How do you actually do a critical analysis on this poem???

Question

I know nothing about literature and would like to know how to analyze poems but people says they could actually interpret poems.

The poem :

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-do-not-want-to-be-your-weeping-woman/

How do i pay close attention to the way the poet handles the theme and creates mood.?

Answer 1

look at the words.. are they positive or negative "i do not" is repeated again and again showing a negative mood

look at the ends of the lines

I do not want to be your weeping woman

holding you to me with a chain of grief.

I could more easily bear the flames of your anger

than the frost of your kisses empty of desire:

repetition of i do not want to be your weeping woman shows anger,

also the first and last line are the same

look at:

repetition

punctuation

opposite words

semantic fields