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Poem Analysis Body Paragraph

Poem Analysis Body Paragraph. Assignment: Write a well-developed 2-3 chunk paragraph analyzing the theme of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”.

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Poem Analysis Body Paragraph

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  1. Poem Analysis Body Paragraph • Assignment: Write a well-developed 2-3 chunk paragraph analyzing the theme of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”. • Using the information on your “Poetry Analysis” worksheet, consider the elements of the poem and how they function together.  This will help you arrive at what you believe is the poem’s theme(s) or meaning(s). 

  2. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimBecause it was grassy and wanted wear,Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

  3. Things to consider when writing your paragraph. • Treat the topic sentence like a thesis – include the title, author, and stance you will argue. • Use academic language. Take note of Frost’s use of figurative language and use the correct terms when referring to examples. • Enclose poem titles in quotation marks. – Don’t underline or italicize. • Cite your CDs correctly (see next screen) • Create an original title for your paragraph.

  4. Quoting poetry: If you are quoting two-three lines of poetry, you will use a slash with one space on each side. Citation: The lines of poetry are enclosed in parenthesis. Page numbers are not cited.  Example: Lord Byron uses alliteration in the following lines: "Where thoughts serenely sweet express / How pure, how dear their dwelling-place" (11-12).

  5. Quoting poetry: If you are quoting more than three lines of poetry, use a colon after your lead-in and begin the quote on the next line. You will indent each line by two tabs (one inch, ten spaces). The lines are not enclosed in quotes. Citation: The line number(s), enclosed in parentheses, go after any end punctuation. The lines, as always with MLA style, are double-spaced. Do not change any of the poem’s capitalization or punctuation. If a poem’s line goes further than the right margin of the page, continue it onto the next line and indent it three additional spaces. Example: Furthermore, Emily Dickinson writes about heroism:                    We never know how high we are               Till we are called to rise;               And then, if we are true to plan,               Our statures touch the skies. (1-4)

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