Write an essay of about 1200-1250 words on one of the following topics. Your essay must integrate
material from at least three secondary sources. You may use material obtained through the LRC from
academic electronic databases and from print sources such as books, articles, newspapers, and magazines.
Only one of your sources can come from the free Internet. Be sure to include both in-text citations and
bibliographical entries for all your sources.
RESEARCH PROPOSAL IS ALSO ATTACHED
Remember that this assignment is an essay, not a report. Use the information you obtain from secondary
sources to support your own interpretation of the work you are analysing. This is also a chance for you to
engage with other literary criticism and to evaluate and consider other complex or related points of view
about your text. For this reason, it is important to figure out your own ideas about the works before you do
any research. Please make sure that your essay is well-organized and carefully written in MLA format, and
that it makes a specific argument. Remember that mechanics count, so do please leave yourself time to
take your paper through that all-important copy-editing and proof-reading process. Please feel free to
consult with me at any point in the writing process.
The essay should be properly formatted with a “Works
Cited” page.
1. Compare Frost’s “The Road not Taken” and Thomas’ “Do not Go Gentle into that
Good Night” and discuss the extent to which each poet is able to convey thoughts
subtler and more profound than an initial reading of his poem might suggest.
