Soapstone Strategy

Who is the speaker?

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• The voice that is telling the story or describing the subject of the poem

What is the occasion?

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• What is the context or situation that the speaker or poet is describing or responding to?

Who is the audience?

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• These are the people-or person- to whom the poet addresses this poem

what is the purpose?

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• What effects is the poet attempting to achieve?

what is the subject?

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• The subject of the poem plus what the speaker or poet is saying about is expressed in a few words or phrases

what is the tone?

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• the attitude the author revealed through the speaker's voice

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