Poetry Explication

Poetry Explication Below you will find our class handout on what my paper should be about, I do not need a rough draft or anything like what you will read about in the instructions I only need the final paper, I want the paper to be on \"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning\" by John Donne. It must be 2 full pages but can spill over to a 3rd. A poetry explication which is a detailed reading and analysis of a text. This means that you should take your reader through, in this case, a poem and point out any images, figurative language, symbols, allusions, traditional (or non-traditional) forms, etc. More importantly, you should form this analysis around a specific thesis which links all of your observations into a coherent and unified point. Prewriting: Try writing an extended journal entry that not only records your impression of the poem, but also begins to give a close reading of it. If your poem is short, try remarking about every word of the poem. Since you are still at the level of prewriting, don\'t worry about every one of your points making complete sense. If there is a central or extended metaphor, explore th< ramifications of the comparison. Wander as far from the poem as you want at this stage: it may lead you to an original idea. Planning and Drafting: Your introduction is arguably the most important part of an essay, so tak some time to think about ways of making your introduction an interesting, unique, and engaging paragraph. Is there something about the poet\'s life that you can discuss which can lead into your theme? What about the setting of the poem? Take time to introduce not only the poem, but also some of the ideas that the rest of your paper will explore in more detail. Then, of course, state in as precise terms as possible, what your main argument will be. Next, make a rough outline of your body paragraphs. Will you have separate paragraphs for metaphor, imagery, form, etc? Or will you mirror the structure of the poem and work through thi poem line by line, stanza by stanza? This is less original but perfectly acceptable; just don\'t fall into the habit of blandly restating the poem in prose. One way to avoid this is to write the topic sentences of all your paragraphs before you start writing the rest of the essay. This helps keep your comments related to your own theme. Finally, try to give some attention to not only content, but the form of the poem as well. Documentation: Titles of poems, like short stories, are usually put in quotation marks. Ex.: \"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening\" For quotations that are four lines or longer, indent one inch and reproduce the lines exactly as they appear in your text. Like block quotation from prose works, these quotations do not need quotation marks. The essay should be approximately 2-3 pages, typed, MLA format. You are not required (but are certainly encouraged) to use outside sources for the paper.