Reed(ENG) Topic: To My dear and Loving Husband This essay should be a 750-1000 word essay focusing on the poetry we have read during Weeks 3 and 4. It is due at the end of Week 4. This essay will be the first in which you will use some sources. While it should primarily use passages from the poem to discuss as evidence, it should also reference 1-2 informational or critical sources from outside of your textbook. The essay should be in MLA essay format (see the sample essay for an example of an MLA formatted essay). The essay must have an MLA format works cited list that cites all sources used. The essay grading rubric can be found here. Assignment: Analyze one poem from the assigned readings using one of the following critical approaches (NOT reader response) we discussed in the Week four forum, using one to two secondary sources to help support your argument. Make sure that the essay has a strong thesis related to the approach--do not argue that "this poem is best analyzed with this approach." Again the allowed critical approach choices are: biographical criticism feminist criticism historical criticism Marxist and social criticism New Historicism psychological criticism structuralism If you need more information on the different types of criticism, consult the webpages on criticism linked in the "additional readings" area of the Week 4 lesson. Your required secondary source(s) should come from outside of the assigned textbook readings; the Online Library is a good first stop, as are the links to further reading on poetry in the Week 4 lesson. If you have trouble finding information on your poem, its author, or its context, or have any other questions, please contact me.