analyzing poetry

When I analyze a poetry, I first look at the title In order to find out what the poem is about. Then, I start by reading the first line. When I look through the poem, I will carefully try to find if there’s a particular meter, rhyme and rhythm, or form to the poem itself ( for example, a sonnet with fourteen lines and twelve syllables in each line..etc.) After I have finished reading, I will also try to see if there are imageries, similies, metaphors, and figures of speech in the poem. At last, when I finish reading the poem, I should go back and read again and see if there’s something that I don’t understand. If everything is sound and clear, I should be able to get a main idea of the poem, in other words, the purpose of the poem. Because the tone affects the main idea, and they are interrelated, it should be identified too. Furthermore, sometimes a sudden twist in poems affects the tone and general idea.