REVISING AND EDITING – POETRY ESSAY

Introduction: First sentence

Includes title of poem, poet and publication year Second and third sentences

synopsis (short summary) of poem Fourth sentence

Explanation of how the ides in the poem connect to ideas of the time period in which the poem was written

Fifth sentence Thesis statement:

This should be similar to a thematic statement and should explain the ideas expressed in the poem.

REVISION

REVISION Body paragraphs

Topic sentence Should include the device and the abstract concept

Second sentence Should explain the device

Third sentence Should include a woven quote and citation

Fourth sentence Should explain the quote including how the device is

present in the quote All other sentences

Should explain HOW the device communicates the abstract concept.

WHY did the poet choose to use that device? What impact does that particular device have on the

reader?

REVISION

Be sure you have distinguished between the speaker and the poet

REVISE

Conclusion Should explain how the ideas in the poem

connect to modern society Should offer specific examples Should connect back to the poem at the

end

EDITING

“Speakers” should be “speaker’s” Title of poem should be IN QUOTATION MARKS Citation

At the end of the sentence in which the quote occurs

Before the period EXAMPLE:

Prufrock communicates that he “measures out his life in coffee spoons” (Eliot 9).

Fix all fragments, run-on sentences and comma splices.

EDITING – Check for MLA headingYour name

Ms. Esparza

English III – 1st period

Today’s Date

MLA Heading should be in the top left corner of you paper and ONLY on the first page of your essay.

Double space your heading.

EDITING – Check your format Whole essay should be double spaced Indent paragraphs (tab) 12 point font Times New Roman or Calibri font