Interpret this poem.. 700-800 words

700-800 words.

roughly 2.5-3 pages, typed, double-spaced

Pick one poem out of the four poems.

Please read attached document

The poems are:

“The changeling” by Judith Ortiz Cofer

“Ballad of the Landlord” by langston hughes

“Cream of wheat” by Lucille Clifton

“Women” by May Swenson

Your close reading paper will be

a short paper (roughly 2.5-3 pages, typed, double-spaced).

In it, you will close-read a poem from the selected poems. You don’t need to do any reading

outside of the packet to write this paper. Remember, it’s your job in the close reading paper to

analyze the mechanics of the poems you choose, but do so in order to make a larger argument

about the poet’s goals. Ask, “What is this poet trying to do, trying to say, with his/her poetry and

how does craft guide, reinforce, enhance that?” Needless to say, it’s helpful to write about a

poem whose overall project is something you feel you “get.” If there’s a problem students have

with this type of paper, it’s achieving focus. I suggest you choose only one or two craft elements

to focus on (craft elements that seem central to the poem’s work). Overall, your goal in a close

reading paper is to write perceptively and precisely about a poem that is important to you. Enjoy

the process. Make it work for you!