"Two-Hearted River' Write a literary analysis that examines a single poem or short story. Giving Your Paper a Good Title. Should be 30-500 words.
There are several ways to analyze a work of literature. Two of the most common are below:
1. A formal approach--which examines one (or more) of the literary elements in a work and explains how it relates to the whole, thus contributing to a text's overall meaning or significance. Possible elements to consider include plot, character, theme, setting, conflict, structure, point of view, genre, style, tone, imagery, symbolism, irony, narrator, foreshadowing, paradox, allusion, metaphor, rhythm, rhyme, etc.
2. A critical approach--which examines a work by relating it to the historical, social, cultural, or political situations in which it was written to show how the author was influenced by personal experiences, events, prevailing attitudes, or contemporary values.