10th Graders! Post Poems Here!

Click on the link that says "comments" below. Write your poems into the box and include your name. Select "name/url" for the user. Type your first and last name.

Poetry Comparison Essay Directions:

• Using the poem you found and wrote down in the library along with another poem we’ve read, your job is to write a 4 paragraph essay describing how the writers in each poem use similar literary elements (repetition, metaphors, etc.) and how those elements effect the meaning of the poem.
• Include a thesis statement and evidence from the poems to demonstrate your point. Example: In “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost and “Christopher Lomax 60,” by Walter Dean Myers, each poet uses natural imagery, repetition, and extended metaphor to show how painful and short-lived the world can be.
• Each body paragraph should quote lines from the poem that shows this literary element.
You will turn in your notebook at the end of class on Thursday. I will be looking for your poetry log, your organization, and your written final. This work must be done in class. Not using class time will result in a decreased grade