| Louis Zukofsky writes in his Preface to A Test of Poetry: “The test of poetry is the range of pleasure it affords at sight, sound, and intellection. This is its purpose as art”. Write an essay that interprets, analyzes, and makes a specific & significant claim about POETRY AS ART AND PLEASURE. Use at least two of our assigned poems as primary sources. Evidence: *You must use at least two outside, scholarly sources [not including your chosen primary text(s)] to support your argument]. • Title your essay using a two-part title. • Your thesis should be clear and concise. • Your essay should be tightly focused and organized. • Remember to cite passages from the primary source(s) (poetry) and outside, scholarly sources in MLA format (include both in-text citations and a works cited page; reference your Writer’s Reference/MLA Handbook). • Introduce quotes by author/source and incorporate them into your paper; do not just drop/sprinkle quotes throughout your essay. • Do not use contractions (can’t, don’t, isn’t, etc.) unless they are part of a direct quote. • Use of the informal “I” (first person) or “you/your” (second person) should be avoided in formal essays (unless part of a direct quote, of course). Instead, use the third person (one, he, she, etc.); this format is preferred and heavily suggested, and allows for an unbiased account of the argument. • Your essay should be clear of grammatical errors to ensure meaning is not obscured. List of poems that can be used as primary sources: “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas “[I dwell in Possibility]” by Emily Dickinson “[I celebrate myself, and sing myself]” by Walt Whitman “Wedding-Ring” by Denise Levertov “Strange Meeting” by Wilfred Owen “[Like as the waves..]” by William Shakespeare “First Fight. Then Fiddle.” by Gwendolyn Brooks “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney “Poetry as Insurgent Art” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti “The Colonel” by Carolyn Forche “Poem to My Uterus” by Lucille Clifton “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg |
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