Your question
seems to be asking for a complete outline of a poetic analysis. Instead of providing all of
your information for you, I will try to help you get started. A few basic steps can be applied
not only to this poem, but any others you are assigned to analyze in the future.
The first thing you want to avoid is
summarizing the poem. A very easy way to
accomplish this and fit everything into an organized 5-paragraph essay is to make the overall
focus (thesis statement) of your essay a theme,
tone(s), or overall meaning of the entire poem. The
introductory statement before the body of the poem gives you a great place to start. This poem
is a tribute to a musician who was a victim of torture and whose hands were smashed so he could
no longer play his instrument. I would probably include something about this in your
introduction and draw your thesis from it.
After choosing an overall focus,
analyze it from three different poetic/literary areas (these will become each of your 3 body
paragraphs). Some poetic devices I might analyze in this particular poem are: hand-symbolism
(and how they relate to work), speaker/audience (who do you believe each is and why?), and
repetition (of sounds and words).
Other common poetic devices include
figures-of-speech (which this poem has a few), structure (consider the purpose behind the visual
layout of the poem and lack of punctuation), and rhythm.
Brainstorm ideas for
your three body paragraphs before doing anything else, then outline these paragraphs first. The
intro and conclusion are impossible to write without knowledge of what is in the body. The
introduction of course simply introduces what you are about to say. Once you've written each
paragraph you will no doubt have a final overall thought about the entire
piece, which makes a great concluding statement.
The 2nd link provided below
has some great information that could also be applied to this essay. I encourage you to use it
as an additional reference.
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