Thursday, March 19, 2015

I need to write essay on "We are Seven" (poem) by William Wordsworth. The essay must be written in the following ways: 1. creative title 2. introduction 3. Biography of poet(context) 4. Structure/style/scansion 5. poetic techniques 6. meaning of poem 7. Symbol 8. conclusion. It must have 8 outside resources, 4-5 in-text quotations, and 5-6 block quotation. The essay must be 6-7 pages.

The title is your choice. However, it is important to choose a title that summarizes what you wrote about in the essay. For this reason, it is often best to choose a title after writing the essay.
In the introduction, I would recommend telling the reader what the poem is about and giving some historical context. This is a poem about a little girl who insists to the narrator that she is one of seven children, despite the deaths of two of her siblings. The poem was first published in 1798 when infant deaths were very common. You might want to find additional information about that and maybe find some historical information about how families who experienced this coped with such devastating loss.
The paragraph after this could be biographical information about Wordsworth. In the context of writing about this poem, which is about a difficult social issue, you might want to note that Wordsworth wrote numerous poems about social concerns, as did some other poets from the Romantic era, including William Blake.
In terms of style, the poem is easier to analyze than many others due to its relatively simple structure. It is written in four-line stanzas—with the exception of the final stanza, which is five lines. It has an abab rhyme scheme, which has the rhythm of a playful song or a nursery rhyme. You should think about why Wordsworth chose such a rhyme scheme to write about something so tragic. Additionally, why is the final stanza, which is written in an abccb rhyme scheme, different from all the others?
Next, think about some of the language that Wordsworth uses to describe the little girl and her appearance, such as "wildly clad." You should also consider the juxtaposition of mourning and joy in the thirteenth and fourteenth stanzas.
In terms of symbolism, why do you think Wordsworth made "a little cottage Girl" the source of his inspiration, as opposed to a child in London? Both would have known something about infant death, but what is different about the life of a child in the city compared to one in the country?
Your conclusion should summarize everything you discussed and should not introduce any new analyses or ideas about the poem. However, you could say something about the importance of poets talking about such topics in poetry and the importance of continuing to read these poems.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52298/we-are-seven

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