Second Short Paper: Read through the poems by Jessica
Cuello’s “AFTER”, Jared
Harel’s “VETERANS DAY”, Ashley
M. Jones’s “Viewing a KKK Uniform at the Civil Rights Institute”, Eugenia
Leigh’s “POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WITH ROVELLI’S THEORIES OF
TIME” and Danez
Smith’s “Dear White America,”. On separate sheets of paper, OR in a Online Readers Notebook thread, paraphrase each poem. (You should have done this already as part of the assignments from just before spring break.)- I didn’t do.
Next, identify the various and possible subjects for each poem. Then see which poems address the same subject (even if they do this in very different ways). (Use the slides in the “Writing Workshop and MLA Documentation Style: Poetry Paper” module to do this.)
Then, in five paragraphs or more, compare these poems and how they use any of the elements of poetry to explore a subject and support a statement of theme.
Similarly to your fiction paper, connect your interpretation of the poems to your personal experience or thoughts on the subject in a clear and concise thesis statement. – any normal human experience or please feel free to do your own.
Use the “How To Write About Poems” PowerPoint to go through the steps of the writing workshop. Do not forget to reading the Optional Outline slides, as they tell you how to cite poetry (differently from fiction or playwriting, see below).
Remember to use in-text citations that show line breaks with the (/) symbol to back up your assertions, and include a Works Cited page at the end of the paper.
In-text citations and the Works Cited page should be done according to MLA 8th edition Documentation guidelines.
The uploaded document should include your paper with in-text citations and your works cited sheet.
