Close Reading Analysis of "The Ocean" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain an understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem covers figurative language, theme, poetry elements, compare/contrast, citing evidence, drawing conclusions, inference, word choice, word meaning, suspense and tension, author's purpose, summary, and tone.This poem