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Essay Instructions: I NEED this paper ON TIME or early if possible please! No later than today by 11am!!

Choose one post-modern poem to write about from William Carlos Williams. The available options are listed below:

Tract; To a Solitary Disciple; To a Poor Old Woman; Proletarian Portrait; The Raper from Passenack; The Yachts

Again, please choose only one poem. Also, please follow these instructions exactly. I laid out very specific guidelines on what to do and the format of the paper. PLEASE FOLLOW :)

***Identify an explicit or implied conflict (between characters; between institutions and individual characters or groups of characters; or in some other literary element that creates a pattern of doubling or rivalry within the action, imagery, symbol, tone, or form; etc.) that occurs in the poem. Then, analyze how that conflict in the poem expresses and explores a problem and/or solution to a crisis of meting for particular individuals, groups, nations, or intellectual, philosophical, religious beliefs or traditions. This should be a close reading, organized by a thesis.

Introduction: It may help to categorize the conflict to help you understand the problems of self and other (i.e., conflict) that it represents. For example, does the conflict portray a problem within the discourses of race, class, gender, ethnicity, nationalist, or some other cultural division, such as rural/urban, colonized/colonizer, modern/tradition? The first few sentences of the introduction should identity the specific social, political, or cultural problems addressed by the poem, and then in 3-6 sentences you should briefly outline how/why we see this addressed in the poem.

Thesis: everything you write should support an original, interesting (not obvious), focused, and arguable (not factual and/or not subjective) thesis (clearly stated) about the pattern of conflict deployed within the context of the modern crisis of belief. Your thesis should have both a "claim" (an assertion in the main clause about the problem or value asserted by the poem) and a "reason" (a subordinate clause that suggests why the issue is a problem or why a particular value is better or worse). The reason should cover all the points you argue in the body of the paper. A thesis should be one sentence, and it should appear as the final sentence in your first paragraph. Underline the thesis.

Main body of paper: every body paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that asserts an argument that supports the main argument of your thesis. the rest of each body paragraph should explain the assertion of the topic sentence and offer relevant and necessary details and examples from the text to make your point. Do not simply state obvious or literal facts about the poem in the topic sentence; if you do, the paragraph will have no purposeful relation to your thesis - it will have no reason for being in the paper. Do not devote paragraphs to summarizing the poem or some part of it. Do not devote whole paragraphs to historical context disconnected from analysis of the poem.

Conclusion: The conclusion should argue why contemporary readers should care about the conflict as it is portrayed or solved or left unsolved (i.e., why we should embrace or resist the values or beliefs implied by conflict and how it develops). Why is what you have argued important to contemporary readers? That is, according to your own political beliefs/values, how (specifically) does the poem help or hurt our understanding of the conflict it portrays?

Special instructions/format: The format of this paper should follow standard MLA format for an academic paper. Write an argumentative, interpretive essay (1-inch margins exactly, double specced, 12-pt. Times New Roman font). Underline the thesis, which should be one sentence (in the form of a claim + a reason). Don't use any outside sources please.

Essay Instructions: Please write something of an outline or a paragraph on 2 poems (mainly) out the offered list (given below) from William Carlos Williams.

This outline/text should consist of an open-ended interpretive question (a "why" or "how" question, not a "yes/no" question) about a point of interest or ambiguity within the text, and it should demonstrate a close reading of the subtleties of the text. It can be on the implications of a particular conflict, a discernible pattern in the text, an aspect of the writing style or literary form, a complex philosophical or aesthetic idea, a word choice and its associative implications, the purpose of a symbol, metaphor, or some other formal quality of the poem, etc. Explain why the element you choose is significant/important to ones understanding. It should prove a focus for discussion. Strive to show how the poem you chose "resonates" in suggestive ways with other elements in the text (i.e. the other poems that are listed/the author) or with some revenant question.

Avoid obvious or literal statements about the text as well as research or facts about the author or text (gathered from the web or otherwise).

