Los Angeles Valley College William Shakespeares Sonnet 73 Sonnet 73 Essay Essay #3 Purpose: In Essay #2, we practiced our close reading and argument skill

Los Angeles Valley College William Shakespeares Sonnet 73 Sonnet 73 Essay Essay #3

Purpose: In Essay #2, we practiced our close reading and argument skills by analyzing the relationship between words and meaning in the soliloquy of Hamlet. Essay #3 will further hone our critical analysis skills and close reading skills by considering how image, meaning, word, choice and diction add to a poem’s meaning.

Required Texts: Your essay must incorporate one poem we have read in class.

Some of the poems we have read are, Sonnet 73 By William Shakespeare, Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways By Elizabeth Barrett Brownin, and Shakespearean vs. Petrarchan SonnetsPetrarchan SonnetA Game of Chess To John Brodie By Gwen Harwood. Please make sure to incorporate one of these poems in your text when writing the essay.

What this means? In your essay, you should explore the theme of the the poem? What’re the literary devices/poetic devices that you see in the poem? How/why do these literary devices/poetic devices contribute to the poem’s overall theme?

Sample Thesis: Topic +Opinion +Reasons Why

(Robert Frost’s “The Road Less Traveled” expresses the theme of indecision through his use of rhyme, imagery, metaphor )

Writing Task: After carefully reading the required texts and assigned poems, write a 4- 6 page thesis-driven essay that thoughtfully responds to the following prompt:

Analyze one poem’s literary elements (parts of the poem and figures of speech) and use this analysis to interpret the meaning of this poem.

In other words, what is the poem saying and what literary elements does the author use to demonstrate this message?

Requirements:

4-6 pages
MLA format
One Poem
4 literary devices(defined)

Due Dates: Thesis and Outline 5/16, Rough Draft is due & 5/23 & Final Draft is due 5/30 ;