Poetry essay
Compare any one of the poems to poems read on reading list to a modern day song of choice. Directly make comparisons between the song and the poem. Your essay should be at least 750-words long. No research is required for this essay, but all conventions of grammar, college-level formality and MLA format must be followed. As this is the third essay of your second English course, you are expected to know the conventions of grammar, college-level formality and MLA format.
Compare any one of the poems to poems read on reading list(will be attatched) to a modern day song of choice.
Reading List:
"Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins (page xvi - may not be in your version of the book. If not, read it here: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/001.html)
Themes in Poetry:
Love: "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Browning (page 1071)
Death: "Because I could not stop for death" by Emily Dickenson (page 1005)
Everyday Events: "Cat Puke and Flies" by Al Zolynas (http://capa.conncoll.edu/zolynas.ideal.htm#PUKE)
The Human Experience: "The Ache of Marriage" by Denise Levertov (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171226)
Missed Chances: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost (page 899)
Legend and Fantasy: "The Lady of Shallot" by Alfred Lord
Tennyson- (http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/shalott.htm)
"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll (page 734) and "Humpty Dumpty Explicates ‘Jabberwocky'" (page 734)
Rhythm and Rhyme:
"Hippopotamus" by Hilaire Belloc (page 820)
Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" by William Shakespeare (page 771)
"My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun" by William Shakespeare (page 1126)
Parody:
"American Pie" by Don McLean(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Y_XRiJsCI ) vs. "The Saga Begins"
by Al Yankovic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU)
"Because I could not Dump" by Andrea Paterson (page 957)
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" by Howard Moss (page 772)
Visual Poetry (Poems that literally paint a picture):
"Swan".