PLEASE THIS MAKES NO SENSE!
I have to analyze this poem using the DIDS analysis method.
A True Poem
By Lloyd Schwartz, 1941
I’m working on a poem that’s so true,
I can’t show it to anyone.
I could never show it to anyone.
Because it says exactly what I think,
and what I think scares me.
Sometimes it pleases me.
Usually it brings misery.
And this poem says exactly what I think.
What I think of myself,
what I think of my friends,
what I think about my lover.
Exactly.
Parts of it might please them,
some of it might scare them.
Some of it might bring misery.
And I don’t want to hurt them,
I don’t want to hurt them.
I don’t want to hurt anybody.
I want everyone to love me.
Still, I keep working on it.
Why?
Why do I keep working on it?
Nobody will ever see it.
Nobody will ever see it.
I keep working on it even though I can never show it to anybody.
I keep working on it even though someone might get hurt.
Thank You :)DictionList four strong, important words from your poem. In two to four complete sentences, think about each word and answer the following questions about each word. What do these words tell us about the author’s tone? How does he/she feel? Is the word positive, negative, or neutral? What emotions are associated with this word?ImageryRead your poem and choose an image the poet describes. Type or write it here. In complete sentences, think about this image and answer the following questions. How does this image reflect the author’s tone? How does he/she feel?DetailsRead your poem and choose two to three details the poet uses to describe a person or scene. Type or write it here. In complete sentences, think about these details and answer the following questions. What do these details tell us about the author’s tone? How does he/she feel? What is the effect of those details? Do they paint a particular picture?SyntaxRead your poem and type or write one or two lines in which the poet uses a unique syntax. Type or write it here. In complete sentences, think about this syntax and answer the following questions. What does this syntax tell us about the author’s tone? How does he/she feel? Does the writer use punctuation marks to create pauses or communicate emotion?Tone: Based on the evidence in this chart for your poem, what is the author’s overall tone (how does he or she feel) regarding the subject of the poem?that is the information that i was given