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Length of paper: 1500 words Format: Modern Language Association Your paper must incorporate at least three approved sources.

● At least one source must be peer-reviewed. ● One of your sources may be from our class discussions.

Your references must follow MLA format rules for in-text citation. You will also need a Works Cited page. Visit the website below for reliable information on MLA format: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_a nd_style_guide/mla_general_format.html

What is a first draft? Let’s begin with what it’s not:

● It is not polished and perfect. That would be your final paper.

● It’s not a bunch of ideas written in a rush with no revision. That would be what’s

called a zero draft, which is the basis for what will become your first draft.

So what is it? ● It’s your best attempt to write out your ideas and to give them a bit of structure.

● It’s a work in progress that is open to expansion and significant revision.

And THEN

Pick your poem and analyze it according to the process we’ve been practicing in class.

● Make note of imagery, diction, and patterns of sound (vowels, consonants).

● Look for metrical patterns, making note of stressed syllables in particular.

Look for long vowel sounds, consonants surrounding long vowel sounds, and multisyllabic words.

● Pay attention to the appearance of the poem on the page, focusing on individual lines

as well as patterns that develop throughout the poem.

Next, write about larger movements or meanings of the poem. ● What particular patterns appear in the poem?

● How do the various elements and devices work to convey meaning?

Conclude with some ideas about the overall work the poem is doing. ● Use your focused analysis to develop these ideas.

This is your zero draft, which ideally you will PRINT OUT and SET ASIDE for at least a couple of hours, preferably a whole day. Reread your poem and then read the printed copy of your zero draft with pen or pencil in hand.

● Write notes to yourself about ideas to develop more.

● Indicate places where you need more textual evidence to support your ideas.

● Monitor for similar or repeated ideas in different sections of the zero draft. Use

● numbers or some other system to indicate how these ideas can be combined.

● Jot down some ideas for concluding thoughts or a potential thesis.

(Be careful here. Don’t formulate a thesis too soon. If you do that, you run

the risk of writing an analysis that conforms to your idea of the poem

rather than what’s actually there on the page.)

important:write about the idea of repetition 500 words “mean while” 300 words at the final conclusion