Poetry Paper #1

Using the suggestions from “Writing about Literature” in Perrine’s, write a paper analyzing or explicating a single poem, or comparing and contrasting any two poems in the poetry section of the text (or of your choosing).  This paper should be a minimum of 500 words, typed and double-spaced. We are going to workshop this paper, so you need to keep to the following schedule:

Poems and topic of paper selected and e-mailed to me – Monday 9/24
First draft of paper – Monday 10/1
Second draft – Wednesday 10/3
Final draft – Friday 10/5