preparation for the Poetry

    POETRY ESSAY INSTRUCTIONSIn preparation for the Poetry Essay and by completin" rel="nofollow">ing your textbook readin" rel="nofollow">ings, you will be equipped to objectively respond by compilin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information from a variety of sources to compose a paper that allows you to write a persuasive analysis of a literary work; follow standard usage in" rel="nofollow">in English grammar and sentence structure; identify the theme and structure of each literary selection as well as 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). In Module/Week 5, you will write a 750-word (3–4 pages) essay that analyzes 1 poem from the Poetry Unit. Before you begin" rel="nofollow">in writin" rel="nofollow">ing the essay, carefully read the guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines for developin" rel="nofollow">ing your paper topic that are given below. Review the Poetry Essay Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing Rubric to see how your submission will be graded. Gather all of your in" rel="nofollow">information, plan the direction of your essay, and organize your ideas by developin" rel="nofollow">ing a 1-page thesis statement and outlin" rel="nofollow">ine for your essay as you did for your Fiction Essay. Format the thesis statement and the outlin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">in a sin" rel="nofollow">ingle Microsoft Word document usin" rel="nofollow">ing current MLA, APA, or Turabian style (whichever corresponds to your degree program). You are required to submit the thesis and outlin" rel="nofollow">ine by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 4 for in" rel="nofollow">instructor feedback. The Poetry Essay is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 5 and must in" rel="nofollow">include, a title page (see the General Writin" rel="nofollow">ing Requirements), a thesis/outlin" rel="nofollow">ine page, and the essay itself followed by a works cited/references/bibliography page of any primary and/or secondary texts cited in" rel="nofollow">in the essay. Guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines for Developin" rel="nofollow">ing Your Paper Topic The “Writin" rel="nofollow">ing about Literature” section of your Perrin" rel="nofollow">ine’s Literature textbook (pp. 1-54) provides helpful poin" rel="nofollow">inters for writin" rel="nofollow">ing your literay essay. Be sure that you have read this section before doin" rel="nofollow">ing any further work for this assignment. Take particular notice of the examples of poetry essays on pp. 43-48. Choose 1 of the poems from the list below to address in" rel="nofollow">in your essay:• The Lamb” or “The Tiger” or “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake;• “Batter my heart, three-personed God” or “Death Be Not Proud” by John Donne;• “Journey of the Magi” by T. S. Eliot;• “God’s Grandeur” or “Pied Beauty” or “Sprin" rel="nofollow">ing” by Gerard Manley Hopkin" rel="nofollow">ins;• “Ode on a Grecian Urn” or “Ode to a Nightin" rel="nofollow">ingale” by John Keats;• “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley;• “My Last Duchess” by Robert Brownin" rel="nofollow">ing;• “Sailin" rel="nofollow">ing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats;• “The Road Not Taken” or “Stoppin" rel="nofollow">ing by Woods on a Snowy Evenin" rel="nofollow">ing” by Robert Frost;• “It Sifts from Leaden Sieves” or “There’s No Frigate Like A Book” by Emily Dickin" rel="nofollow">inson;• “Ulysses” by Alfred Lord Tennyson; or• “That Time of Year” (Sonnet 73) by William Shakespeare. Consider the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions for the poem that you have chosen:• What is or are the theme(s) of the poem?• Is there a literal settin" rel="nofollow">ing or situation in" rel="nofollow">in the poem? What lin" rel="nofollow">ines from the poem tell the reader this in" rel="nofollow">information? What details does the author in" rel="nofollow">include?• Is the settin" rel="nofollow">ing symbolic?• How would you describe the mood of the poem? What elements contribute to this mood?• Is the title significant to the poem’s content or meanin" rel="nofollow">ing? How?• What major literary devices and figures of speech does the poet use to communicate the theme(s)?• How are rhyme and other metrical devices used in" rel="nofollow">in the poem? Do they support the poem’s overall meanin" rel="nofollow">ing? Why or why not?• Is the identity of the poem’s narrator clear? How would you describe this person? What in" rel="nofollow">information, if any, does the author provide about him or her?• Does the narrator seem to have a certain" rel="nofollow">in opin" rel="nofollow">inion of or attitude about the poem’s subject matter? How can you tell? NOTE: These questions are a means of gettin" rel="nofollow">ing your thoughts in" rel="nofollow">in order when you are collectin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information for your essay. You do not need to in" rel="nofollow">include the answers to all of these questions in" rel="nofollow">in your essay; only in" rel="nofollow">include those answers that directly support your thesis statement