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Question: For your essay, you will analyze one of the poems from the readings in the book or from the modules here on Bb.

Poem - The Leap by James Dickey

The purpose of this assignment is to explain your ideas about the poem/s in a well-organized essay. You will argue a claim you have developed about your interpretation of the poem and the significances of this claim. For all parts of your argument, support your interpretation with specific textual examples.

You must quote and paraphrase passages from the text and cite in MLA format. The ideas you express will be unique to your understanding of the poem. Develop a strong, clear thesis statement that articulates the meaning in the poem/s you have chosen. Your thesis statement should answer this question: What is this poem about? Your essay should then support that thesis.

Compose body paragraphs that effectively support your interpretation of the poem/s and explain how the poem/s conveys this message. Consider the questions about the poem's speaker, audience, setting, plot, structure, imagery, diction, language, tone, sounds, rhythms, etc. Often dividing the poem into more accessible parts, although you should not depend solely on the poem's superficial structure for your essay's organization (i.e., avoid writing chronologically as you would in a poetry explication by starting out "In line one, the poet says ...," "In line two, the poet says ...," etc.) rather use parenthetical citations as used in MLA format. Your essays should be 2-3 pages in length, double spaced in Times New Roman Font. Include at least two outside sources to support your argument. Remember to analyze not summarize.