ENG213—Poetry Literary Analysis Essay: Breaking out Poet Study

Essay for ENG Unit 3: Breaking out Poet Study
Background:
In Unit 3, you have read, viewed, and discussed resources on authors who have
broken out of their traditional styles and formats.
Prompt:
Choose one of the authors from Unit 3 and research how your author “broke
away” from his/her previously accepted norms of poetry writing.
You will need to have at least two outside sources (in addition to the poetry
sources)that you will incorporate into your response. These sources must be
valuable and reliable.
Task:
Choose a poet that is presented in Unit 3 (Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau, or Dickinson)
Use the resources available and at least two research resources and analyze
how your chosen author’s writing style and poems break away from the norms
that were followed prior to his/her break out poetry
You will be writing a 2-3 page essay that analyzes this prompt. Be sure to
include information on
o The structures, themes, and writing styles that were the norm prior
to your author.
o How your chosen author broke away from this norm. Use both your
resources and text examples from the poems to support your
response.
Instructions:
Write a 2-3 page essay with a thesis statement that asserts your main
answer to the prompt.
Use ideas, paraphrases, and quotes from researched sources and poetry
sources to support your own ideas. Be sure to format these citations according
to APA formatting guidelines. Remember that these sources need to be valid
and reliable.
Your audience for this response will be people who are familiar with the
author and his/her poems, but have not researched how the author broke
away from the prior norms. This will eliminate the need to summarize or
add plot-heavy detail.
Literary Analysis Essay: Breaking out Poet Study
ENG213—Poetry
Requirements:
• Your response should be 2-3 pages.
• Your response should have a properly APA formatted title page.
• Your response should have properly formatted in-text citations.
• Your response should have a properly formatted reference page
• Use the third-person, objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as
“I,” “you,” “we,” etc.
• Please be cautious about plagiarism. Make sure to use internal citations
for direct quotes, paraphrases, and new information.
Students: Be sure to read before you write, and again after you write.
Rubric for the Literary Analysis Essay: Breaking Out Poet Study
Does Not
Meet
Expectations
0-11
Meet
Expectations
12-13
Needs
Improvement
14-15
Satisfactory
16-17
Meets
Expectatio
ns 18-20
Approach/
Structure
The essay does
not have a clear
approach and
the structure is
varied so that
the essay
information
cannot be
understood.
The essay’s
approach is
confusing/hard
and/or the
structure is
limited.
The essay has
an adequately
clear
approach
and/or varies
often in
structure,
making the
information
difficult to
follow.
The essay has
a clear
approach
and/or is
generally well
organized.
Some
variations
might pull the
reader’s
attention.
The essay has
a clear
approach and
is effectively
organized.
Thesis
Statement
There is no
thesis
statement
present in the
pitch.
The thesis
statement is
attempted but
unclear and
hard to follow.
The poetic
thesis
statement is
present with
some areas
that could be
clarified.
The thesis
statement is
present and
generally
easy to
follow.
The thesis
statement is
present, clear,
and easy to
follow.
Textual
Support and
Integration
of
Information
Textual support
is not present or
no sources are
indicated.
Very little
textual support
is given and
integrated
properly.
Textual support
may not relate
to the thesis
statement. Very
few sources are
present in the
pitch.
Some textual
support is
given and
integrated
properly.
Sources are
somewhat
related to the
thesis
statement,
but more
appropriate
sources
could
be used.
The required
sources are
present and
generally
relate to the
thesis.
Sources are
directly related
to the thesis.
Sources are
logical and will
serve the
writer’s purpose
well.
APA
Format
APA format is
not followed.
Few APA
conventions are
followed, and
may be
incorrectly
formatted.
Some APA
conventions
are followed,
although not
always
correctly.
APA
conventions
followed with
some errors
evident
throughout.
Free of many to
all errors in
APA
conventions.
Grammar
And
Mechanics
Grammar and
mechanics’
errors make the
essay
incomprehensible.
Grammar,
spelling,
punctuation,
and mechanics
errors occur
throughout
document.
Several errors
in grammar,
punctuation,
spelling and
mechanics
present.
Some spelling,
grammar,
punctuation
and
mechanical
errors are
evident.
Free of
punctuation,
spelling,
grammar, and
other
mechanical
errors.