Directions: Select one poem from Module Two and analyze how the author constructs his or her poem to express a particular theme. Develop a thesis of your own that 1) puts forward a concise view of what the poem’s main theme is and 2) demonstrates how the poet’s choices in style, language, form, imagery or other literary elements contribute to expressing that theme. Incorporate at least two quotations from the poem to support your thesis. Required length: 500 – 700 words. Submission: Choose the link titled "View/complete" below. Follow the prompts to complete the essay. This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded using the Written Communication Rubric. Please use it as a guide toward successful completion of this assignment.

Readings and Resources

Read these selected poems (in public domain):

William Shakespeare, “Sonnet CXXXVIII (138)”

Anne Bradstreet, “Upon the Burning of Our House” & “Before the Birth of One of Her Children”

John Keats, “Ode to a Nightingale”

William Blake, “London”

Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Sympathy,” “We Wear the Mask” & “When Malindy Sings”

Emily Dickinson, “(This World Is Not Conclusion)”

Walt Whitman, “A Noiseless Patient Spider”

Robert Frost, “Design”

Wilfred Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est”

Langston Hughes, “The Weary Blues”

Carl Sandburg, “Chicago”

H.D., “Oread” & “Helen”

William Carlos Williams, “Danse Russe” & “The Great Figure”

Philip Levine, “What Work Is”

Resource: Learning Object: Poetry (see below)

Resource: Stephen Burt: Why people need poetry (video 13: 12 minutes)

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