Poetry Essay Instructions<\/p>\n
You must complete the required textbook readings in preparation for the Poetry Essay. This will equip you to objectively respond to the readings by compiling information from a variety of sources in order to compose a persuasive analysis of a literary work. You will also learn to follow standard usage in English grammar and sentence structure; identify the theme and structure of each literary selection and the significant characteristics or elements of each genre studied; and evaluate the literary merit of a work (Syllabus MLOs: A, B, C, D, F, G and Module\/Week 5 LOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).<\/p>\n
In Module\/Week 5, you will write a 750-word (approximately 3 pages) essay that analyzes 1 poem from the Poetry Unit. Before you begin writing the essay, carefully read the below guidelines for developing your paper topic and review the Poetry Essay Grading Rubric to see how your submission will be graded. Gather all of your information, plan the direction of your essay, and organize your ideas by developing a 1-page thesis statement and outline for your essay as you did for your Fiction Essay. Format the thesis statement and the outline in a single Microsoft Word document using current MLA, APA, or Turabian style, whichever corresponds to your degree program; check your Perrine\u2019s Literature textbook, the Harbrace Essentials Handbook, and\/or the link contained in the Assignment Instructions Folder, to ensure the correct citation format is used. <\/p>\n
The final essay must include, a title page (see the General Writing Requirements), a thesis\/outline page, and the essay itself followed by a works cited\/references\/bibliography page of any primary and\/or secondary texts cited in the essay.<\/p>\n
You must submit the thesis and outline by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module\/Week 4 for instructor feedback.<\/p>\n
You must submit the Poetry Essay by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module\/Week 5.<\/p>\n
Guidelines for Developing Your Paper Topic<\/p>\n
The \u201cWriting about Literature\u201d section of your Perrine\u2019s Literature textbook (pp. 1\u201354) and the \u201cWriting\u201d section of Harbrace Essentials (pp. 1\u201312, 18\u201321, 22\u201328) provide pointers which will be helpful for academic writing in general, and more specifically for your literary essay. Be sure that you read this section before doing any further work for this assignment. Take particular notice of the examples of poetry essays on pp. 43\u201348 of Perrine\u2019s Literature.<\/p>\n
Choose 1 of the poems from the list below to address in your essay:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Lamb,\u201d \u201cThe Tiger,\u201d and \u201cThe Chimney Sweeper\u201d by William Blake<\/p>\n
\u201cBatter my heart, three-personed God\u201d and \u201cDeath Be Not Proud\u201d by John Donne<\/p>\n
\u201cJourney of the Magi\u201d by T. S. Eliot<\/p>\n
\u201cGod\u2019s Grandeur\u201d and \u201cSpring\u201d by Gerard Manley Hopkins<\/p>\n
\u201cOde to a Nightingale\u201d by John Keats<\/p>\n
\u201cOzymandias\u201d by Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Last Duchess\u201d by Robert Browning<\/p>\n
\u201cSailing to Byzantium\u201d by William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Road Not Taken\u201d and \u201cStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening\u201d by Robert Frost<\/p>\n
\u201cIt Sifts from Leaden Sieves\u201d and \u201cThere\u2019s No Frigate Like a Book\u201d by Emily Dickinson<\/p>\n
\u201cUlysses\u201d by Alfred Lord Tennyson<\/p>\n
Psalm 1 or 23<\/p>\n
\u201cVirtue\u201d by George Herbert<\/p>\n
\u201cThat Time of Year\u201d (Sonnet 73) by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n
Consider answering the following questions about the poem that you have chosen:<\/p>\n
What is\/are the theme(s) of the poem?<\/p>\n
Is there a literal setting or situation in the poem? What lines from the poem tell the reader this information? What details does the author include?<\/p>\n
Is the setting symbolic?<\/p>\n
How would you describe the mood of the poem? What elements contribute to this mood?<\/p>\n
Is the title significant to the poem\u2019s content or meaning? How?<\/p>\n
What major literary devices and figures of speech does the poet use to communicate the theme(s)?<\/p>\n
How are rhyme and other metrical devices used in the poem? Do they support the poem\u2019s overall meaning? Why or why not?<\/p>\n
Is the identity of the poem\u2019s narrator clear? How would you describe this person? What information, if any, does the author provide about him or her?<\/p>\n
Does the narrator seem to have a certain opinion of or attitude about the poem\u2019s subject matter? How can you tell?<\/p>\n
NOTE: These questions are a means of ordering your thoughts while you collect information for your essay. You do not need to include the answers to all of these questions in your essay; only include those answers that directly support your thesis statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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