Prompt: You will be writing ONE poetry explication on a poem that you have never

by Caaltu · May 22, 2024

Prompt: You will be writing ONE poetry explication on a poem that you have never seen before. In order to prepare for this, make sure that you know all rhetorical and poetic devices we’ve discussed in class (Use the Poetry Quick Reference Guide that you downloaded at 15.04 Prereading Activity.). Be very cognizant of C-E-W structure, MLA formatting, in-text citations, spelling, and grammar.
Strive for compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. While your overall goal is to identify and discuss the language choices of the poet, don’t neglect your own-pay close attention to your inclusion of rhetoric, to the use of strong and specific verbs, to the conciseness of your words, and to the academic level of vocabulary.
Do the following:
1) Paraphrase it.
2) Explicate it.
Directions: Step One: The Paraphrase
• Create a two-column table. You will have the original poem with the title and author in the left column. In the right column, paraphrase the poem, keeping the perspective and tense, line by line.
Step Two: The Explication
• Write an essay that clearly explicates the poem. Explain the content/message/theme of the poem and discuss the effect of its rhetorical and poetic devices.
• The introduction will introduce the author and title of the work. Your thesis should state the central thematic statement of the poem and tie it to rhetoric/syntax.
• You will need to tackle one stanza at a time, dealing with every line in the poem. Include specific claims, integrated textual evidence, and thorough warrants. Evidence must be quoted and cited.
• Make sure to include the vocabulary, rhetorical devices, and purposeful grammar you have learned this year.
• The conclusion should not be a summary. Instead, end by focusing on the concluding lines of the poem to tie everything together, discussing a larger pattern of the poem, or incorporating research and relating it to your thoughts.
The directions, poem options, and rhetoric device examples are in the attachments if you follow all instructions I will give a big tip