{"id":25821,"date":"2023-08-02T02:34:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T02:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/your-final-essay-for-this-course-will-consist-of-the-explication-of-one-of-the-poems-below-titles-of-poems-are-in-quotation-marks-not-italicized\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T02:34:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T02:34:21","slug":"your-final-essay-for-this-course-will-consist-of-the-explication-of-one-of-the-poems-below-titles-of-poems-are-in-quotation-marks-not-italicized","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/your-final-essay-for-this-course-will-consist-of-the-explication-of-one-of-the-poems-below-titles-of-poems-are-in-quotation-marks-not-italicized\/","title":{"rendered":"Your final essay for this course will consist of the explication of one of the poems below (titles of poems are in quotation marks, not italicized)."},"content":{"rendered":"

This essay should be double spaced<\/p>\n

It should be 2 1\/2 to 3 pages long<\/p>\n

You must use 2 sources of Literary Criticism in your analysis<\/p>\n

You can use the analysis of the poems from the videos below, but you have to quote from them and cite the source wth the time range.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if you use the videos, you still need to research 2 works of literary criticism from the LaGuardia library.<\/p>\n

Remember that this is <\/span>your<\/strong> <\/span>analysis, and you have to use the videos and the literary criticism sources to help support <\/span>your own <\/span><\/strong>claims about the poem. Use your own words to explicate or extrapolate meaning from the poem of your choice.<\/p>\n

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“Traveling through the Dark” by William E. Stafford<\/p>\n

LINK:   <\/span><\/a>https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/42775\/traveling-through-the-dark<\/span><\/div>\n

Analysis <\/p>\n

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LINK:   https:\/\/youtu.be\/nrxSx6y0st0<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

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“The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake<\/p>\n

LINK:  https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/43654\/the-chimney-sweeper-when-my-mother-died-i-was-very-young<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Documentary<\/p>\n

LINK:   https:\/\/youtu.be\/ws1adpEy2Vs<\/p>\n

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or<\/p>\n


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“The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n

LINK:   https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/43290\/the-second-coming<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Reading and Analysis<\/p>\n

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LINK:  https:\/\/youtu.be\/BDK6hklSsE0<\/p>\n

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INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT POEM EXPLICATION:<\/p>\n

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Poem explication:<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Read poem (at least 2 times\/One shot reading, the other, a more focused reading).<\/p>\n

Identify the speaker<\/p>\n

Identify the theme (Dramatic conflict or situation\/ no universal idea)<\/p>\n

Always use present tense<\/p>\n

Refer to parts of a poem by Stanzas and lines<\/p>\n

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Ex. The second stanza begins with an ominous prophetic voice asking \u201cWhat are the roots that clutch, what branches grow \/ Out of this stony rubbish?\u201d (Eliot, lines 19\u201320).<\/p>\n

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Use slash to separate line breaks<\/p>\n

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Introduction<\/b><\/p>\n

Begin immediately by informing the reader of the title and poet (In the poem xxxxxxxx by Dylan Thomas\u2026Date if relevant). No hook necessary.<\/p>\n

Identify the theme or dramatic conflict or situation of the speaker (identify speaker\/not the poet)<\/p>\n

No synopsis<\/p>\n

Begin Thesis:<\/p>\n

This poem dramatizes the conflict between\u2026<\/p>\n

Or<\/p>\n

This poem dramatizes the situation of\u2026<\/p>\n

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Body Paragraphs<\/b> <\/span>(Chronological, beginning, middle and end) 3 ideas (analyze word choice, tone (emotion or state of mind), imagery, metaphor, allusion)<\/p>\n

Body 1<\/p>\n

Body 2<\/p>\n

Body 3<\/p>\n

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The conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n

Write it after you have reached the end of the poem<\/p>\n

Restate the dramatic conflict or situation<\/p>\n

Final thought about relevance to life<\/p>\n

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Verbs to use:<\/b><\/p>\n

Dramatizes<\/p>\n

Presents<\/p>\n

Characterizes<\/p>\n

Implies<\/p>\n

Emphasizes<\/p>\n

Shows<\/p>\n

Wonders<\/p>\n

Alludes to<\/p>\n

Asks<\/p>\n

Thinks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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