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How do you analyze a poem???...i always have trouble trying to understand the poem...especially metaphors because they have a different meaning then what the words means directly.

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Here are some excellent websites that give you lots of good ideas. I'm listing them in my own preference order, but you should look through all of them:

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html
Read The large issues, The details, etc.

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/best/study/poetry.htm

http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html
The various forms of poetry are listed here; there's an excellent collection of literary terms glossaries as you scroll down.

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