*see Johann Smith’s essay “From Dreaming to Demanding” for a Model Paper: https: – graduate researcher

*see Johann Smith’s essay “From
Dreaming to Demanding” for a Model Paper: https://capitalwriters.net/ (go to the second page
on the site)
paper you write for this class will be the paper on Poetry.
Topic:
Use either “The Academy of American Poets” (Poets.org) or “The Poetry Foundation” to choose five individual poems to discuss and analyze using the materials outlined in the text in the Introductions to the chapters on poetry (chapters 11-19). in The Norton Introduction to Literature: Shorter 13th Edition, edited by Kelly J. Mayes
https://www.google.com/search?q=pdf+The+Norton+Introduction+to+Literature%3A+Shorter+13th+Edition%2C+edited+by+Kelly+J.+Mayes&oq=pdf+The+Norton+Introduction+to+Literature%3A+Shorter+13th+Edition%2C+edited+by+Kelly+J.+Mayes&aqs=chrome..69i57.3766j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
The paper should have a central idea, a focus, an introduction and a thesis that ties the works together in a meaningful way.
Organization:
You can organize your paper around key ideas, poetic techniques or styles and discuss the individual poems one at a time, or you can point out certain poetic characteristics in a poem or two poems and then move on to another element of poetry. It is not necessary to spend equal amounts of time on the five poems. Concentrate instead on the things that you find important and interesting. Make sure to include an introduction and conclusion and shape your paper into a coherent essay using the five poems as examples and illustrations to support your ideas.
Preparation:
Before you begin the paper, read as many poems as you can (so that you have a wide selection to work with related to your theme or subject). Next look at the COURSE CONTENT / POETRY / POETRY PAPER RESOURCES page where you will fine helpful resources for the paper. You will want to pay attention to the files called: “Questions to ask About the Poems” and the “Poetry Paper Checklist”. the resouces i put in the upload files section also here as websites:
List of poetic terms
https://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html
Metaphor
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Metaphors-in-Poetry-With-Examples
Length:
Your essay will be around 4-5 pages (at least 1000-1200 words total) of analysis of the linked poems where you investigate the major characteristics or techniques or “elements” of poetry discussed in the anthology’s chapters on poetry.
Model Papers:
Finally, I have attached a sample poetry paper written by a student in a previous class. Please review that paper to get an idea what an excellent paper might look like. There is another sample by a former student published on the second page of the college’s Capital Writers page: https://capitalwriters.net/ It is called “Equality from Dreaming to Demanding”
NOTE: There is ample information about most poems on the internet and in other sources, but if you use information, ideas, and particular language from one of these sources, you MUST footnote and document where the information comes from. You must quote language you borrow, and you must make it clear when an idea or concept or interpretation comes from somewhere outside your own head. It’s ok to research what others have said about some of these works, but if you do not document the information correctly, you run the risk of plagiarism. It’s easy to find Sparknotes, or Gradesaver or some other place, but without the documentation, I will be obliged to fail the paper and it cannot be made up. I am more interested in your own insights into the poems anyway, so please be careful. You do not need to document where the poems themselves come from, only if you use written material ABOUT the poems from some outside source.
The paper should have a central idea, a focus, an introduction and a thesis that ties the works together in a meaningful way.
Organization:
You can organize your paper around key ideas, poetic techniques or styles and discuss the individual poems one at a time, or you can point out certain poetic characteristics in a poem or two poems and then move on to another element of poetry. It is not necessary to spend equal amounts of time on the five poems. Concentrate instead on the things that you find important and interesting. Make sure to include an introduction and conclusion and shape your paper into a coherent essay using the five poems as examples and illustrations to support your ideas.
Preparation:
Before you begin the paper, read as many poems as you can (so that you have a wide selection to work with related to your theme or subject). Next look at the COURSE CONTENT / POETRY / POETRY PAPER RESOURCES page where you will fine helpful resources for the paper. You will want to pay attention to the files called: “Questions to ask About the Poems” and the “Poetry Paper Checklist”.
Length:
Your essay will be around 4-5 pages (at least 1000-1200 words total) of analysis of the linked poems where you investigate the major characteristics or techniques or “elements” of poetry discussed in the anthology’s chapters on poetry.
Model Papers:
Finally, I have attached a sample poetry paper written by a student in a previous class. Please review that paper to get an idea what an excellent paper might look like. There is another sample by a former student published on the second page of the college’s Capital Writers page: https://capitalwriters.net/ It is called “Equality from Dreaming to Demanding”
NOTE: There is ample information about most poems on the internet and in other sources, but if you use information, ideas, and particular language from one of these sources, you MUST footnote and document where the information comes from. You must quote language you borrow, and you must make it clear when an idea or concept or interpretation comes from somewhere outside your own head. It’s ok to research what others have said about some of these works, but if you do not document the information correctly, you run the risk of plagiarism. It’s easy to find Sparknotes, or Gradesaver or some other place, but without the documentation, I will be obliged to fail the paper and it cannot be made up. I am more interested in your own insights into the poems anyway, so please be careful. You do not need to document where the poems themselves come from, only if you use written material ABOUT the poems from some outside source.