Poetry paper
This is a 2-3 page MLA formatted paper, minimum 5 well-written college level paragraphs, on the poem you have chosen from the list provided. Again, the 2-3 pages refers to the body of the paper, and not the Works Cited page. The poems listed are all found in your literature textbook. I would advise choosing a poem that you enjoy.
You are to give a biography on the poet, a short summary detailing what the poem is about, and then critique the poem either line by line, or stanza by stanza depending on the length of the poem.
In other words, a short poem is critiqued line by line, while a lengthy poem would be critiqued stanza by stanza.
Do NOT include the poem, or write it out. That is not needed. When critiquing refer to the poem as line 2 states, or stanza 3 states.
At least 3 references from the above mentioned must be cited on your Works Cited page. Your textbook is NOT to be listed as a reference source.
Wikipedia is NOT allowed and will result in either a failing grade on the paper, or in the class.
The poetry paper is to be submitted by the due date. No late papers will be accepted; however, you may submit your paper prior to the due date. Early submission is strongly encouraged.
Be sure to save in WORD and your last name, first name; otherwise, one letter grade lower.
You may turn your paper in earlier than the due date, however, no late papers will be accepted after the due date.
Literature poems
______1. “Poetry” by Marianne Moore
______2. “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning
______3. “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost
______4. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
______5. “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A. E. Housman
______6. “Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams
______7. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound
______8. “Harlem” by Langston Hughes
______9. “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg
_____10. “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg
_____11. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
_____12. “Musee des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden
_____13. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke
_____14. “Birches” by Robert Frost
_____15. “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke
_____16. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
_____17. “The Lamb” by William Blake
_____18. “She Walks in Beauty” by George Gordon, Lord Byron
_____19. “Because I could not stop for Death-” by Emily Dickinson
_____20. “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died-” by Emily Dickinson
_____21. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot
_____22. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
_____23. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
_____24. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
_____25. “Ars Poetica” by Archibald Macleish
_____26. “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath
_____27. “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson
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Paper on poetry
This is a 2-3 page MLA formatted paper with at least 5 well-written college level paragraphs on the poetry you choose from the list. Again, the 2-3 pages refer to the paper’s body, not the Works Cited page. All of the poems on this list can be found in your literature textbook. I would recommend selecting a poem that you appreciate.
You must provide a biography of the poet, a brief synopsis of the poem’s content, and a critique of the poem, either line by line or stanza by stanza, depending on the length of the poem.
To put it another way, a short poetry is critiqued line by line, but a longer poem is critiqued stanza by stanza.
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