I need 3 page long
Poetry paper
This is a 2-3 page MLA formatted paper, minimum 5 well-written college level paragraphs, on the poem you have chosen from the list provided. Again, the 2-3 pages refers to the body of the paper, and not the Works Cited page. The poems listed are all found in your literature textbook. I would advise choosing a poem that you enjoy.
You are to give a biography on the poet, a short summary detailing what the poem is about, and then critique the poem either line by line, or stanza by stanza depending on the length of the poem.
In other words, a short poem is critiqued line by line, while a lengthy poem would be critiqued stanza by stanza.
Do NOT include the poem, or write it out. That is not needed. When critiquing refer to the poem as line 2 states, or stanza 3 states.
At least 3 references from the above mentioned must be cited on your Works Cited page. Your textbook is NOT to be listed as a reference source.
Wikipedia is NOT allowed and will result in either a failing grade on the paper, or in the class.
The poetry paper is to be submitted by the due date. No late papers will be accepted; however, you may submit your paper prior to the due date. Early submission is strongly encouraged.
Be sure to save in WORD and your last name, first name; otherwise, one letter grade lower.
You may turn your paper in earlier than the due date, however, no late papers will be accepted after the due date.
Literature poems
______1. “Poetry” by Marianne Moore
______2. “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning
______3. “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost
______4. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
______5. “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A. E. Housman
______6. “Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams
______7. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound
______8. “Harlem” by Langston Hughes
______9. “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg
_____10. “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg
_____11. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
_____12. “Musee des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden
_____13. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke
_____14. “Birches” by Robert Frost
_____15. “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke
_____16. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
_____17. “The Lamb” by William Blake
_____18. “She Walks in Beauty” by George Gordon, Lord Byron
_____19. “Because I could not stop for Death-” by Emily Dickinson
_____20. “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died-” by Emily Dickinson
_____21. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot
_____22. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
_____23. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
_____24. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
_____25. “Ars Poetica” by Archibald Macleish
_____26. “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath
_____27. “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson
MLA
For those of you who have temporarily forgotten how to format in MLA, here is a quickie overview. For more in depth, visit the Polk State library, TLCC, or Purdue Owl is a great website.
Times New Roman
Font 12
Double space EVERYTHING
one inch margins all around, except for header/footer
header/footer is in upper right corner half inch from top on all pages- Tim Smith 1 , and Heading is in upper left corner, one inch from top, double spaced. Note example below:
Tim Smith 1
Tim Smith
Prof. Costakis
Literature
21 Jan. 2018 (date paper is due)
“The Worm”
No Title page
Title is centered after the Heading and remember short stories and poems are in quotes, and dramas are italicized.
Indent paragraphs using TAB key, and double space everything
Works Cited is centered and one inch from top
References are double spaced, and the first line of a reference is not indented, but any additional lines for that reference are indented using TAB key
Double space your references
References are not numbered
Your textbook is NOT a reference
To format your references correctly in MLA formatting there are websites that will format your references for you, Polk databases that already have the reference formatted, MLA website, or OwlPurdue.
Be sure to type your papers in WORD and save; do not save in wps or rtf
Do not type in WORKS since no one can open your submission
Do not use first or second person, contractions, cliches, or slang.
Be sure to proof your papers for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
