Write a clear, well-developed, precise essay of 550-750 words (no more and no less, not including citations) on one of the following topics on poetry. Note that you are required to incorporate in a meaningful manner one research resource in your paper.

Choose only one of the following topics as the subject matter / focus of your essay:

1. Compare/contrast the theme of war in:

“Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen : p. 514

“The Vietnam Wall” by Alberto Rios: p. 903

2. Compare/contrast the theme of tradition in:

“Breaking Tradition” by Janice Mirikitani: p. 325

“Digging” by Seamus Heaney: p. 899

3. Compare/contrast the theme of the ‘Other’ in:

“On the Subway” by Sharon Olds: p. 519

“Abbot Academy” by Julia Alvarez: p. 326

4. Analyze two writers’ perspective on the value of poetry in people’s lives:

“Ars Poetica” by Archibald MacLeish : p. 894

“Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti: p. 897

“Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath: p. 88

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