Poetry Explication Essay Assignment
Prompt:
Write a 2 – 2 ½ page explication (analysis) of the poem “Those Winter Sundays”, by Robert Hayden or the poem There Is No Word for Goodbye, by Mary Tallmountain. Decide what you believe is a prominent conflict/theme of the poem and then explain how various elements (imagery, figures of speech, diction, sound devices, tone, etc.) develop and/or resolve the conflict or theme.
Process:
· Read the poem out loud to hear the sound devices and rhythm
· Fully annotate the poem highlight interesting or important passages and write comments in the margins of the paper.
· Brainstorm your ideas: Free-writing, listing, mapping, reporters questions, etc.
· Create a rough outline
· Write a rough draft
· Edit, proofread
· Revise for final copy
Requirements:
· MLA Style
· 2 – 2 ½ pages in length
· Use quotes from the poem to support your analysis
Reminders:
· Begin with the dramatic situation
· Do not simply tell us what are the sound devices or figures of speech, etc. analyze these elements and explain how they impact the meaning of the poem.
o Take Blakes poem London, for example. The repetition of the word marks moves from pain-filled scars that we see to something we hear with the repetition of the word cry. If you shut your eyes, you will still hear them the narrator indicates that there is no escape. The misery is all encompassing to every man and infant, and finally, to every voice. please i have given you a sample of how it should be written in the drop box
