Read “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, “The Lamb” by William Blake” or “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and annotate the one you choose.

ESSAY POEM ASSIGNMENT

You are going to do option #1 and this essay about poem of explication.

Throughout our unit on poetry, we have looked at how poetic devices are used strategically in order to promote the overall theme(s) of the poems (explication).

Your Task: Read “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, “The Lamb” by William Blake” or “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and annotate the one you choose.

Be certain to look at things like word choice/play, imagery, allusion, punctuation, and the other elements consider to help you understand the poem.

When you have decided on the theme of the poem, you will illustrate how particular poetic devices highlight the theme.

Option 1 – Essay Only

Option 2 – Video Only

Option 3 Essay and Video

Any paper and/or video turned in after that would count as a 0.

https://youtu.be/wnQqNQZkAPI “poy em”

Read “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, “The Lamb” by William Blake” or “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and annotate the one you choose.
Scroll to top