What’s a critique? A critique briefly summarizes and critically evaluates a work or concept. In other words, write what you think about the poetry collection as a whole and reference several of the poems you’ve read to drive home your evaluation. Like an essay, a critique has a clear structure, that is, an introduction, body, and conclusion. For ENG 101 only: write what you think about the poetry collection as a whole and reference several of the poems utilizing proper MLA standards and guidelines such as MLA-in text quotations to drive home your evaluation and submissions should be in a word or pdf document.