NERUDA POEM ANALYSIS

DIRECTIONS FOR NERUDA POEM ANALYSIS

Form: 3-4 pages long PLUS a Works Cited Page, double-spaced, computer printed, MLA formatted, and 12 font.  If your essay is less than 1000 words long following the above specifications, it will not pass, regardless of how good it might be otherwise.

Include at least TWO quotes from the poem you choose if you select Option1. Be sure to underline your thesis.

Content: 

Option 1:  Explicate ONE of the following Neruda poems:   “I Like for You to Be Still,” “Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Verses,” “I Don’t Love You As If You Were A Rose,” “Leaning Into the Evenings,” “I’m Explaining a Few Things,” or “The United Fruit Company.”   Discuss at least FOUR of the following elements of poetry in your explication:  metaphor, simile, tone, diction, stanza, line breaks, assonance, alliteration, sensory detail, anaphora, rhyme, personification, onomatopoeia, syntax, theme, the speaker, denotation, connotation, rhythm, synesthesia, end-stopped line, paradox.  Explain how these elements work to support the content of the poem.

Notes:  

• Be sure that your conclusion ultimately answers the question of how these poems are relevant to people in society today.  Dig deep here.
• You must submit this essay to Turnitin.com to receive credit following the due dates established for this essay for Turnitin.

• The English Department 4 Major Errors on Average Per Page Policy applies to this paper as well.