Using 2 poems from Unit 2, analyze a chosen theme (examples include: feminism, gender, healing power of nature, education, relationships (parent/child; war and glory), etc… Make sure you explain why this is relevant to your understanding of the poems.

Follow MLA format: Use size 12, Times New Roman font and 1-inch margins; double space. Include a Work Cited page. It is not included in the 2-page length requirement; it should appear on a separate page at the end of your paper.

Create a thesis statement, and back up your claim with support/evidence from the text. Support should contain clear, specific examples from the poem or poems you are analyzing, as well as documentation for all text references. Include at least two- three quotations from each poem in each body paragraph of your essay, for a total of 6 quotations from the poems. Also, quoting poetry is a bit different from quoting lines from a story. You will cite line numbers rather than pages, and you will put a slash (/) between lines if quoting more than one line. *Do not use more than 2 lines at a time; otherwise, you must use a block quote and you are NOT to use block quotes in a paper this short.

The Poems are Suicide Note and Not Waving but Drowning.