Compare two poems

ESSAY #3

Write a brief, well-organized essay of at least 1000 words (roughly 4 pages) on one of the following topics. These essays will require you to consider secondary sources (probably foundonline), or compare at least two works:

1.J. Alfred Prufrockis an extremely complex, troubled individual. Analyze his personality or diagnose him through a psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic lensof your choosing.

2.Sometimesrelationships come to an end. Discuss how Anne Carson and Louise Glück explore this theme in “New Rule” and “The Garden,” respectively.

3.Compare how Karen Solie and Leslie Anderson comment on the affects technology has on individuals in “Life is a Carnival” and “I Understand Video Games Aren’t Real,” respectively.

4.Irving Layton’s “Berry Picking” and Mina Loy’s “Human Cylinders” are two examples of love poetry. However, they approach their subject matter in very different ways. Compare LaytontoLoy.

5.Discuss Pre-Raphaelite art as it relates to the imagery in “Goblin Market.” Or discuss howNASA/Hubble data informs Tracy K. Smith’s “The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.” Or how Futurist or Cubist art influences Mina Loy or Gertrude Stein.

6.Write on anything that interests you, in any two (or more) of the poems we’ve studied (or any to come). However, please see me to get clearance for your topic.

NOTE:Your essaymustinclude an introductory thesis paragraph, a series of (at least three) body paragraphs, and finally a brief concluding paragraph. The essay must also be double-spaced.You must use at least one secondary sourceor compare at least two texts.Also, you must include direct quotationsin each of your body paragraphs, as well as a Works Citedpage at the end of the essay.Finally, the essay must include a title, your name, the class and section number, the instructor’s name (that’s me), and the date submitted. Make sure the format of your paper conforms to MLA standards–or if you use another format, please alert me to this and be consistent. Also: .doc or .docx format–no.pdfs.

WORTH: 20% of your final mark

MINIMUM LENGTH: (4 pages; 1000-1250 words)DUE: DEC. 7, 2020