Title: What does the title suggest the poem is about? Paraphrase: What is the persona saying? What is the literal meaning of the poem. Does it seem different from what the poet is saying?
Connotation: What are the layers of meaning in the poem? Diction, figurative language, imagery, rhyme, rhythm, stanza structure.
Attitude: What is the tone of the poem? What creates the tone? Does the speaker have one attitude and the poet has a different one?