This template guides you in structuring an essay that compares a poem and a song. Here's what each section asks for:
Step 1: Introduction
- Paragraph 1: Introduction (Thesis statement). This paragraph sets up your essay, introducing the poem and song you'll analyze and presenting your main argument (thesis statement) about their similarities and differences.
Step 2: Background Analysis
- Paragraph 2: Background of poet. This section provides relevant biographical and historical context for the poet of the poem.
- Paragraph 3: Background of singer/song writer. This section provides relevant biographical and historical context for the singer/songwriter of the song.
- Paragraph 4: Conclusion on similarities and/or differences regarding background. This paragraph synthesizes the information from the previous two, discussing how the creators' backgrounds are similar or different and how this might influence their work.
Step 3: Title Relevance
- Paragraph 5: Relevance of the title to the content of the poem. This section analyzes the poem's title and how it relates to or foreshadows the poem's themes and content.
- Paragraph 6: Relevance of the title to the content of the song. This section analyzes the song's title and how it relates to or foreshadows the song's themes and content.
- Paragraph 7: Conclusion on similarities and/or differences regarding relevance of the title to the content. This paragraph compares and contrasts how the titles of the poem and song relate to their respective contents.
Step 4: Theme Exploration
- Paragraph 8: Theme(s) in the poem. This section identifies and discusses the main themes present in the poem, providing textual evidence.
- Paragraph 9: Theme(s) in the song. This section identifies and discusses the main themes present in the song, providing lyrical evidence.
- Paragraph 10: Conclusion about the similarities and/or differences regarding the theme(s). This paragraph compares and contrasts the themes found in the poem and the song, highlighting commonalities or divergences.
Step 5: Conclusion
- Paragraph 11: Conclusion (Was thesis statement successfully proven?). This final paragraph summarizes your main arguments, restates your thesis in new words, and explains how your analysis has successfully proven your initial thesis statement.
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