Analyze a novel, poem, or text
Themes, characters, techniques, and context — for study or deeper reading.
The prompt
Help me analyze [TEXT — title, author, or paste an excerpt].
Purpose: [essay / exam revision / book club / personal interest]
Focus (optional): [a theme, character, passage, or technique]
Level: [high school / university / general reader]
Cover:
1. Themes and how they develop.
2. Characters and their function.
3. Literary techniques (with quoted examples from the text I provided).
4. Structure and form.
5. Historical and cultural context.
6. 2–3 interpretations scholars or readers might argue, with evidence for each.
Quote only from what I provided or what you're confident is accurate. For assignments, help me think — I'll write my own analysis.
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What to fill in
- TEXT — title, author, or paste an excerpt
- essay / exam revision / book club / personal interest
- a theme, character, passage, or technique
- high school / university / general reader
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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