Paper 2 Essay #2
Due: 5/1
Directions: Answer one essay question only. You must base your answer on at least
two of the Part 3 works you have studied (Plath, Auden, Whitman, Keats). Answers
which are not based on a discussion of at least two Part 3 works will not score high
marks.
Remember that on the actual Paper 2 you will not be permitted to bring copies of the
works you have studied into the examination room.
Poetry:
1. “Poetry is language that always means more.” Referring to at least two poets
in your study, explore the creation and effectiveness of multiple levels of
meaning.
2. Discuss the ways in which at least two poets in your study have offered the
familiar as a way of entering the unfamiliar.
3. In what ways do poets use the portrayal of landscape to explore human
experience? Referring to works by at least two poets you have studied,
consider this use of landscape.
To make life easier please:
--indicate the prompt you’ve chosen (with the language) at the top of the essay
and with just the number in the title/heading box when you upload it to
turnitin.com.
--identify poets and titles of poems in your analysis.
--use MLA formatting for these essays.
--include a bibliography for your Part 3 poems. This is easy to do since all of
the Part 3 poems we’ve read come from published collections.
Essays are due to turnitin.com. Again, make certain that you have in fact
uploaded the essay. If you cannot upload the essay then you need to email it to
me at: brian.nelson@spps.org before midnight.
If you are having difficulties let me know in advance. But, an Internet issue the
night the essay is due is not a valid excuse for a late paper. Get this done as
early as you can.
Paper 2 Essay #1
Due: 3/25
Directions: Answer one essay question only. You must base your answer on at least
two of the Part 3 works you have studied. Answers which are not based on a discussion
of at least two Part 3 works will not score high marks.
Remember that on the actual Paper 2 you will not be permitted to bring copies of the
works you have studied into the examination room.
Poetry:
1. To what extent, and by what means, have poems transported you beyond
the material world? Consider this in relation to at least two poets you have
studied.
2. Poets address a vast range of subject matter. Discuss the means and
techniques by which at least two poets have distilled something focused and
personal from a broad and/or impersonal topic such as love, knowledge, work
nature and so on.
3. Does knowledge of the background of a poem, whether historical,
biographical, social or otherwise, limit or enhance one’s understanding of the
work? Refer closely in your answer to works by at least two poets you have
studied.
To make life easier please:
--indicate the prompt you’ve chosen (with the language) at the top of the essay
and with just the number in the title/heading box when you upload it to
turnitin.com.
--identify poets and titles of poems in your analysis.
--use MLA formatting for these essays.
--include a bibliography for your Part 3 poems. This is easy to do since all of
the Part 3 poems we’ve read come from published collections.
Essays are due to turnitin.com. Again, make certain that you have in fact
uploaded the essay. If you cannot upload the essay then you need to email it to
me at: brian.nelson@spps.org before midnight.
The due date has been extended from 3/20 to 3/25. Regardless, if you are
having difficulties let me know in advance. An Internet issue the night the
essay is due is not a valid excuse for a late paper. Get this done as early as you
can.