The document outlines 17 fundamental approaches to analyzing poetry: 1) Objective, 2) Subjective, 3) General, 4) Particular, 5) Point of View, 6) Doctrine, 7) Psychological, 8) Historical, 9) Figurative Language, 10) Biographical, 11) Comparative, 12) Aesthetic, 13) In Relation to Other Poems by the Same Poet, 14) Man & Nature, 15) Man & Society, 16) Thematic, 17) Evaluating. It provides a brief 1-2 sentence description of each approach.