Write a three to four page essay analyzing it through a close reading that takes the poem completely apart. Each line of the poem should be discussed in depth to support your thesis. Examine the words and the word origins, the images, the diction and tone that build up in the poem, the structure of the poem through its rhythm, rhyme, and meter.

Robert Frost “Out, Out-“

Write an essay that defends a thesis developed through a close critical reading/analysis of poem.

This essay shall rely on textual support from the primary text.

Do not confuse “critical analysis” with “summary” nor should you speak of “relating” to the poem; the goal is to develop, sustain, and advance a thesis based on a critique of the primary text.

Write a three to four page essay analyzing it through a close reading that takes the poem completely apart. Each line of the poem should be discussed in depth to support your thesis. Examine the words and the word origins, the images, the diction and tone that build up in the poem, the structure of the poem through its rhythm, rhyme, and meter.