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The Close Reading poem essay is Porphyria’s Lover, Robert Browning https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46313/porph…Oxford English Dictionary: https://www.oed.com/1. In this Close Reading poem essay, must look
up at least four specific words in the Oxford English Dictionary to help broaden the possible interpretations of the poem. Also, use some of the literary
terms (such as alliteration, repetition, assonance, enjambment, symbolism,
connotation, and tone) to analyze the text and figure out its possible meanings2. no plagiarism and Ai3. DO NOT
merely re-state or sum up what the poem has said. Instead, develop your own insights into what
you think the poem means, quoting specific lines, phrases, words, and even punctuation to support
your observations and to infer what the author hasn’t come out and said directly. (Use the OED to
help you). In such a short paper, don’t use block quotes. Analyze specific lines (the ones you think
are important) one at a time, starting from the beginning and proceeding to the end. 4. MLA Formatting and 4 – 5 pages 5. Intro college level essay (1.pdf)
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DON’T:
Define words like alliteration, assonance, enjambment, etc. Just point to where they occur in the
poem and WHY the words are highlighted and important.
Summarize the poem or paraphrase the action in it by simply repeating and/or describing what’s
happening in your own words. (Example: In “The Thought Fox,” there’s a fox who’s in the woods
by itself. Its nose touches things in the woods. It leaves pawprints. It’s lame. At the end, it enters
someone’s head.”)
Refer to the person who’s speaking as the author of the poem. These are poems, not
autobiographies. The person who’s narrating the poem should be referred to as the narrator or the
speaker, not Browning, Duffy, etc.
Forget about the way the poem looks on the page – how the lines are arranged, the white space,
punctuation (dashes, exclamation points, end stops, etc.) Choose a few of these and talk about WHY
they’re important.
While using the OED, don’t just look up words that you might not recognize. Yes, you should know
all the meanings of the words in the poem you chose. But you’re specifically looking for words that
have multiple meanings, words that help you delve deeper into the meaning of the poem. If you
look up a word and it has an obvious or basic meaning, don’t use that word as one of your four
choices because it probably won’t help you.
Use block quotes. Slow down and analyze one line or phrase that you think is important, before
moving on to the next.
Go on web sites that analyze the poem you chose and either copy what they’ve said or put what
they’ve said into your own words. The same goes for Chat GPT and other AI devices. This is
plagiarism.
Turn in a paper that is less than three pages long. You need to get all the way to the bottom of page
three, not halfway or three quarters of the way down the page.
Neglect to pay attention to the Notes on MLA Formatting that are at the bottom of the assignment
for this essay.
Turn in a paper that you haven’t proofread, searching carefully for typos and grammatical mistakes.
DO:
Use one of the four poems listed beneath Assignment #1 in the Assignments section of Blackboard
– not any of the poems we’ve read and discussed in class.
Come up with a creative title for your essay.
Ask yourself questions about what’s going on in the poem and then try to answer your own
questions, as best you can.
Analyze the poem, going beneath the surface (connotation) to discuss what you think is happening.
Analyze the poem in the order in which things occur, from the beginning to the end.
Stick to what’s written in the poem. It’s fine to have theories about what the poem is really about,
but if your theory isn’t supported by words or phrases in the poem itself, it probably is off base.
Use at least four words that you looked up in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) database on the
Queens College library website. Quote the definitions exactly, don’t paraphrase.
Include theme(s) you’ve identified in the poem.
Pay attention to the ending. Has there been a shift of any kind? What is it?
Remember to put your Works Cited entries in alphabetical order from A to Z.
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