TP-CASTT for "Ain't I a Woman" by Sojourner Truth and "If" by Rudyard Kipling

TP-CASTT~~ Ain't I a Woman

T-- Title~~ A woman talking about her gender

P-- Paraphrase~~ Sojourner Truth is fed up with all the misery in her everyday life; the racism, slavery and sexism irritate her so. She talks about all the hard work she did, and all that happened to her during that time-- working in fields, being mistreated by white people and having 13 kids, seeing most of them go into slavery. She remembers men telling her what she could or couldn't do, and all she had to say to those words were that she was a woman, and she could fix trouble if she wanted to.

C-- Connotation~~ Throughout the whole poem, Truth sounds very upset and passionate.

A-- Assonance~~ Line 6 contains "mud puddles".

S-- Shifts~~ Lines 5-7 sounded sad compared to the rest of the lines. i.e. "Nobody ever helped me into carriages..." in line 5.

T-- Title (in-depth)~~ "Ain't I a Woman" means Sojourner Truth, as a woman, has seen and done many things most think women are incapable of doing.

T-- Theme~~ "If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, all alone, together women can ought to be able to turn it right side up again."

TP-CASTT~~ If

T-- Title~~ "If" sounds like a wistful thought.
P-- Paraphrase~~ "If" is a whole poem about a man lecturing his son about what it means to be a real man. It takes patience and dignity from all the world to be a man. It takes self control not to let things get the best of him to be a man. It takes perseverance to finish what he starts to be a man. It takes balance to be a man, too.
C-- Connotation~~ "If" sounds very serious and stern for the most part.
A-- Assonance~~ In line 8, there is "look too good...".
S-- Shifts~~ The last stanza of the poem is rather happy and hopeful. i.e. "And-- which is more-- you'll be a Man, my son!" in line 32.
T-- Title (in-depth)~~ "If" is about the capability of being a man.
T-- Theme~~ Manhood starts with balance.