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Assignment Overview You have spent some time reading poems, learning about poetry, and trying to analyze versus summarize. Now it’s time to put all those skills to the test! You will write an essay on one of these 3 poems (your choice): Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Links to an external site. John Donne, [Batter my heart, three-personed God] Links to an external site. William Shakespeare, [My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun] Links to an external site. Learning Goal Because poems are shorter, you will be forced to analyze (not summarize) and evaluate to reach beyond 3 pages. Is it a good poem, or not, from a critical literary perspective? Why or why not, based on analysis of textual elements as evidence? This will be good practice for you as we work towards writing even longer papers that analyze and express a final evaluation which is the thesis (evaluative thesis). As always, you will learn to analyze and evaluate elements of the literary work, in order to logically argue to prove your evaluative thesis. Instructions Prompt Write an argumentative essay that analyzes and evaluates how effectively form and content complement each other or not, in ONE of the following poems. (Think not just about what is being said but how its being said.) In your response, be sure to give a brief overview of whats happening in terms of plot or situation, and make sure to draw on a variety of poetic devices such as rhythm, diction, figures of speech, symbols and metaphors, etc., to argue your evaluative case regarding poetic form. You must provide logically organized specific textual evidence to support your case. Requirements Your essay must be 3-4 full pages in length. Go BEYOND 3 FULL pages… anything less automatically fails. The final draft must be properly MLA formatted and an absolute minimum of three full, thoughtfully written and properly formatted pages to even have a chance at a passing score, so go beyond that. Works Cited is another page. Follow required MLA format conventions. Required is not optional. Please double space your essay, use Times New Roman (12 point font), and include 1-inch margins all around… these are MLA standards. Include at least one direct quote from your primary source (whichever poem you choose) and include a separate Works Cited page. Use proper in-text citations, and be sure your Works Cited page also is properly formatted… review MLA examples. Common Typo Make sure to avoid this common typo by understanding compliment vs. complement. Review Compliment vs. Complement: What’s the Difference? Essay Evaluation I will grade your essay using the rubric, and I will be looking for the following things: There should be a clear evaluative thesis that makes a specific claim towards an argument about how form and content complement each other (or maybe they do not complement successfully… you decide and state clearly) in your poem, and your essay should include analysis of textual evidence. Do not merely state your opinion throughout the essay; be sure to include textual analyses throughout that effectively support your evaluative thesis. Do not use I. Also, do not use those generic “you” and “we” statements… Keep your academic distance, your academic professionalism. Follow essay structure. Remember to analyze, not summarize. Your audience-reader already knows the poem, so focus on proving your evaluative thesis through analysis of text evidence. Only discuss the parts of the poem that support your argument. Stay focused ON THE POEM, and not about life in general… Your job is to analyze and evaluate THE POEM, only.