Poetry Essay
The essay should analyze poetry by one author included in The Norton Introduction to Literature. Pay attention to how the poems’ meaning and effect are shaped by some aspect or aspects of their form. You can also choose to observe how the poem’s effect and meaning are shaped by the very fact that it takes a particular form. Choose from one of the following options:
2. Choose one poem in this anthology in which a single word seems crucial to that poem’s total effect and theme. Write an essay in which you work out carefully why and how that’s the case.
My poetry that I’ve chosen is Richard Cory
BY EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
“Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
My discussion about this poetry:
Richard Cory lived an unhappy life although from the outside everybody admired him
The reader assumes that happiness is based on how a person looks well groomed and how well he speaks, calmness and looked fine in all aspect a
Length: 3-4 pages long with a Works Cited page. The usual specifications apply – Times New Roman, one-inch margins, stapled and MLA format.
Guidelines:
Remember that the same rules for thesis-writing apply to a paper about a poem. You should not begin the paper with generalities about poetry, this poem, or the poet but with a specific thesis statement detailing what you will argue about the poems and how you will make and prove your argument.
Revision:
Be careful not to simply go through the poem and paraphrase what the poem, in your opinion, means. This approach is useful for an early draft, but as you revise, you will structure your paper to develop the thesis instead. It is important that you explain your interpretation of the poem, but this interpretation should always relate back to and develop your thesis. Please come to see me after class, or email me with any questions about this assignment.
USE THIS POETRY AS A SOURCE ONLY, NO MORE ADDITIONAL SOURCES
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