Source Material:
Reading resources in Units 1 through 5
Viewing resources in Units 1 through 5
Background:
You have read, viewed, and discussed resources on different genres and eras of poems
and poets as well as resources on how compare and contrast topics effectively. Now, it
is time to combine those two subjects into one assignment.
Prompt:
Choose any two poets from the course thus far and compare their poems and writing
styles.
Research question (what am I going to write about)
What differences and similarities are there in your chosen poets’ writing styles and
poetry? Focus particularly on comparing and contrasting poetic devices, poem
structure, and themes used.
Task:
Suggested compare and contrast topics are poetic devices, structure, theme. (For example, a
similarity between Dickinson and Plath is that they both focus on death as a theme.)
Use at least two outside research sources to support your response and
include a citation for these sources in your essay.
Use the resources available in all the units and include text support from the poems
to support your response
You will be writing a minimum of 3 pages that analyzes these similarities and
differences.
Your audience for this response will be people who have read the poems but not
compared and contrasted the elements. This will eliminate the need to summarize or
add plot-heavy detail.
Instructions:
Analyze the two poets and their poems for similarities and differences in the poems and
in the authors’ writing styles
Write a minimum of 3 pages with a thesis statement that asserts your main answer
to the prompt.
Use ideas, paraphrases, and quotes from both stories to support your own ideas. Be
sure to format these citations according to APA formatting guidelines.
Compare and Contrast: 21st century and everything before
ENG 213 – Poetry
Requirements:
- Your response should be a minimum of 3 pages.
- Your response should follow APA 7th edition formatting guidelines.
- Your response should have properly formatted in-text citations.
- Your response should have a properly formatted reference page
- Use the third-person, objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as “I,” “you,”
“we,” etc. - Please be cautious about plagiarism. Make sure to use internal citations for direct
quotes, paraphrases, and new information.
Students: Be sure to read before you write, and again after you write.