To answer this question, you will need to:
· Use proper essay format. Put all direct quotations in quotation marks and use in-text citations for them. (Refer to the MLA conventions page in the course Appendix, as well as pages 1962–1979 in your textbook. You do NOT need a works cited page.) [10 points possible]
· Make a clear thesis statement about how the author uses literary devices. [10 points possible]
· Explain a main theme in the poem. [10 points possible]
· Discuss how the poem uses literary devices (figurative language, sound devices, and structure) to express the theme, noting and explaining specific examples. [10 points possible]
· Describe the speaker’s tone or attitude toward the subject of the poem, noting how literary devices help establish the tone. [10 points possible]