Ulalume: A Ballad by Edgar Allan Poe and The wind by James Stephens
Essay #4 (Poetry Analysis)
ASSIGNMENT: Write a 1000-word critical analysis using one of the poetry analysis prompts below. For this paper assignment, we will continue to work with scholarly sources in order to use what specialists in the genre of poetry have to say and to build upon their work to frame our own views in our our own academic writing. you’ve learned how to effectively read, quote, and respond to sources by furthering the conversation — by either agreeing with a difference, by disagreeing with reasons, or agreeing and disagreeing simultaneously. Now it is time to demonstrate what you’ve learned by critically reading scholarly sources, effectively framing quotations from those sources, and presenting your original viewpoint by using one of the three ways to respond.
Prompt #1:
Compare and contrast any two poems in Backpack Literature that treat a similar theme. Let your comparison bring you to an evaluation of the poems. Which is the stronger, more satisfying one? Essay Outline: The introduction should identify the poems under consideration, their authors, and any necessary background information that is significantly relevant to the main focus of your essay. The introduction should conclude with your original idea (your thesis) presented as a response to an effectively framed quotation from one of the scholarly sources you found. Body paragraphs should support and develop your thesis with specific references to the poems, bolstered by effective responses to your scholarly articles. Be sure to clarify what you “say” from what your source “says”. Your conclusion should place your original argument within a larger, meaningful context for your reader.
Ulalume: A Ballad
The skies they were ashen and sober;
The Wind
The wind stood up, and gave a shout;
He whistled on his fingers, and
Kicked the withered leaves about,
And thumped the branches with his hand,
And said he’d kill, and kill, and kill;
And so he will! And so he will!
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Ulalume: A Ballad by Edgar Allan Poe and The wind by James Stephens
Ulalume: A Ballad poem by Edgar Allan Poe was published in 1847, December. The central theme focuses on death and grief the narrator experiences after the death of the beloved. The narrator uses different techniques such as personification to support ideas, feelings, and also uses various tools to show the unusual setting of the poem. For example, the poem uses interactions of the physical environment and nature to explain the background setting of the poem. The narrator also uses different techniques to show the effects of emotional impulses to the narrator. ‘The wind‘ by James Stephens also uses various techniques to demonstrate the central theme of death. The narrator uses wind and assigns human characteristics. The poem also uses the interactions of the physical environment and nature by utilizing the wind to show how death might occur. The analysis compares and contrasts different techniques to evaluate the most appealing poem since there are similarities and differences in the methods used. Tools…
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