Literary analysis essay
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literaryanalysisessayassignment.docxAnalyzing through Describing
Once again, your tasks for this assignment are twofold:
1) Describe this poem to someone who has never seen/read it before.
a. Think of and describe what this poem (or phrases or lines within the poem) makes you see in your mind’s eye (or imagination) so that you can transfer that same image to your readers’ minds.
b. You can appeal to the other senses as well!
c. Remember to cite where you took quotations from (even if you’re only quoting two words) and to explain each quotation.
i. What’s obvious to you isn’t always obvious to others because everyone has different opinions and experiences! Help us, the readers, closely follow your thoughts and ideas through detailed explanations.
2) Describe which version of the poem is better and defend your choice.
a. The first version has three stanzas (in poems and songs, paragraphs are called stanzas). The second version has four stanzas.
This is the essay prompt (question): Is the three-stanza version or four-stanza version of the poem “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns better? Why?
· Remember to directly answer the essay prompt (this question) in your thesis statement!
· Remember to write the title of the poem and the author’s name in your introduction paragraph.
· Remember to write in the standard academic format. You will automatically lose 5 points for ANY formatting mistake.
You MUST turn in an outline with your essay. Please copy-paste the bold parts of this outline into a separate Word document and fill it in. It will really help you to organize your ideas.
Thesis: State which version of the poem is better and state THREE reasons why in ONE-TWO sentences.
Body paragraph one topic sentence: (This is reason one from your thesis sentence)
Quotation(s) to support this point: (In your essay, you will analyze these quotes. In your outline, you only need to write the quotation here. When you write the essay, never start or end a paragraph with a quote. And, always explain a quote in your own words after using it)
Body paragraph two topic sentence: (This should be based on reason two from your thesis)
Quotation(s) to support this point:
Body paragraph three topic sentence: (This should be based on reason three from your thesis)
Quotation(s) to support this point:
