Poem: [paste it].
Close-reading it —
diction, imagery,
structure — turning
notice into
argument, not a list.

Explain How to Close-Read a Poem for English Class

Turning what you notice into an argument, not a list.

Prompt

Here's a poem: [paste it]. Walk me through close-reading it — diction, imagery, structure — and show me how to turn what I notice into an actual argument, not just a list of observations.