write a literary analysis comparing and contrasting any two of the following poems
Format and Material Requirements:
Format: MLA
Requirements: 600 words minimum. Double Spaced. Answer can be submitted as Microsoft Word. Textbook: Literature to Go (third edition) by Michael Meyer
Choose any two poems from this list:
- Ted Kooser’s “Selecting a Reader” (346)
- Mary Oliver’s “The Poet with His Face in His Hands” (351)
- Gary Snyder’s “How Poetry Comes to Me” (403)
- Bob Hicok’s “Making it in Poetry” (419)
- Jane Kenyon’s “Not Writing” (421)
- Julio Marzan’s “Ethnic Poetry” (423)
- Mark Halliday’s “Graded Paper” (424)
- Thomas Hardy’s “I Looked Up from My Writing” (542)
- Frances E.W. Harper’s “Learning to Read” (543)
Your essay should focus on one or two of the following elements:
- word choice
- word order
- tone
- imagery
- figures of speech
- symbolism
- patterns of rhythm
- poetic form
All of these poems can be found by searching online or in textbook called Literature to Go (3rd edition) by Michael Meyer. The numbers beside the poems title are the page numbers where the poem is on in the textbook.