Analyzing a Poem

To see the quality and figure out what a poem I must first point all the vocabulary I don't know. Through knowing the meaning of these unknown vocabularies I may point out what the poem may want the reader to know and think. I also would search up the author of the poem in order to see how this poem relates to his life, therefore, I may find out what might be happening in a poem. Then I search for metaphors, and other symbolic things to see what it might mean. I would read the metaphors and similes very carefully, because there are direct meanings hidden in them, allowing a clearer sense in the poem. Through these small steps, I can analyze the poem and find out what it is actually talking about. Another important thing is to locate rhythms and other things that will show up in poems. I look at stanzas and how the sentence is structured carefully, in this way I can figure out what TYPES of poem I am looking. By understanding the individuality of the poem and maybe understand the "flow" of the poem. Theses careful instructions I follow helps me know the poem in a clearer sense, therefore, I can analyze it very carefully and dig out meaningful spots out of the poem.