analysis poem-the secret of life-from the Bhagavad Gita(Love song toGod)
make a claim about it and use the lines of the poem as evidence to support your claim. Follow carefully the student sample in our text, proceeding through the steps of:
interacting with the reading
exploring your ideas
developing a thesis
creating a plan for your paper
generating a first draft
revising your draft
editing and formatting your paper.
Your finished paper should be a minimum of 3 pages in length (750 words) and should not rely on outside source material but should present a close reading of the entire poem. Try to use as many appropriate vocabulary words as you can. If you present them in bold type, I will be sure not to miss them.
Be sure to state the poet and title in the first sentence (with the page number in a parenthetical note).