Abstract-In this paper, we analyze the electromagnetic response of a metamaterial slab in the case of normal incidence using the point-dipole interaction model and an expansion of polarization by eigenmodes. The problem is simplified by assuming that the lattice dimensions are smaller than a half wavelength and invoking the nearest neighbor approximation. In this manner, we find the structure supports three modes: an ordinary mode and two extraordinary modes. A systematic method is presented to find the scattering from the slab, and the results are confirmed by full wave simulation using Ansoft HFSS.