Select one of the poems to critique in two paragraphs. The purpose of a critique is to analyze and evaluate the poem. You first should give a short summary of the poem with an in-text citation. Then, please consider the following questions:

1. What does the poem look like structurally?

2. How is the poem organized from verse to verse?

3. What kind of words are used in the poem and how effective is that word choice?

4. How would you describe the writer's writing style?

5. What specific imagery is used in the poem?

POEMS

Tennyson, A. (1832). The lady of Shalott. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174626
Plath, S. (1963). Fever 103°. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/guide/179981#poem
Sayers Ellis, T. (2006). Or,. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/178676
Beckman, J. (2009). [Dear angry mob,]. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/247766