Block Day, Jan.31 ~ Sonnets Over ICE

In Class Essay Today.

• You may use your journals
• You may have all the time
• Remember to only choose ONE of the poems. Don't write about both or compare.
• Remember to write the title of the poem at the top of your essay. 

Notes: Quoting Poetry

Rule 1: When quoting a line or two of poetry, include the line numbers at the end.
Rule 2: If you are quoting two lines of poetry, use a slash to show the line breaks.

• Example: Frost's poem states, "Separate each line/ Of the Poem" (3-4). 

Rule 3: If you only want to quote a word or two, surround the word or phrase with quotationsand wait until the end of the sentence to include the line number. 

• Example: Frost uses the word "sleep" to imply fantasies about solitude and perhaps death (15). 

Rule 4: If you have more than three lines, use block quotation format. 

• Example below: 

In a poem, "If," Rudyard Kipling addresses sportsmanship when he discusses risks:

               If you can make one heap of all your winnings

               And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

               And lose, and start again at your beginnings

               And never breathe a word about your loss; (17-20)

And carry on with the paragraph below the excerpt.....