Be sure to review how to internally reference poetry as it is different from referencing short stories.

Carefully read Chapter 44 in the Writing volume. Be sure to review how to internally reference poetry as it is different from referencing short stories.

• Your paper should be right at 400 words.  25 words +/- will affect your grade.
• 2-3 secondary sources along with the poem(s) as primary source(s). First, try to find articles on GALILEO or through GIL. Next, use Google Scholar or the general Internet.
• MLA format: double spaced, heading, internal parenthetical documentation, Works Cited page, etc.
• NO second person or first person (unless in a quote from a secondary source). Stay in present tense when you write about literature.
• DO NOT USE Masterplots, NO Shmoop, litcharts, Cliffs Notes, Sparknotes, etc. These are NOT sources; they are forms of cheating.
• Review the assignment sheet for the fiction paper as well for those guidelines.

Choose one (or more) of these poems as there is PLENTY of published research out there. Do NOT use a poem we covered in class.

• Edgar Allan Poes – Annabel Lee – page 942
• Robert Frost – Birches  or  The Road Not Taken – page 986
• A.E. Housman – To an Athlete Dying Young – page 1057
• Andrew Marvell – To His Coy Mistress – page 1068
• Sylvia Plath – Daddy – page 1074
• William Shakespeare – My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun – page 1084

PAPER STRUCTURE

–Introduction

–Explication:

One paragraph, around 4-5 sentences to discuss what you believe the poem(s) is (are) about.  *Again, no 1st person, so instead of writing I believe that Plath is discussing use Plath is discussing

–Analysis:

Paragraphs exploring element(s) of poetry: diction, symbolism, figurative language such as metaphors or similes, imagery, structure, etc. You may use any area(s) of poetry we have covered in this class. Use research in this section of the poem.

–Conclusion