Poetry

Critical analysis of Merging Dreams of Lovers with Leftover Pizza. This assignment asks you to do a close critical reading where you argue your interpretation of the poem, drawing on poetic elements to support your position. Poetic elements include literal and figurative images (metaphor, simile, symbol, etc.), speaker, rhyme (alliteration, consonance, etc), repetition, tone and meter (rhythm), line breaks, enjambment, caesura. When quoting, remember to be selective. Rule of thumb: 1. Introduce the quotation 2. Quote 3. Paraphrase the quotation 4. Tie the quotations significance back to thesis.