Louis Zukofsky writes in his Preface to A Test of Poetry: “The test of poetry is the range of pleasure it affords at sight, sound, and intellection. This is its purpose as art”. Write an essay that interprets, analyzes, and makes a specific & significant claim about POETRY AS ART AND PLEASURE. Use at least two of our assigned poems as primary sources.
Evidence: *You must use at least two outside, scholarly sources [not including your chosen primary text(s)] to support your argument].
• Title your essay using a two-part title.
• Your thesis should be clear and concise.
• Your essay should be tightly focused and organized.
• Remember to cite passages from the primary source(s) (poetry) and outside, scholarly sources in MLA format (include both in-text citations and a works cited page; reference your Writer’s Reference/MLA Handbook).
• Introduce quotes by author/source and incorporate them into your paper; do not just drop/sprinkle quotes throughout your essay.
• Do not use contractions (can’t, don’t, isn’t, etc.) unless they are part of a direct quote.
• Use of the informal “I” (first person) or “you/your” (second person) should be avoided in formal essays (unless part of a direct quote, of course). Instead, use the third person (one, he, she, etc.); this format is preferred and heavily suggested, and allows for an unbiased account of the argument.
• Your essay should be clear of grammatical errors to ensure meaning is not obscured.
List of poems that can be used as primary sources:
“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
“[I dwell in Possibility]” by Emily Dickinson
“[I celebrate myself, and sing myself]” by Walt Whitman
“Wedding-Ring” by Denise Levertov
“Strange Meeting” by Wilfred Owen
“[Like as the waves..]” by William Shakespeare
“First Fight. Then Fiddle.” by Gwendolyn Brooks
“Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath
“Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney
“Poetry as Insurgent Art” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“The Colonel” by Carolyn Forche
“Poem to My Uterus” by Lucille Clifton
“Howl” by Allen Ginsberg
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