POEM
Select one poem we have discussed in class or that has been noted on our Unit 1 or 2 course schedules (see list below) that you believe conveys a truth. In your analysis, clearly articulate the truth you believe the poem captures (draw on the poetry vocabulary terms to deepen your analysis).
Be sure to convey the relevancy of this “truth” at some point in your paper.
Also incorporate personal experience or other types of support to demonstrate the relevancy of the truth; however, be mindful of keeping the focus of the paper on the analysis of your selected poem. In other words, do not let the assignment turn into a personal essay. It should primarily be a literary analysis.
Ultimately, this assignment is asking you to advance an issue of theme. End your introduction with a developed main statement that addresses the prompt.
Requirements:
Argument at the end of the introduction stating the poem’s “truth”
Use of at least two literary terms from Unit 1 and/or Unit 2
Intro, body, and concluding paragraphs
At least a complete 4 pages. No more than 6 pages.
Works cited (does not count toward page requirements)
MLA format, 8th edition
Submit final draft through Canvas
New poem (do not use the same poem you used for Essay 1, unless selecting the option 2)
List of poems
William Stafford’s “Traveling through the Dark”
William Stafford’s “Ask Me”
Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Quincenaera”
Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”
Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”
William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper”
Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” (Canvas)
Rita Dove’s “Daystar” (Canvas)
Sylvia Pltah’s “Metaphors”
Rhina Espaillat’s “Bilingual/Bilingue”
Pat Mora’s “Legal Alien” (Canvas)
Scott Momaday’s “Simile”
Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art”
John Donne’s “Death be not proud”
Dylan Thomas’s “Do not go gently into that good night”
Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for death”
Kay Ryan’s “Turtle”
Theodore Roethke’s “Root Cellar”
William Blake’s “London”
Claude McKay’s “America”
Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
Natasha Trethewey’s “White Lies”
Langston Hughes “I, too”
Langston Hughes “Harlem”
Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” (Canvas)
Adrienne Rich’s “Aunt Jenifer’s Tigers”
Tami Haaland’s “Lipstick” (Canvas)
