Read a poem from this week making annotations as you go. Present 3-5 a
Read a poem from this week making annotations as you go. Present 3-5 annotations in outline format and construct a 200 word close reading, as exampled on pages 308-309. Be sure to cite any quotations #Read #poem #week #making #annotations #Present
The Poem of the Cid (Poem of mio Cid)
Basic requirements: 500 words, approx.; MLA formatting Higher-level requirements: This short essay is a training exercise. You are preparing yourself to write critically on literary texts, which means interrogating texts and contexts with a sharp and flexible mind. To find creative ways of making meaning with literature and then to write insightfully on the texts […]
In what ways does Beowulf undergo change throughout the poem; and, in
In what ways does Beowulf undergo change throughout the poem; and, in what ways do Beowulf’s heroic qualities affect the story? Provide at least three (3) examples from the poem to substantiate the accuracy of your claims regarding your critical responses to the question above. In-text cite these three places in the poem’s text. […]
Find a full copy of Queen Maband poem and consider Shelley’s use of
For this essay I’d like you to think carefully about the relationship between form and content in one of the poems we’ve read. Identify a moment in the poem where you see some formal aspect of the poem working to reinforce or complement a key idea, thread, or question that the poem explores. Think, for […]
Analysis paper about the poem “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold
Write an analysis paper about the poem “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold using reader-response criticism. Link for the poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43588/dover-beach Reader-response criticism removes the focus from the text and places it on the reader instead, by attempting to describe what goes on in the reader’s mind during the reading of a text. Readerresponse critics are […]
