Analytical essays are a special type of essay that requires you to build your analysis around an argument and/or claim; these claims or arguments are called a thesis statement. Read the step-by-step guide on how to write analytical essays here. You will have a choice between four poems for your analytical essay. The poems are outlined below:
Poem #1: “The World Is Too Much with Us” by William Wordsworth.
Poem #2: “Mutability” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Poem #3: “This Living Hand” by John Keats.
Poem #4: “Work Without Hope” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Directions: Write your answers in 1-2 complete sentences each.

1-What poem did you choose for your analytical essay? Why?

2-What is your poem’s theme and/or central idea?

3-How does the author use figurative language or other poetic devices? How do they affect the meaning of the poem?

4-How would you describe the tone of the poem?

5-How is the poem organized or structured?

The town should regulate the height of buildings allowed on main street. this would be categorized as a: a. claim of fact. b. claim of policy. c. claim of cause and effect. d. claim of definition.

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful

How can you avoid the problem of groupthink? a. by choosing a group leader to direct the group b. by composing the team of only like-minded individuals c. by encouraging all members to voice their opinions d. by keeping quiet when you disagree with another group member's opinion