Poetry essay number # 4:

For your essay, you may select one of the following options:

1. Evaluate the work of a major poet, analyzing three (3) of the authors poems and incorporating into your examination at least four (4) different critics views of the work. Include at least one opposing critical view and explain which view you find more valid. (Quotations from the critical essays are to be used judiciously and to support your analysis of the poems. Research may only come from the college's library, including databases. Cumberland County College. Any Internet source will result in a failing grade for the assignment.)

2. Review your reading and notes regarding chapter 26 and the literary theory/strategies for analyzing poetry. Seventh edition Poetry by Michael Meyer Utilizing three (3) of these strategies, select two (2) poems for a particular poet and show how each of these strategies could be employed in analyzing the two poems. In the process, explain which strategy is the most valid in examining the poet's work and why. (This option does not use any research).

Initial each item below as completed.

The folder contains the following: previous graded essays

(if option # 1) copies of the first page of all research articles that appear in works cited page

Major essay
The essay:
The last sentence of introduction is a precise, clear thesis statement.
Body paragraph are focused, organized, and begin with topic sentences, employing transition as needed.
All quotations are trimmed down to only the relevant, necessary words and meet the formatting requirements for all quotations.
You clearly, logically explain how the chosen detail support your assertion in the thesis, while offering sufficient evidence from the poem to do so.
Your essay is between 800 and 1200 words and satisfies minimum sentence requirements. (The Works cited page is not part of the word count.) Write the word count:
Your essay includes a works cited page with the entry formatted as instructed.