Romantic Poetry Essay Monday March 6th

Format: 2-3 FULL pages, double spaced, Times New Roman font
Works Cited page should include the source of the poem and any outside sources used to analyze it.

Note: You MUST choose a poem from the British Romantic Movement (late 18th through early 19th century)

92-100 (7-9) 80-86 (5-6) 70-76 (3-4) 60-65 (1-2)

Analysis of Form Student provides a Student provides a Student provides Student attempts
full, original reasonable analysis some analysis of to provide an
20 points analysis and and explanation of how the poems analysis of how
explanation of how how the poems form contributes to form contributes to
the poems form form contributes to meaning. Analysis meaning, but terms
contributes to its its meaning as a of the form may be are frequently
meaning as a whole. The analysis general or slight in misinterpreted or
whole. The analysis includes features terms of its support incorrectly applied
includes features such as rhyme of the argument. to the poem.
such as rhyme scheme and meter Essay may
scheme and meter to support the misinterpret the
to support a argument. form or related
convincing terms.
argument. 13 points and
16-18 points 14-15 points below
19-20 points
Analysis of Literary Student provides a Student provides a Student provides Student attempts
Technique of Choice full, original reasonable analysis some analysis of to provide an
analysis and of how the chosen how the chosen analysis of how the
20 points explanation of how literary technique literary technique chosen literary
this literary contributes to the contributes to the technique
technique poems meaning as poems meaning as contributes to the
contributes to the a whole. The a whole. The poems meaning,
poems meaning as technique chosen is technique chosen is but may
a whole. The relevant to the somewhat relevant misinterpret the
technique chosen is poem and the although not poem or provide
clearly a central essay discusses it central to the poem inadequate
 feature of the poem with evidence. and the essay evidence in support
and the essay attempts to use of this technique.
discusses it evidence to support
convincingly with 16-18 points it.
evidence. 13 points and
19-20 points 14-15 points below
Flow, Word Choice, Student uses varied Student uses varied Student attempts Student does not
and Mechanics word choice and word choice and to use varied word attempt to vary
eloquently sufficiently choice in order to word choice in
10 points articulates an articulates an create and support support of the
argument argument an argument argument. The
surrounding the surrounding the surrounding the essay contains
poems meaning. poems meaning. poems meaning. numerous
The essay may The essay may The essay may distracting errors or
contain minor contain several contain several does not meet the
errors but overall minor errors in major errors that page requirement.
displays a strong combination with distract the reader
command of one or two more and display a less
language. major errors. controlled
Overall, it displays command of
some command of language.
9-10 points language. 6 points and below
8 points 7 points