The essay (~1.5 – 2 pages in length) will be a close reading of a poem that speaks to you. You may analyze a poem that is not in our book; however, you must choose a poem by a well-known and published author. For this essay, you may want to focus on theme and support it with elements in the poem: poetic form, diction, symbolism, and so on. Must be in MLA format

List of poems read (Let me know if you need any of these attached)

Intro to Poetry: Verse Forms (3-4)

The Ballad (73-76) and Meter (159-160): John Keats, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”(poetryfoundation.org).

The Stanza (136-138) and The Sonnet (55-58): Percy Shelley, “Ozymandias” (62); Edna St. Vincent Millay, “What lips my lips have kissed” (64).

The Villanelle (3-8): Theodore Roethke, “The Waking” (11) and Dylan Thomas, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” (12)

The Heroic Couplet (121-122): Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess” (130) and Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (132)

Blank Verse (101-103): Edward Thomas, “Rain” (112)

Open Forms (259-260): Langston Hughes, “I, too” (266)

Theodore Roethke, “In a Dark Time” (poetryfoundation.org)