English 200

 You will have been taking many notes on the poem you have chosen to explicate. After each assigned chapter you will apply the end of the chapter checklist to the poem you have chosen. By the time you complete this poetry section you should know your poem inside and out and it will be time to write a paper detailing or "explicating" what the poem means. Paper length: 4-6 pages Formatting: MLA formatting. I am pretty strict about this. Research requirement: I do not require you to research outside the bounds of the poem for this project, but if you wish to it is certainly possible to do so. Include a "Works Cited" page with the paper please even if the textbook is your only source. If you need more samples just google "poetry explication sample essays" and see what you come up with.