Poetry is a very compact form of communication that packs a lot of information into a text. Because text is everywhere, so too is poetryfrom the poems that we read in books or that we [illegally] download from various sources to the advertising that assaults us on a daily basis. By analyzing text as poetry, we may see more of the subtle meaning/implications of events in our lives.

Task: Choose a text (i.e., a poem, a song, an advertisement, etc.) and specifically explain how it may be treated as a poem. Although you will likely need to provide a brief analysis of the text and explain what the poem means, the focus of the essay is on explaining how the text is a poem rather than providing a length analysis of the poems meaning.

The format for papers is as follows: Papers must be typed with a 12 pt. font, double-spaced, on 8 ” x 11″ paper with 1″ margins on all sides. Your name, student number, assignment number, and due date (all single-spaced) should be in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. The title should be centered, and indent the first line of all paragraphs. There should be no extra spaces between paragraphs.