Essay Four will cover the poetry section. It will be on the five poets that were discussed in detail – Claude McKay, Georgia Douglass Johnson, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Robert Frost.

Essay Four will cover the poetry section. It will be on the five poets that were discussed in detail – Claude McKay, Georgia Douglass Johnson, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Robert Frost. You are to pick one poet from this list and discuss one major theme that occurs in their poetry by analyzing literary elements discussed online such as form, language, speaker, setting, tone or any other characteristic that you find relevant to the poet’s theme. You may use up to three poems from our textbook written by your selected writer to illustrate the theme that you choose to discuss.
The minimum required length is 900 words and you must use at least three sources in your essay – a primary source (the textbook, etc.) and at least two outside sources to support the claims you make. These sources must be peer-reviewed, academic sources. I encourage you to use the JSU Library website for research. If you need help, you may consult me or a JSU librarian.