Please explain how to annotate poetic lines by using the following lines.Annotate: she looks for the swing in cities with fifteen suburbs and tries...

Annotation is really a simple function of
reading interactively though it has an imposing sounding name derived
from a Latin word meaning to add notes to or to note or mark. And that is precisely what
you do in annotation: you add notes to pages; you note pivotal information; you mark
significant words or phrases. Note however (play on words ...) that annotation is
not highlighting text with long
underlinings. That is called simply "highlighting."

The
modes of annotation to choose from, as spelled out by M.
Keeley of Buck Community College Tutoring Center,
are:

• Underlining an important single word or
  short phrase; e.g., underlining the phrase "to add notes
  to"


• Circling definitions or the meaning of terms; e.g.,
  encircling "reading interactively"


• Writing key words and
  definitions in the margins of pages; e.g., in the page margin you might write "add
  notes, mark; NOT highlight"


• Signalling important
  information by a symbol or key word in the margin; e.g., @ by
  "modes"


• Writing short summaries or important lists at
  page-end or sub-unit end; e.g., list: underline, circle, margins, signal,
  summaries


• Writing questions you have or that you have to
  answer in the margin next to the relevant section; e.g., What is the difference between
  underling and highlighting?


• Indicating steps in a process
  or parts of a subset with numbers in the margin by the relevant steps or parts; e.g., 1
  2 3 4

One practical first step in annotating
these lines you've quoted is to circle ambiguous or unclear words, then add notes about
their meanings.

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she looks for the swing
in cities with
fifteen suburbs
and tries to be innocent
about
it

Circle "swing" and
"innocent." These two words each have multiple meanings that are very different one to
the other. For instance, "swing" is a child's toy, a musical genre, a slang expression
for party life. Similarly, "innocent" demotes purity of mind or guiltlessness and can be
literal or metaphorical. After looking these up and deciding the meaning or dual
meanings intended, annotate further by writing this or these meanings in the
margin.

A good next step would be to quickly research the
definition and essential nature of "suburb," then note your result followed by a summary
of your analysis of the vague and symbolically metaphorical line "in cities with fifteen
suburbs." Either the margins or page-top or -end are good spaces for these notes
depending on length. For instance, you might annotate this with margin symbols
corresponding to matching symbols by your two page-end
notes.

Then you might note questions you might have about
the text, such as, "Why would she try to be / need to be innocent looking about her
activities?" Finally, you might draft a summary of your whole analysis at the page-end
lest it be as elusive as this verse and slip away.