Essay on theme, tone, speaker, diction or figurative speech
Compose a 750 to 1250 word essay using one of the following questions:
- Identify one dominant theme in each of the 2 poems provided. Construct an argument about how the tone,
speaker, and diction help in developing that theme. - Examine the use of figures of speech in each of the 2 poems provided. What role does figurative speech
play in each work?
Please construct an overall thesis for in the essay that addresses one of the prompts above and then using
quotations and references to specific scenes from the works you select as evidence to support your argument.
Please use these poems listed below.
William Wordsworth, âI Wandered Lonely as a Cloudâ
Robert Frost, "Out, Out--"
In case of issue with the titles I have chosen I have added additional titles to use if needed. Thank you.
Owen, âDulce et Decorum Estâ
Shakespeare, âShall I Compare Thee to a Summerâs Dayâ
Robinson, âRichard Coryâ
Collins, âIntroduction to Poetryâ
Blake, âThe Garden of Loveâ
Hughes, âTheme for English Bâ
Yeats, âThe Lake Isle of Innisfreeâ
Browning, âMy Last Duchessâ
Rich, âAunt Jenniferâs Tigersâ
Hayden, âThose Winter Sundaysâ
Roethke, âMy Papaâs Waltzâ
Auden, âThe Unknown Citizenâ
Williams, âThe Red Wheelbarrowâ
Preferred language style Simple (Easy vocabulary, simple grammar constructions)