Snake by D.H Lawrence

 Description Need to read the poem first which is snake by DH lawrence. Instructions: 603-101—Introduction to College English Ryan Maydan Essay 1 due Thursday, September 26 Essays submitted later than Thursday will not be accepted. The essay should be at least 500 words in length (please provide a word count), and no longer than 800 words, double-spaced, set at 12 point font. The essay will be worth 17% of the final grade. A rough draft of the essay, worth 3% of the final grade, will be due during the One-on-One Meetings. This essay will be a close reading of a poem. You are expected to explore the poem in detail and provide a piece that has its own unity, offering a clear and concise thesis. Be sure to give your essay a significant title that suggests to your reader the contours of your argument, or at least points in the direction your essay will be going. Remember that this essay should focus on your own critical engagement with the poem; secondary sources should not be used. Your essay will be evaluated on the strength, focus, and clarity of your thesis, the effectiveness of your argumentation and use of examples, and the clarity and persuasiveness of your writing. Please include a properly documented “Works Cited” page with your essay. Choose one of the following topics: 1. Develop an essay concerning the characteristics outlined for what poetry should be in Archibald MacLeish’s “Ars Poetica.” 2. How are thought (or structure) and feeling (or experience) reflected in Walt Whitman’s “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”? How does the poem work to relay its message to the reader? 3. What is the nature of the conflict for the speaker in D.H. Lawrence’s “Snake”?