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Essay Instructions: Poetry research paper
William Wordsworth
Structure of the paper
I : Introduction in 2 paragraphs:1.Why did you choose this poet
2.summary what you will do in paper
Ii: Life of the Poet 3-4 paragraphs:important dates ,publishing ,events?
Iii: First poem:3 paragraphs summarize and analize ,add quotes from poem
The World Is Too Much with Us
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. --Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreath?d horn.

Iv: Second poem: 3 paragraphs summarize and analize ,add quotes from poem
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Is sinking down in its tranquillity;
The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea:
Listen! the mighty Being is awake,
And doth with his eternal motion make
A sound like thunder--everlastingly.
Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here,
If thou appear untouched by solemn thought,
Thy nature is not therefore less divine:
Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year;
And worship'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not.

V: 3-4 paragraphs how the poet reputation has changed over time,critics..(was popular during lifetime or after ) here should be 3-5 sources and use quotation!
Vi: conclusion:1.paragraph :tight it all together including relation between those two poems such is the same theme and they are published the same year
2.paragraph: what you learned from this assignment

1. Please come up with good title
2. Needs to have 7 sources and make a sure they are reliable

Essay Instructions: Write an essay in which you analyze the poem, "St. Paul''s", a poem written in 1808 by William Wordsworth, but never published, as a characteristically Wordsworthian production. Two things will mainly be looked for:close attention to the words of this poem, and a range of reference to other Wordsworth poems that help illuminate this poem.
The "Friend" of the second line is Coleridge. The scene is London (the "great City" of the third line). St. Paul''s is one of the great London cathedrals, its dome (part of the current 17th century structure, designed by Christopher Wren) a prominent part of the London Skyline.

St. Paul''s

Pressed with conflicting thoughts of love and fear
I parted from thee, Friend! and took my way
Through the great City, pacing with an eye
Downcast, ear sleeping, and feet masterless
5 That were sufficient guide unto themselves,
And step by step went pensively. Now, mark!
Not how my trouble was entirely hushed,
(That might not be) but how by sudden gift,
Gift of Imagination''s holy power,
10 My soul in her uneasiness received
An anchor of stability. It chanced
That while I thus was pacing I raised up
My heavy eyes and instantly beheld,
Saw at a glance in that familiar spot,
15 A visionary scene--a length of street
Laid open in its morning quietness,
Deep, hollow, unobstructed, vacant, smooth,
And white with winter''s purest white, as fair,
As fresh and spotless as he ever sheds
20 On field or mountain. Moving Form was none
Save here and there a shadowy Passenger,
Slow, shadowy, silent, dusky, and beyond
And high above this winding length of street,
This noiseless and unpeopled avenue,
25 Pure, silent, solemn, beautiful, was seen
The hugh majestic Temple of St. Paul
In awful sequestration, through a veil,
Through its own sacred veil of falling snow.

Essay Instructions: I need a paper on William Wordsworth's political views as expressed through his poetry, specifically, a comparison of one of his early works to one written after (any time after) he became disillusioned by the French Revolution (both similarities and differences). Of the 7 sources, at least 3 must be articles published in scholarly journals after 1990. Additional elactronic sources may be used. All sources not taken from books must have a copy sent in an attachment, Microsoft Word file. Note: all attachments must be less than 50 megabytes, so it may be necessary to send more than one e-mail. Standard MLA format and referencing. I need both a bibliography and a works cited page. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Essay Instructions: Here are the instructions straight from my professor:(By the way the is a U.S. College class)

The Essay should be at least 3 pages and follow the MLA style of documentation. You need a cover page and a works cited page. You must have at least 3 outside sources. You must have at least two direct quotes from the story, poem, or play your are writing about in your essay. Biographical essays are NOT acceptable. You must have a clear Introduction paragraph including a well written thesis statement. A conclusion paragraph is also required. Select one of the topics below to write your essay on. #1, #2, or #3.

(Note to writers, Pick any one of the following to write the essay on. It is your choice. Pick either #1, #2, or #3. (Whichever is easier for you .)

1. Explain and discuss in an essay William Wordsworth as a “nature” poet and explain how nature inspires his spiritual well being. Specifically focus on some of the Poetic works we have studied this semester. They include “We are seven”, “Lines written in Early Spring”, “Song: She dwelt among th’ untrodden ways”, “ A slumber did my spirit seal”, “Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey”, “Strange Fits”, “Three years she grew in sun and shower”, “Michael”, “My heart leaps up”, “I wandered as a lonely Cloud”, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality”, “The Solitary Reaper”, “Surprised by Joy”, and “The Prelude: book 11”. You may also use other works in your essay if they pertain to the topic.

2. Write an essay discussing how thoughts of John Keats’ ill health and impending death influenced his poetry. Specifically take a look at these works we studied this semester: “Ode to a Nightingale”, “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer “La Belle Dame sans Mercy” “When I have fears”, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. You may also use other works as long as they pertain to the topic.

3. Write an essay discussing the differences, similarities, etc. of Oscar Wilde’s originally 1895 play, “The Importance of being Earnest” versus the new 2002 theatrical movie version starring Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon and Judi Dench. (Note: students, there are several posted essays concerning this topic on the web, Please do not steal information from these. You will fail the class if you try.)


(Please becareful with Plagiarism. This paper is submitted online so the chances are high that the professor uses a program that checks for Plagiarism.)