Choose only one literary device. The literary devices that you may choose from to apply to the poem are the following: speaker, theme, tone, visual imagery, figures of speech, and symbol.
Choose only one poem. The poems that you may analyze are the following:
“Death of a Young Son by Drowning” p. 773; “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways” p. 776; “A Certain Lady” p. 776; “Ballad of the Landlord” p. 778; “We Real Cool” p. 779; “Leaving the Motel” p. 831; “Woodchucks” p. 832; “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” p. 833; “Sympathy” p. 836; “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone” p. 837; “Hubert Blankenship” p. 867; “That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold” p. 870; “Marks” p. 871; “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” p. 872 (Due to the high volume of cheating, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” cannot be written on for the poetry essay); “The Twenty-third Psalm” p. 878; “The Leap” p. 885; “Song” p. 887; “One Perfect Rose” p. 888; “The Road Not Taken” p. 892 (Due to the high volume of cheating, “The Road Not Taken” cannot be written on for the poetry essay); “The Vacuum” p. 893
Within your poetic analysis, be sure to provide at least one direct quotation for each body paragraph, which means you will have a minimum of three direct quotations for this essay. (Note: View page 5 of this document to learn how to cite your direct quotations correctly. The page is typed in green-colored font.)