Poetry+Explication

A Poetry Explication is a short piece explaining a poem.
Your outline for the explication has three sections which means you should have at least three paragraphs in this : A. What the poem says: This is a summary of what happens in the poem. For the outline you should have four points. Each point should be based on your stanza which is a words grouped together in your poem. If you have more than four stanzas add numbers to your thesis. If you have less than four stanza you can have more than one point peer stanza. You must have at least four points for your paragraph.

The lowercase letters are for quoting from the poem and or writing the lines that are about your point. Quotes and lines from stanzas should relate to your point.

B. What the poem means: This is where you are explaining what the poem means. You should have four points. They don't have to be based on each stanza but can be. use at least two lowercase letters. When you want to talk about a specific phrase use a quote. When you want to mention a general section of the poem, use lines. Use these details as examples to support your point. This shouldn't be random.

C. How it relates to your poet: Have four points that talk about how the subject discussed in the poem relates to the poet's life. Use at least two lower case letters to support your points with examples.