Poetry Analysis

Reading poems or understanding them is difficult. In order to critique a poem you should be able to know the basic literary terms used in analyzing a poem. For example, you can use SYMBOLISM. Symbolism uses words that may mean another thing. A crow in the dark. The word crow doesnt necessarily mean that it is the black bird. We know that a crow symbolizes death, so the phrase may mean that death is approaching.
Other literary terms may also be used like metaphor, simile, litotes, synecdoche and among others.