Write an essay using one of the poems in the packet as a jumping-off

Write an essay using one of the poems as a jumping-off point for further research into a topic the poem addressees. You’ll show how the poem offers insight into the topic, and then you’ll present information and analysis from research that carry this insight further or that complicate what the poems says. For example you […]

Examine a theme found in two of the poems in the packet

Write an essay which examines a theme found in two of the poems in the packet. This essay will have a thesis saying what the two poems together show about the theme. The theme might not be obvious in both poems, and so part of the job of this paper is to analyze each poem […]

Write an essay examining one of the poems in the packet through the

Write an essay examining one of the poems in the packet through the lens of Elizabeth Bishop’s “Questions of Travel.” For example, you might discuss whether or how the poem answers Bishop’s questions. Or perhaps the poem extends some of Bishop’s observations to modern situations or sensibilities. Or maybe the poem suggests questions of travel […]

Analysis of poems Allison Joseph’s “On being told i speak like a black

The Essay is a reaction and understanding and refelction of how poems Allison Joseph’s “On being told i speak like a black person” and how it relates to you as the writer. The first 2 paragraphs i would desire to most likely summarize what the poem is talking about and towards the second paragraph; more […]

Poetry: W.B. Yeats & Philip Larkin selected poems

 Instruction: By “paragraph” I mean: a few sentences to half a page to no more than a page (double space). Instructions: Each title in bold is a short poem and each poem is attached individually. Use the poems to answer all of the questions. At the end of each question the requirement is stated: paragraph, […]