This assignment is a poetry analysis essay
Please use the poem "Chicken Pig" by Jennifer Michael Hecht
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/42513/chicken-pig
Here is the assignment rubric:
Construct an 800-1000 word literary analysis paper in which you argue for a specific reading of a poem and support that reading with textual evidence from
the poem. Because the goal is to draw your own insightful conclusions about the text, no outside sources are necessary (nor allowed) for this assignment,
and nor is a Works Cited page.
An “A” or “Superior” Poetry Analysis Essay:
• Presents a compelling, complex, original, and well-supported thesis-driven argument focusing on a single poem. The argument addresses not simply what
the poem is about (summary and content) but, more importantly, how the poem works (how it creates its meanings).
• Skillfully articulates pertinent observations about the different elements (e.g. form, voice, imagery, diction, figurative language, meter, etc.) of the poem as
evidence supporting its argument.
• Astutely analyzes well-chosen textual details to develop those observations, making intriguing connections between details and observations and pointing
out patterns and relations.
• Displays clear and fluid argument-based organization on both the sentence and paragraph levels.
• Features clear and elegant prose, displaying the writer’s own developing voice.
• Shows evidence of having been carefully revised, edited, and proofread, aiming for error-free academic English with a smooth surface (demonstrating the
writer’s ability to seek help from available university resources if needed).
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