How to respond to questions based on poetry. Grade 12 Final preparations: Paper 2

tips and skills to successfully respond to literature questions. understand the poem and the structure know the figures of speech and how they are used in a poem (their effectiveness). practice question interpretation. understand the theme (central idea of the poem) expect questions around the following concepts; -irony -tone -figures of speech and their effectiveness -setting (time and place) -discussion of themes answer in full and use evidence from the poem to substantiate your responses.