Assignment

Your assignment is to write an explication essay using one of the poems provided below. The essay needs to be at least 600 words and should be structured as an essay with a thesis statement, topic sentences, etc. This assignment is worth 200 points. I will be evaluating this essay for focus, structure, development, support, word choice, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. cite line numbers

The Mistake By A.E. Stallings

The mistake was light and easy in my hand,

A seed meant to be borne upon the wind.

I did not have to bury it or throw,

Just open up my hand and let it go.

The mistake was dry and small and without weight,

A breeze quickly snatched it from my sight,

And even had I wanted to prevent,

Nobody could tell me where it went.

I did not think on the mistake again,

Until the spring came, soft, and full of rain,

And in the yard such dandelions grew

That bloomed and closed, and opened up, and blew.