sound features, and overall impact and success of the poem.

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    This document provides a template for analyzing poems using SPEC/SLIMS, which examines the Subject matter, Purpose/Theme, Emotion/Mood, Craftsmanship, Structure, Language, Imagery, Movement, Sounds, and Summary of a poem. The template breaks down each element to analyze things like the event described, the poet's message, predominant emotions, specific techniques used, structural design, appropriate language, imagery effects, rhythmic qualities, significant sound features, and overall impact and success of the poem.

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    SPEC/SLIMS - A Template for Analyzing a Poem

    Subject-matter

    What event, situation, or experience does the


    poem describe or record?

    Purpose
    (Theme)

    Also means theme or message of the poet.


    What is the poets purpose in writing this
    what message does he/she want to
    communicate?

    Emotion
    (Mood)

    What is the predominant


    emotion/feeling/mood of the poem? Does the
    mood change during the poem? What
    emotions or feelings does the poet seek to
    evoke in the reader?

    Craftsmanship
    :

    Or technique: How does the poet achieve


    his/her effect? What specific techniques has
    he or she used in the making of this poem,
    and what is their effect?

    Structure

    : How is the poem structured? Does it have a


    conventional structure such as sonnet, or an
    ode? Does it have stanzas with a regular
    number of lines, or any other interesting
    features of structural design?

    Language

    : Is the language appropriate to subject


    and/or theme? What effect does the
    language have on the poems achievement?

    Imagery

    : Are there any striking examples of similes,


    metaphors, personifications or symbols in
    the poem? What is their effect?
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    Movement

    Sounds

    Summary

    Or rhythm: Does the poem have a regular


    (slow or fast) rhythm? What is the effect of
    any rhythmic qualities?
    Does the poem have any significant sound
    features? Is it musical? Does the poet use
    onomatopoeia, alliteration, or assonance?
    Does the poem rhyme? What are the effects
    of these features of sound on the
    achievement of the poem?

    What is the impact of the whole poem for


    you? How successful is it as a work of art?
    Does it successfully achieve the poets
    purpose?

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