Name ___________________
SIFT Method of Poetic Analysis
Element
Observations and examples from the poem
What is the effect or significance? Think about tone, theme, characterization.
Symbol: Examine the tile
and the text.
Imagery: Identify images
and sensory details that
are significant.
Figure of Speech (Use
yellow sheet) – Find 3
Tone – What details
reveal the speaker’s
tone? What is that
tone?
Give tone word and what line/words reveal it?
Theme: What does the
author want you to learn?
No one word answer here.
What does the author say
about that?
Element
Observations and examples from the poem
Symbol: Examine the tile
and the text.
Imagery: Identify images
and sensory details that
are significant.
Figure of Speech (Use
yellow sheet) – Find 3
Tone – What details
reveal the speaker’s
tone? What is that
tone?
Theme: What does the
author want you to
learn? No one word
answer here. What does
the author say about
that?
Give tone word and what line/words reveal it?
What is the effect or significance? Think about tone, theme, characterization.