Here are the options:

PAGE 1:
Write on one (or more, but focus on one) of the poems from this list for one page:
(Out of Willaim Carlos Williams Book "Selected Poems" from the section "Al Quiere! [To Him Who Wants It]"): Pastoral; Apology; Tract; El Hombre; Spring Stains; Trees; To a Solitary Disciple; Dedication for a Plot of Ground;
(Or a poem from "Sour Grapes" section): Overture to a Dance of Locomotives; To Waken An Old Lady; Arrival; Blueflags; The Widow's Lament in Springtime; The Lonely Street; The Great Figure

PAGE 2:
Write on one (or more, but focus on one) of the poems from this list for the second page:
: This is just to Say; The Sea-Elephant; The Locust Tree in Flower [First Version]; the Locust Tree in Flower [second version]; To a Poor Old Woman; Proletarian Portrait; The Raper from Passenack; The Yachts

It would be helpful to read all of the poems so that you can add some general statements of author themes within these poems as well, or you can also compare the poem with another one he wrote (only use the ones I have provided as options) that has similar themes as well.

I also included a PDF file with a reading written by William Carlos Williams which if you could work it into one of the close readings/questions that would be GREAT!!!

If you have any questions please message me.

Essay Instructions: I NEED this paper ON TIME or early if possible please! No later than today by 11am!!

Choose one post-modern poem to write about from William Carlos Williams. The available options are listed below:

Tract; To a Solitary Disciple; To a Poor Old Woman; Proletarian Portrait; The Yachts

Again, please choose only one poem. Also, please follow these instructions exactly. I laid out very specific guidelines on what to do and the format of the paper. PLEASE FOLLOW :)

***Identify an explicit or implied conflict (between characters; between institutions and individual characters or groups of characters; or in some other literary element that creates a pattern of doubling or rivalry within the action, imagery, symbol, tone, or form; etc.) that occurs in the poem. Then, analyze how that conflict in the poem expresses and explores a problem and/or solution to a crisis of meting for particular individuals, groups, nations, or intellectual, philosophical, religious beliefs or traditions. This should be a close reading, organized by a thesis.

Introduction: It may help to categorize the conflict to help you understand the problems of self and other (i.e., conflict) that it represents. For example, does the conflict portray a problem within the discourses of race, class, gender, ethnicity, nationalist, or some other cultural division, such as rural/urban, colonized/colonizer, modern/tradition? The first few sentences of the introduction should identity the specific social, political, or cultural problems addressed by the poem, and then in 3-6 sentences you should briefly outline how/why we see this addressed in the poem.

Thesis: everything you write should support an original, interesting (not obvious), focused, and arguable (not factual and/or not subjective) thesis (clearly stated) about the pattern of conflict deployed within the context of the modern crisis of belief. Your thesis should have both a "claim" (an assertion in the main clause about the problem or value asserted by the poem) and a "reason" (a subordinate clause that suggests why the issue is a problem or why a particular value is better or worse). The reason should cover all the points you argue in the body of the paper. A thesis should be one sentence, and it should appear as the final sentence in your first paragraph. Underline the thesis.

Main body of paper: every body paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that asserts an argument that supports the main argument of your thesis. the rest of each body paragraph should explain the assertion of the topic sentence and offer relevant and necessary details and examples from the text to make your point. Do not simply state obvious or literal facts about the poem in the topic sentence; if you do, the paragraph will have no purposeful relation to your thesis - it will have no reason for being in the paper. Do not devote paragraphs to summarizing the poem or some part of it. Do not devote whole paragraphs to historical context disconnected from analysis of the poem.

Conclusion: The conclusion should argue why contemporary readers should care about the conflict as it is portrayed or solved or left unsolved (i.e., why we should embrace or resist the values or beliefs implied by conflict and how it develops). Why is what you have argued important to contemporary readers? That is, according to your own political beliefs/values, how (specifically) does the poem help or hurt our understanding of the conflict it portrays?

Special instructions/format: The format of this paper should follow standard MLA format for an academic paper. Write an argumentative, interpretive essay (1-inch margins exactly, double specced, 12-pt. Times New Roman font). Underline the thesis, which should be one sentence (in the form of a claim + a reason). Don't use any outside sources please.

Essay Instructions: What makes the poem "Tract," by William Carlos Williams, "Modern" in form, content, and/or context?

characteristics of modern poetry that may be found in the poem are: fragmentation; objectivism; imagism; nostalgia; clashing in content of high and low culture; self-consciousness; free-verse; emphasis upon allusion; emphasis on the irrational; symbolism; multiple points of view; search for the authentic; etc.

You do not need a thesis or any other kind of overall organization for what you write. You will need to do some close reading to answer the question, but you should provide no close-reading that does not serve to illustrate how or why the poem is "Modern" (do not add any summary of the poem either). Please don't use any outside research except for the essay I upload by William Carlos Williams that you can use for support.