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3 pages on poem’s “we real cool” and “stopping by woods on a snowy evening with common themes and analyze them (by employing the point-by-point comparison taught and used in Unit I).
Within your thematic analysis of these poems, you must discuss at least three literary devices the poets use—i.e. imagery, symbolism, metaphor, rhythm, repetition, setting/situation, voice/speaker, tone—but must do so in the development of a paragraph that is making a thematic point—that is, to develop a particular thematic point that stems from your thematic thesis. These literary devices do not have to be the same with each poem. however, don’t just identify and discuss these elements. Instead, each body paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that identifies a thematic point that is a direct reflection of your thematic thesis. In the process of arguing, developing, your thematic thesis, then, discuss how the poets use these literary de

vices to achieve their thematic effects.
You must have one overall thematic argumentative thesis, Be careful not to use the explanatory info in the book as a crutch.
The following are themes (and corresponding poems) that you might consider using for your poetry paper:
Social Norms/Propriety
1. “Barbie Doll”
2. “Leaving the Motel”
3. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”
4. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
5. “We Real Cool”
Gender and/or Sexual Identification
1. “Barbie Doll”
2. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”
Mourning / Loss / Letting Go
1. “Death of a Young Son by Drowning”
2. “To a Daughter Leaving Home”
3. “The Raven”
Parenthood
1. “Daystar”
2. “To a Daughter Leaving Home”
3. “Death of a Young Son by Drowning”
4. “Those Winter Sundays”
5. “My Father’s Song”
God, As Creator
1. “The Lamb”
2. “The Tyger”
3. “The Chimney Sweeper”
Choices
1. “The Road Not Taken”
2. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”