analysis essay on a poem
The purpose of this activity is to prepare you, by looking at a model essay, to write an analysis essay with an argumentative thesis on a poem using the techniques of a New Critic.
Directions:
- Read the following:
- Write a response to each of the following prompts about this essay, creating four separate sections or including all of the information in a paragraph with transitions indicating a change in topic:
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- Write the author’s argumentative thesis statement in this essay (What argument is the author making throughout this essay about the poem?).
- List the elements of a Close Reading the author of the essay uses to prove his thesis.
- Write the central “main idea” the author uses to support the thesis in each of the three paragraphs.
- Copy and paste the sentence that you think is the conclusion.
3. Post your answers