Poem Analysis
ENGL1301 Composition 1
Assignment Composition #1 Poem Analysis
Topic: For this essay assignment, you will choose one of the following essays to analyze. You will write about the poem’s theme as well as the literary elements (plus cultural context if that applies to your poem).
Make sure your essay has a specific thesis statement that you focus on throughout your essay. View the Comp 1 Lesson for details about writing your thesis for this paper.
“Harlem” by Langston Hughes
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46548 (Links to an external site.)
“Do Not Go Gentle” by Dylan Thomas
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/do-not-go-gentle-good-night (Links to an external site.)
“Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/42889 (Links to an external site.)
“Since Feeling is First” by e.e. cummings
https://genius.com/E-e-cummings-since-feeling-is-first-annotated (Links to an external site.)
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelo
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/still-i-rise (Links to an external site.)
“If” by Rudyard Kipling
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46473 (Links to an external site.)
Your essay must:
Be written in standard essay format, consisting of an introduction that clearly states your thesis, a sufficient number of body paragraphs to develop your thesis logically, and a concluding paragraph;
Analyze the theme and the literary elements (plus cultural context if that applies to your poem);
Be written in accordance with MLA documentation. Specifically, use the MLA no-title page heading; double space; use in-text citations for documenting your quotations from the essays; and your essay must contain a Works Cited page if you used outside sources, giving the appropriate works cited entries for the sources used in your paper;
Contain no more than twenty percent of directly quoted material;
Be typed in Arial 12 point font;
Be within the word limit: 800-1100 words;
Be turned in on or before the due date.
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