1.Select one poet below to focus on for your research (a Modern American Poet). Create a thesis about this person and support it using at least 5 sources. Your paper must be 4-6 pages in length (not including the Works Cited). You must also submit your paper to Turnitin.com. Note: Be sure to read the poems of your choice to be sure you understand his/her poetry. This is a literary analysis research paper. You must read and analyze poems of the poet through critical sources for this assignment.
2. Research critical sources in the library on the works of your poet of choice. Take notes on each of these sources. You will turn in a formal Annotated Works Cited to document your sources before completing the paper.
3. Compose a 4-6 page paper using your research. This paper must be in MLA format. Please follow all informational resources and examples on this website.
Throughout the process, you will be asked to present your thesis, Annotated Works Cited, Outline, and your rough draft. All due dates are/will be listed on the provided link.
-Theodore Rothke -Sylvia Plath -E.E. Cummings -Billy Collins -Elizabeth Bishop -William Carlos Williams -Langston Hughes -Edna St. Vincent Millay -Maya Angelou -Adrienne Rich -Alice Walker -Lucille Clifton -Gwendolyn Brooks -Dorothy Parker -Ezra Pound -Robert Frost -Emily Dickinson -Walt Whitman
2. Research critical sources in the library on the works of your poet of choice. Take notes on each of these sources. You will turn in a formal Annotated Works Cited to document your sources before completing the paper.
3. Compose a 4-6 page paper using your research. This paper must be in MLA format. Please follow all informational resources and examples on this website.
Throughout the process, you will be asked to present your thesis, Annotated Works Cited, Outline, and your rough draft. All due dates are/will be listed on the provided link.
-Theodore Rothke
-Sylvia Plath
-E.E. Cummings
-Billy Collins
-Elizabeth Bishop
-William Carlos Williams
-Langston Hughes
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
-Maya Angelou
-Adrienne Rich
-Alice Walker
-Lucille Clifton
-Gwendolyn Brooks
-Dorothy Parker
-Ezra Pound
-Robert Frost
-Emily Dickinson
-Walt Whitman