There are many ways to analyze a poem; you can start by asking yourself these questions: The number of stanzas or lines per stanza sometimes helps determine the poem's meaning. The meter. Is there a...
Since the question is "Why" and not "How," it would be to understand what the poem's author is trying to say because many of the words or actions described or used in the poem may be symbolic. There...
First be sure of your definition of a poem. If you accept, for example, that it is "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," then ask yourself if you can zoom in on that author's feeling by...