The Flea and Interpretation Of The Poem

For your second essay, please select one of the pairings below and write a 3-4 page paper plus works cited page. (A minimum 3 pages means 3 full pages — all the way to the bottom.) The pairings consist of one poem and one scholarly/literary essay about that poem — a secondary source. In your essay, analyze the poem and take a stance on the argument put forward in the secondary source. Do you agree, disagree, or agree with qualifications with the writer of the secondary source? Why? Address specific points in the secondary source, supporting your stance with evidence from the poem(s).

John Donnes Poem The Flea and Interpretation Of The Poem

Pairing options: A) John Donne, “The Flea” / Gina Filo, “‘Spermatique issue of ripe menstrous boils': Gender Play in Donne’s Secular Lyrics” B) Edna St. Vincent Millay, “What lips my lips have kissed…,” “Women have loved before…,” and “I, being born a woman…” / Melissa Makolin, “Out-Sonneting Shakespeare: An Examination of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Use of the Sonnet Form” If you would like to write about a different poem from the Norton, you will have to find a secondary source on your own. Please speak to me ASAP if you would like to do this. As always, your essay must be in 12-point, Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins with MLA formatting, in-text citation, and a works cited page. Please see the syllabus for the due date and information on late work, and see the MLA formatting guide on Blackboard if you are confused about MLA. The rubric is the same as the one used for the first essay. (I am a freshman Asian student, don’t make it too academically, or my professor will suspect if I write this.) best,

John Donnes Poem The Flea and Interpretation Of The Poem