Write an essay about the poetry, poetic forms and literary features used in poetry in English.
The essay should be a minimum of 4 paragraphs. Quote sufficiently from and cite the line numbers of the poems that you write about. No works cited is needed. The essay needs to contain a clearly stated thesis, an introduction and conclusion, and a sufficient number of body paragraphs to make a case
Prompt: “The Cuckoo Song” and “Western Wind” are two early examples of poetry composed in English. Choose one of those poems and analyze its use of literary features, word choice, rhyme, and structure and how these contribute to the poem’s meaning. How do you see similar features used to create a poem’s meaning in one of these later English poems: Wyatt, “My Lute Awake”; A.E. Housman, “To an Athlete Dying Young”; W.H. Auden, “Lullaby”; Elizabeth Bishop, “Filling Station”; Lucille Clifton, “move”; Philip Larkin, “Aubade”; Judith Wright, “Australia 1970.” What does your combined analysis of both poems reveal to be some important qualities of poetry in English?
