The Poem I just called Remember by Christina Rossetti
Instructions
Choose a poem (or part of a poem) to carefully analyze and interpret.
In an organized essay of 3-4 pages, share your interpretation of the poems message or meaning.
Support your interpretation by referring to the details of its structure, tone, diction, imagery, symbolism, and/or other literary devices.
Explainhow these elements of the poem work together to create meaning.
Use extensive evidence from the text, and carefully explain how your evidence supports your claims.
Warning: Do not simply summarize or paraphrase the poem. A successful essay will make a clear argument about the poems meaning and show how the poems elements create this meaning.
-You wont need to consult any outside sources (other than a dictionary); our goal here is to see what we can learn by paying attention to the text itself.
Structuring your close reading essay:
In your opening paragraph, set up your analysis by introducing the author and the name of the poem. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.
Your thesis statement, typically at the end of the opening paragraph, will include the interpretation that you offer and the major pieces of evidence that support your interpretation.
Inyour body paragraphs, you will support your evidence by citing and unpacking each of the pieces of evidence you have to support your interpretation. Carefully and patiently explain how the evidence supports your interpretation. Oftentimes, a text can contain multiple meanings, and unpacking might mean teasing out its layered meanings.
In your conclusion, restate your interpretation and review the pieces of evidence that underpin your interpretation. Discuss and consider the implications of your interpretation of the passage to the work as a whole.
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