Teaching poetry can be a challenge--for both teacher and students alike. The TP-CASTT strategy is a wonderful tool for analyzing poetry. The acronym stands for Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude/Tone, Shift, Title, and Theme (the title is revisited after breaking down the poem). Rather than be intimidated by a poem, students will have a method to work through a poem to decipher its meaning. This strategy can be used with any poem.This lesson is structured so that students are taking Cloze