I suggest choosing a theme from the poem and writing an
essay explaining how imagery supports this theme. I would suggest three uses of
imagery. Here is an example theses: In “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket” Keats
expresses the idea of nature’s unending beauty through imagery of warmth, renewal and
joy. I would outline the essay this
way:
- Introduction (use the thesis I gave
you) - Warmth Imagery: “the birds are faint with the hot
sun” (2), “That is the Grasshopper's--he takes the lead/In summer luxury” (5-6), “from
the stove there shrills/The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever”
(12-13) - Renewal Imagery: “The poetry of earth is never
dead” (1), “And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run/From hedge to hedge about the
new-mown mead” (3-4) - Joy Imagery: “he has never done/With
his delights; for when tired out with fun/He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed”
(6-8) - Conclusion (restate
thesis)
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