Draft Analytical Essay about Poetry
The essay assignment is to compose a paper in which you offer your interpretation of a key theme in one of the assigned poems.
You should open your essay with an introductory paragraph that engages the reader and presents your poem and author. End your introduction with a thesis statement that interprets one literary element of the poem (such as theme, imagery, symbolism, or characterization).
Each paragraph following the introduction should present specific aspects of the poem that help to illustrate and support your thesis. Make sure to quote and analyze specific lines that support your argument.
Include a concluding paragraph at the end that summarizes the main points of the paper and explains the significance of the thesis.
Apply APA rules of style to source citations as well as the overall formatting of your essay. Be sure to include a title page and a References page.
Please use this reference
X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia (10/2012). The Literature Collection, 1st Edition.
Emily Dickinson: Because I could not stop for Death
Because I could not stop for Death -
He kindly stopped for me -
The Carriage held but just Ourselves -
And Immortality.
We slowly drove - He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility -
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess - in the Ring -
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -
We passed the Setting Sun -
Or rather - He passed us -
The Dews drew quivering and chill -
For only Gossamer, my Gown -
My Tippet - only Tulle -
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground -
The Roof was scarcely visible -
The Cornice - in the Ground -
Since then - ‘tis Centuries - and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity