Assignment for Documented Poetry Essay- Length: 700-800 words (typed): Make sure your essay contains a clear thesis sentence, an organization to support that thesis, and grammatically complete, relevant supporting sentences. Support each point with quotations and paraphrases and use parenthesis notes after each one to give credit to your source. Include a works cited page at the end of the essay.
A basic holistic rubric:
25% Main Idea: Does the response have a coherent main idea or thesis that answers the prompt?
25% Organization: Does the response follow logical reasoning that is easy to follow?
25% Content: Does the response include examples, evidence and details to support the main idea?
25% Grammar & Mechanics: Does the response have good grammar, spelling, punctuation, and correct MLA citations?
Your Works Cited page should include the primary works which are the poems that you’re writing about, and secondary sources which are written by scholars, critics and biographers about those poems. YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO SECONDARY SOURCES IN YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE. Wikipedia and various notes like Cliff Notes, Monarch Notes, enotes and Spark notes are not acceptable sources. Choose peer reviewed sources from our library databases.
Write a character analysis of the speaker in one of the poems assigned, for example, the speaker in “Dover Beach” or the speaker in “My Last Duchess.”