Poetry Explication

In this Exam, you will write an essay that includes at least five paragraphs: introduction (with thesis), body(3 body paragraphs), and conclusion. You will analyze one poem from the choices below. Your task is to evaluate the poem and argue how it represents the literary period it was written within. Pick at least three symbols from the poem and fully describe them in their literal and figurative sense.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper “Ethiopia” p448

Paul Laurence Dunbar “Not they Who Soar” p 904

Claude McKay “Outcast” p1922

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