Research and find two scholarly articles. Isolate a good quote by each critic and briefly discuss the
critics’ observations and how it pertains to your own observation. Introduce the quote following correct
MLA. No dropped quotes! You may use sources found using the Internet. Internet sources must have a
first and last name of author. Internet sources must not end with .com–which means no websites such as
gradesaver, enotes, shmoop, Wikipedia anything!, litchart. You should also avoid work from high school
students. If in doubt, ask me. If you do not ask me and the source ends with .com, you will lose points. If
using a blog, research the author, and once again author must have a first and last name and good
credentials. Google the author for credentials. Susan Kornfeld is a blogger on a mission. In 2011, she
began blogging on Emily Dickinson’s poems. Her goal is to blog on all of them. Some of you might see if
Kornfeld has critiqued the poem you chose: http://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/ (Links to an external
site.)
You may write and present the critic’s information in one of the following ways: Explicate lines from the
poem or analyze the poem. Focus on how the critic argues one of the poem’s key elements and how that
shapes its meaning
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