{"id":12450,"date":"2024-02-21T04:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T04:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/themes-of-race-class-gender-and-or-sexual-orientation-in-contemporary-american-poetry\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T04:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T04:28:06","slug":"themes-of-race-class-gender-and-or-sexual-orientation-in-contemporary-american-poetry","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/themes-of-race-class-gender-and-or-sexual-orientation-in-contemporary-american-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes of Race, Class, Gender, and\/or Sexual Orientation in Contemporary American Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Poetry Essay #1: Themes of Race, Class, Gender, and\/or Sexual Orientation in Contemporary American Poetry<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 20px 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I. Purpose<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This assignment will help you practice the following skills that are important for your success in this course and offer knowledge important&nbsp;beyond the contexts of this assignment, this course, and this college:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze significant primary texts as forms of cultural and creative expression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain the ways in which humanistic or artistic expression reflects the culture and values of its time and place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Frame a comparative context to critically assess the ideas, forces, and values that shape the texts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze how an established American poet addresses one of the following issues in their work: race, class, gender, and\/or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Skills:&nbsp;The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course, school, field of poetry, and in professional life beyond school:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyzing literary texts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Apply an understanding of essential poetic techniques<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evaluating the cultural merits of an important work of literature<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Researching college-level sources<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in this discipline:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Articulate how a poet\u2019s use of word choice contributes to tone and theme<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify how poets use essential literary elements such as simile, metaphor, and imagery<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe the ways in which poets use sonic elements such as rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and consonance<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 20px 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">II. Task<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write a 1000-word essay on one of the poems you\u2019ve read that deal with one of the following issues: race, class, gender, and\/or sexuality. This essay must incorporate quotations from two reliable, college-level sources of research\u2014you must provide at least one quotation from each source (see below for a list of approved websites and suggested databases from the college library). Use of Wikipedia and similar general knowledge websites is not permitted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">All quotations must be integrated, cited, and quoted correctly (check the MLA Documentation Guide posted under the \u201cContent\u201d tab of D2L if have any difficulty with this). Your essay must contain a Works Cited page. Remember to include quotations from the poem to support your observations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please remember that the elements of poetry you choose to discuss depend upon the poem itself. While one paper might have to spend a significant amount of time discussing imagery, another essay about a different poem might just touch on imagery but spend a lot of time on word choice. Allow the elements of the poem and its primary theme(s) to decide what you will focus on in your essay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your essay must have an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. It must also have a thesis statement (before you write,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">read this primer on crafting a strong thesis statement<\/a>; you are writing a literary analysis, so your essay must make an argument addressing how the poet employs the elements of poetry to address its central issue and convey key themes. Present your thesis in the introduction, then develop each of your points in support of your thesis. Do not spend time too much time on biographical information beyond the introduction\u2014stay focused on the poem.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">*The poems you could choose from are*&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Young lady of Lynn&#8221;<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Before I got my eye put out&#8221; by Emily Dickinson<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8221;Abracadabra, Abecedarian&#8221; by Karenne Wood<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cAmerican Sunrise\u201d by Joy Harjo<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cConjecture of the Stained Glass Image of White Christ at Ebenezer Baptist Church\u201d by Marcus Wicker&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;Identity&#8221; by Angela Trudell&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;Immigrant Blues&#8221; by Li-Young-Lee.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cDear White America\u201d by Danez Smith<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">&#8220;<\/span><a style=\"font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock<\/a><span style=\"color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cRedlining\u201d by Ashley M. Jones<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;Family Dinner&#8221; by Priscilla Lee<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your analysis should consider each of the following:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What point or theme is the poem is trying to convey? It may be helpful to write out a summary of the poem before beginning your essay.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What is the poem\u2019s structure and how does it contribute to conveying it central theme(s)?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What poetic techniques is the poet using, and how do they contribute to conveying the poem\u2019s central theme(s)? Be sure to consider imagery, symbolism, simile, metaphor, and irony.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What are the sonic elements of the poem? Do they contribute to conveying the poem\u2019s central themes? Be sure to consider rhyme, alliteration, consonance, and assonance.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Approved websites and suggested library databases:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">The Poetry Foundation&nbsp;https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">The Academy of American Poets&nbsp;https:\/\/poets.org\/academy-american-poets<\/a><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">III. Criteria for Success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A successful essay will:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Clearly explain the issue the poem is addressing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Offer a brief summary of the poem<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze the poem\u2019s central theme(s)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Demonstrate an understanding of the poem\u2019s structure<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Demonstrate an understanding of poetic technique<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Support its analysis using specific examples from the poem<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Supplement its analysis&nbsp;with&nbsp;2 college-level sources<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use correct MLA 9<sup style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">th<\/sup>&nbsp;ed. format for in-text citations and a list of Works Cited.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use academic English and be carefully proofread\/spell-checked.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poetry Essay #1: Themes of Race, Class, Gender, and\/or Sexual Orientation in Contemporary American Poetry I. 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