Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
PreIBFreshmanLAHunt
PoetryEssayAssignment
Duedates:
Finaldraft:dueFriday,May15inyourePortfolio
Expectations:
Writeaformal,literaryessayanalyzingyourchosenpoem.Includethefollowing:
Anintroductioninwhichyoustatethetitleandtheauthorofthepoem
Athesisstatement(claim)aboutthepoem
Alinebylineanalysisofthepoem,inparagraphform,includinganyofthefollowing
whichcontributetothemeaningofthepoem:
Literalparaphrasingoflines,includingdefinitionsofwords
Commentsontoneandtoneshifts
Identificationofliterarydevices*,andanalysisonhowtheycontributetothe
poemsmeaning
Commentsonthepoemsstructure(aspartoflinebylineanalysis,orseparate)
Commentsonthehistorical/culturalcontextofthepoem(aspartoflinebylineanalysis,
orseparate)
Commentsontheauthorslifeand/orworksasapoet(required)(aspartoflinebyline
analysis,orseparate)
Aconclusionwhichwrapsupyourideas,providesafeelingofclosure,andendsona
strongword.
AWorksCitedentry,withtwosources(oneforyourpoem,oneforyourbiographical
information)
WritingStyleandFormat:
Formal,academicstylenofirstperson
Carefulproofreadingforcorrectconventions
MLAFormat:
Doublespaced,correctheadingandpagenumbers
Correctformatforpoemtitle(quotationmarks)
Correctformatforquotingpoetry(slashtoshowlinebreak)
Correctcitationsofquotes(linenumbers,atendofyoursentence)
CorrectWorksCitedentries
ThetitleofthepoemIhavechosenisIHaveaRendezvouswithLife.Ithinkthisreally
representstheHarlemRenaissancebecauseCullen,theauthorofthispoemistryingtolook
forwardtothefuture.Heistryingtofindthejoysofthedaystocome.
IhavearendezvouswithLife,
Theauthorisprobablythespeaker.Lifeiscapitalized.Itisveryimportant.Hewantsto
meetupwithlife.
IndaysIhopewillcome,
WaitingtomeetwithLife.
Ereyouthhassped,andstrengthofmind,
Ibelievehewantstomeetupwithlifeatayoungage.MeetingwithLifeinthispoem
alsomeansexperiencinglife.
Erevoicessweetgrowdumb.
Describeshowhewantstoexperiencelife.
IhavearendezvouswithLife,
Repeatshimselftoshowemphasis.
WhenSpringsfirstheraldshum.
Heexperienceslifewhenspringarrives.Everythingstartstogrowandnewthingsenterthe
world.
Suresomewouldcryitsbetterfar
Somewouldrathernotexperiencelife.
Tocrowntheirdayswithsleep
Theywouldrathersleepinthanenjoylifeandtheworld.
Thanfacetheroad,thewindandrain,
Thanfacetoughobstaclesinlife.Theyarebasicallygivingup.
Toheedthecallingdeep.
ThoughwetnorblownorspaceIfear,
Doesntfearanything.WontabandonexperiencingLife.
YetfearIdeeply,too,
ButhestillhasfearthathewontexperienceLife.
LestDeathshouldmeetandclaimmeere
Fearsdeathwillfindhimfirst.
IkeepLifesrendezvous.
Feelswithdrawnandheldback.
WorksCited:
http://www.enotes.com/homeworkhelp/whatmeaninghaverendezvouswithlifeplease3
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