TPCASTT Worksheet/Template With questions and comments to guide analysis t n o Fr Back T.P.C.A.S.T.T. Poem Title and Author Name Here: Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Emily Dickinson Title -What do the words of the title suggest to you? -What denotations are presented in the title? This title make me think about love for some reason. I think it is about how she was inlove with someone and she was still, trying to get with him until she died. I think this because it was talking about how she couldn't stop until death. -What connotations or associations do the words posses? Paraphrase -Translate the poem in your own words. -What is the poem about? Use the lines provided on the back. "Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me –" These sentances show how the author wasn't really mad she passed away it was just that she wasn't ready Metaphors Connotation What meaning does the poem have beyond the literal meaning? Fill in the chart on the right. ---> Attitude -How does the speaker feel about himself, about others,and about the subject? -What is the author’s attitude? Swelling of the ground which meant she was being buried. Imagery She used lots of imagery by describing things happening in her life Other figurative language (onomatopoeia,personification,etc.) There wasn't a lot of other types of figuartive language. Similes There were no similies in this poem. PoV (Point of View) The point of view is first person Other important words/phrases She talks about how she died and how she remebers it but that's about it She wasn't ready to die but she also wasn't mad since she went out peacefully. She feels that it is sorrowful though because it was, sad and she was remembering her life. -How does the author feel about the characters, about the subject, and the reader? Shift -Where do the shifts in tone, setting, voice, etc. occur? Look for time and place, keywords, punctuation, stanza divisions, changes in length or rhyme, and sentence structure. Title -Reanalyze the title on an interpretive level. -What part does the title play in the overall interpretation of the poem? Theme -Determine the overall theme. It must be written in a complete sentence. The poet shifts a lot in this poem. the main ones i notice is when the stanzas shift. In each stanza they talk about different things, such as dying, going to her grave, remembering her dying and others. The title means more to me now that I have acually read the poem. I now realize that this poem had to do with death and how we shouldn't let death bother us. The overall theme of this story is that we shouldn't allow death to bother us becauseit happens to everyone. This was proven throughout the story. Paraphrase -Translate the poem in your own words. -What is the poem about? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ This title make me think about love for some reason. I think it is about how she was inlove with someone and she was still, trying to get with him until she died. I think this because it was talking about how she couldn't stop until death."Because I __________________________________________________________________________________________________ could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me –" These sentances show how the author wasn't really mad she passed away it was just that she wasn't ready. Swelling of the ground which meant she was being buried. There were no similies in __________________________________________________________________________________________________ this poem. She used lots of imagery by describing things happening in her life. The point of view is first person. There wasn't __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ a lot of other types of figuartive language. She talks about how she died and how she remebers it but that's about it. She wasn't ready to die but she also wasn't mad since she went out peacefully. She feels that it is sorrowful though because it was, sad and __________________________________________________________________________________________________ she was remembering her life. The poet shifts a lot in this poem. the main ones i notice is when the stanzas shift. In each stanza they talk about different things, such as dying, going to her grave, remembering her dying and __________________________________________________________________________________________________ other stuff like that.The title means more to me now that I have acually read the poem. I now realize that this poem had to do __________________________________________________________________________________________________ with death and how we shouldn't let death bother us.The overall theme of this story is that we shouldn't allow death to bother us becauseit happens to everyone. This was proven throughout the story. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for your purchase! 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