How to Write an Analytical Essay on a Poem

Analytical essays refers to the art of writing, where the focus is not only to summarize a story or poem rather it involves a more detailed explanation of why the poem was written, what metaphors were used in the poem and how effective it was . In other words, these essays basically connect the small dots and provide a bigger picture. An analytical essay mostly consists of three sections which include:

1. Introduction: This section should focus on placing the hook and emphasizing the thesis statement and leave with a hint to the reader how you are going to prove your thesis.
2. Body: This section should be used creatively to make user relate your thesis statement with concrete examples. 
3. Conclusion: This section should be used to reiterate your thesis since you have already provided concrete examples in the body section.

Writing an analytical essay on a poem also follows the same steps with some more variations that are discussed below:

•    Select a theme on which you want to write the essay like nature, love, etc. The introduction paragraph should state why and what of the essay.  This establishes the hook for the reader to continue reading.

•    Start building the thesis of the essay. The thesis can channelize the various thoughts flowing in your mind and can build a case which you can substantiate with.

•    In the body section for each of the paragraph the first sentence should contain the topic which gives a heads up to the reader of what you are going to discuss. Using examples from the poem gives weightage to your statement. Use transitional phrases to move from one paragraph to other so that the reader is in sync and remains connected between the paragraphs.

•    Finally conclusion should contain the summary in a brief. The thesis should also be restated along with a final thought which strikes a chord with the audience and keeps them thinking even though they have completed reading long back.