POETRY

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  • "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams
  • "Silence" by Marianne Moore
  • "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost
  • "London" by William Blake
  • "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" by Wallace Stevens
  • "Grass" by Carl Sandburg
  • "The Wind" by James Stephens
  • "Oh, my love is like a red, red rose" by Robert Burns
  • "The Secret Sits" by Robert Frost

Assignment

Words, Imagery, and Meaning Short Essay

 

Choose one of the poems above. Choose two words that move you with their denotation or connotation. Choose one literal image and one bit of figurative language. In one to three pages, discuss briefly how the two words, the one literal image, and the one bit of figurative language help to create the overall meaning of the poem as you see it. 

 

Overall Rubric, Weeks 1-3 Essay Assignments (60 points each, 180 points total, for 18% of final grade)

 

Format (APA): 10 points

Editing (grammar, mechanics, spelling, typos): 10 points

Coherence of Overall Argument (including thesis, paragraph transitions, critical thinking, avoidance of logical fallacies, organization of ideas): 15 points

 

Content (addressing particular goals and questions of given assignment): 25 points

 

 

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