Choose another poem in the Introduction that has a clear, identifiable speaker (for example, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “I will put Chaos into fourteen lines” or Ben Jonson’s “On My First Son”), and write an essay that contrasts it with Billy Collins’s “Divorce.” What important distinctions can be made? How does a poem with an important speaker differ from one that is primarily descriptive? How much of the speaker’s voice and tone can be gleaned in “Divorce”?
Formatting:
All papers must have the following characteristics. Papers that do not follow these guidelines will be returned to the student without being read or graded.
All text double-spaced
Use a sans-serif font such as Arial or Calibri
12 point height
Follow consistent MLA formatting, including citations and Works Cited page
Submitted in Canvas
Length: 5+ pages, plus a Works Cited page
An outline, submitted as a separate assignment
Given an appropriate title (not a label)
