poetry essay help(two part)

Mechanics

of essay portion

2 points

- Clear sentences

- Clear structure/good flow of ideas

- No grammatical or spelling errors

- Some personal flair/style

2 points

-Mostly clear sentences

-Mostly clear structure

-Mostly free of grammatical or spelling errors

-Some personal flair/style

.5-1 points

-Lack of clarity

-Disorganized flow of ideas

-typos/errors

-awkward, overly informal, or careless writing style

0-.5 points

Essay Content

3 points

Demonstrates understanding of chosen poetic form; demonstrates student understood the article and can explain the choices they made in poetically summarizing it

3 points

Demonstrates okay understanding of chosen form, maybe a bit vague; the explained connection between article and poem is okay if not great

2 points

Only slight descriptions of poetic form, or totally off-base descriptions; maybe no mention of the poetic form at all; maybe no real demonstration of thought process

1 points

No descriptions

And/or no connection between the article and their poem

0 points

Poem form

3 points

Poem clearly adheres to student’s chosen form; rhyme scheme works; poem is “correct,” etc.

3 points

Poem mostly adheres to chosen form, maybe a few errors or misunderstandings

2 points

Poem only loosely adheres to chosen form, but there is clear effort

.5-1 points

Poem is random, not related to one of the three forms

(*UNLESS the student has done something amazing with some other form and it’s awesome and they explain why they made this choice, in which case grade it on its own merits)

0-.5 points

Poem content and style

7 points

Poem clearly relates to chosen article, and in some way summarizes or evokes the articles main themes; poem has style and energy, has some creativity

6-7 points

A bit vague relationship to article (that isn’t justified in essay), or maybe just refers to the first paragraph or something; not super creative but fine

4-5 points

Very loose/lazy relationship to article; poem is perfunctory and displays no evidence of imaginative labor

1-3 points

No relationship to article;

Totally perfunctory and half-assed engagement with poem

0 points