INTRO AND THESIS:
Take a look at your three poems…How are they alike/different in mood?
Write your thesis, which must include the author, title and mood of each poem with regard to season.
Place this sentence at the end of your introduction. Tweak your intro.
SUPPORT PARAGRAPHS:
In each support paragraph:
 Topic statement that defines mood of poem
 1-2 sentences that delineate plot/action of poem (what is the poem about?)
 3 – 5 different types of imagery (with quoted examples---no line #s needed) that prove this mood
 Transition that links to next poem
Omit in essay:

The writer/poem… SAYS/WRITES/SHOWS/USES/TALKS ABOUT
Include a SIGNAL WORD instead to elevate tone of essay.

You/your/I…Omit these in your support paragraphs.
Include WE/US/OUR instead.

The writer/subject IS DEPICTING/ING or HAS DEPICTED
Include present tense/active voice. HE DEPICTS…