Reference no: EM133252767
Choose a poem from the list below and the story "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" that share two topics related to Home & Family, and analyze how each text develops those topics. For instance, two topics could be "deceased family" and the "safety of home," and you will analyze in your essay how the authors of both texts choose to illustrate these topics and how these authors' choices affect the texts' moods and themes. 1000-2000 words
Develop paragraphs that include a claim that requires defense with evidence from the text and the evidence itself.
? Develop a thesis statement that conveys a defensible claim about an interpretation of literature that may establish a line of reasoning.
? Develop commentary that establishes and explains relationships among textual evidence, the line of reasoning, and the thesis.
? Select and use relevant and sufficient evidence to develop and support a line of reasoning.
? Demonstrate control over the elements of composition to communicate clearly.
Poem Titles:
-from "Upon Appleton House, to my Lord Fairfax" by Andrew
-"To Penshurst" by Ben Jonson
-from "The Princess: Home They Brought her Warrior Dead" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
-"A Letter Home" by Siegfried Sassoon
-"Morning in the Burned House" by Margaret Atwood
-"The Deserted House" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
-"Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter" by John Crowe Ransom
-"Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath
-"Peaches" by Adrienne Su
-"Pokeberries" by Ruth Stone
-"Whose Mouth Do I Speak With" by Suzanne Rancourt
-"The Hammock" by Li-Young Lee
-"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S.
-"A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns
-"A London Thoroughfare. 2AM" by Amy Lowell