Project 2 Writing Assignment
Poetry Essay
Word Count: 500-700 words (Be sure to observe the word count.)
Format:Essay in MLA style.
You may include visuals with the essay if you wish.
Assignment: Poem- "Forgetfulness" by billy Collins
Explain how that poem affects you and how the language and poetic language in the poem creates that effect.
Be sure to analyze how the poet uses stories, words, and phrases to create the meaning the poem has for you.
Write a short, well-organized essay In the introduction, write the title of the poem and the author. Also, summarize the effect the poem has on you.
In the body of the essay, discuss specific lines and/or words in the poem which create this effect on you.
Use specific details, scenes, or situations from your life to explain the effect the poem has on you. Write a concluding paragraph for the essay.
The following questions are provided to help you think about the poem, but you do not have to answer them.
They are only guides and examples.
Does the poem remind you of a place, situation or person? Does the poem cause you to experience thoughts or emotions? Does it remind you of a story from your life? Does it remind you of something or someone you have observed?
What language in the poem causes you to experience the thoughts, memories, and/or emotions caused by the poem? Be sure to discuss poetic language, for example, similes, metaphors, symbols, alliteration, etc.
Observe these rules when writing about poetry: It is fine to use some short quotations, but limit quotations to about 10-15% of your paper. Try to use 1-3 lines to make your point, not a whole stanza.
Refer to the author of the poem by the last name, for example, Collins.
Lines between poems are separated with slashes.
For example:"The fog comes/on little cat feet" (Sandburg).
Quotations four lines or longer from the poem are indented 10 spaces and retain the poem's original form.