Question: how to analyze a poem?
Answer: Step One: Read. Have your students read the poem once to themselves and then aloud, all the way through, at LEAST twice. ... 
Step Two: Title. Think about the title and how it relates to the poem. ... 
Step Three: Speaker. ... 
Step Four: Mood and Tone. ... 
Step Five: Paraphrase. ... 
Step Six: Theme.