Effective writing, especially with poetry, is both critical and expressive. As a reader, you are presenting a judgement and arguments on the poem’s subject matter and key ideas but one thing that grants you creative freedom within this process is the ability to be poetic within your own analytical writing. Analysis is typically associated with critique, but engaging analysis uses relevant metalanguage for poetry and injects a unique flair. Your analysis is one big pitch convincing your marker that the poem is worth investing in, and as all good salesmen do, you should explore what the poem has to offer in all its glory.
