I need help doing TPCASTT for my project on this poem thats due tomorrow!
Im not good at poetry so can somebody PLEASEEE HELP me?!?!
I Carry Your Heart with Me
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
ee cummings
It might help your potential helpers if you explain what TPCASTT stands for.
I looked it up, seems like some educational jargon-thingy invented by someone who thinks that coming up with acronyms makes them acrimonious:
TPCASTT
T-title: The meaning of the title without reference to the poem.
P-paraphrase: Put the poem, line by line, in your own words. DO NOT READ INTO THE
POEM. Only read on surface level.
C-connotation: looking for deeper meaning.
Diction and symbolism
Imagery
Metaphors and similes
Rhyme scheme
End rhymes and internal rhymes
End stop
Enjambment
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Mood
Allusions
Punctuation
Personification
A-attitude: Looking for the author’s tone. How is the writer speaking?
S-shifts: Looking for shifts in tone, action, and rhythm. Don’t just write the number. Discuss
how the shift(s) affects the poem.
T-title: reevaluate the title as it pertains to the poem
T-theme: What does the poem mean? What is it saying? How does it relate to life?
Thanks Johnny. You did well. What a lot of points are gathered under the C for connotation!
Maybe you should have a go next at the Tuscan inscriptions.
TPCASTT isn't in my favourite acronym finder:
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I suppose such checklists have some use, though the risk is they turn poetry appreciation into a sterile mechanical exercise. They also miss the point that for a particular poem some of the elements on the list may be far more important than others.