What is writing about = read it all to know what to do my style= to make sure to make it similar but more better verb to use = use some verbs on the writing
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Magic verbs to use instead of “says,” “tells,” “is about,” etc.
(As in “This poem is about family relationships” or “This line says she is afraid.”)
Presents
Illustrates
Expresses
Describes
Reflects
Suggests
Illuminates
Recognizes
Examines
Explores
Questions
Reinforces
Represents
Compares
Parallels
Also, avoid passive voice/to be verbs (“This line is saying,” “The poem is spoken by the dead.”)
Be concise. Be precise.
Don’t describe your process, present your findings instead.
Check all quoted material for accuracy.
Review assignment sheet for other punctuation and quotation rules.
Avoid “I think,” “to me,” “it seems,” etc.
Keep your voice impersonal by using “we” or “the reader” instead of “I.”
Hesham Alsadiq
9/23/2016
Analysis of the poem “My Last Duchess”
On this poem, there are a duke and a visitor and there is a painted on the wall.
The painting is for the duke’s wife. She is not alive and the duke explain that by saying
“That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive. I think on this
sentence he wants to show that she is not alive because it is normal that she would look
as if she alive. Then, He talks about some of her characters. He said” Too easily
impressed; she liked whate’er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, ’twas
all one! My favor at her breast.” He shows how she easily smile and impressed with
people easily. He does not like that because he just wants her to smile to him. From this
sentence, we can how the duke liked to control his wife and he feels jealousy for small
things. After that, he talks about how she does not make any difference between his gift
which is his family name and with any other gift. He does not like that at all. Then, he
said “and if she let Herself be lessened so, nor plainly set Her wits to yours, forsooth,
and made excuse— E’en then would be some stooping; and I choose Never to stoop.” I
think he wants to say that he should not tell her what to do, but she should know what
she should do. After that, he said” This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles
stopped together.” That could mean that she is not alive any more not with him anymore
but from the first sentence we can guess she probably died.
English 102
Paper 1
Your first paper assignment is to write an analysis and explication of one of the following
poems found at the end of the assignment sheet.
Lawrence Raab “Vanishing Point”
As with the poem, these are open to varied interpretations. This does not mean, however,
that any interpretation is valid. Your analysis must be well supported by:
1. A clear understanding of the poem as a whole. You will need to understand the
poem on the literal level first before you can perform a close textual analysis. Also be
sure you understand each word and the syntax of the poem. Pay attention to punctuation,
enjambment and caesura. Use a good dictionary.
2. Clear textual evidence drawn from the poem. Use quotation marks correctly.
Designate line breaks correctly with a slash. Give line numbers in parentheses.
Incorporate quotations into your own sentence (no floating quotes). Punctuate correctly
as illustrated in this example:
The speaker remembers his father as having “whisky on [his] breath,” which
“could make a small boy dizzy” (1-2). The speaker “hung on like death/ such
waltzing was not easy” (3-4).
3. Logical organization. Begin by stating the title and poet along with the poem’s
general theme or situation in the first sentence or two of your paper. Avoid
generalizations about poetry or life or biographical material about the poet. Use the word
“speaker” not “poet.” An explication provides a close reading of each word and phrase as
well as a coherent interpretation of overall meaning. In an explication one usually moves
through the poem phrase by phrase, but you should also give a brief summary of the
poem’s literal meaning first. Briefly discuss form if it seems important, but don’t start
with this. Conclude with a brief statement about the poem as a whole.
The paper should be around 750-1000 words, or three to four pages of conventional type
(12 point). I am less concerned with the number of words than with reading a concise but
thorough analysis of the poem. If it takes over four pages to do the job, fine. Proofread
carefully. What you have to say is important, but how you say it is equally relevant.
Typos, grammatical and mechanical mistakes, inaccurate diction, etc. will all affect the
paper’s grade. Outside sources should not be consulted for this assignment. This
paper will reflect your ability to analyze a poem on your own. You will submit your
paper to turnitin.com through blackboard.
1. Lawrence Raab
Vanishing Point
You’re walking down the road
which someone has drawn to illustrate
the idea of perspective, and you are there
to provide a sense of scale.
See how the road narrows in the distance,
becoming a point at which
everything connects, or flies apart.
That’s where you’re headed.
The rest of the world is a blank page
of open space. Did you really think
you were just out for an aimless stroll?
And those mountains on the horizon:
the longer you look, the more forbidding
they become, bleak and self-important,
like symbols. But of what?
The future, perhaps. Destiny. Or the opposite.
The perpetual present, the foolishness of purpose.
At evening they recede into the sky
as if they had always been the sky.
Is it a relief to know you’ll never reach them?
Is there any comfort in believing
you’re needed where you are?
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