Poem ” Titanic” by David Slavitt
Why David Slavitt uses ironic and satiric style in the poem “Titanic” when talk about death?
One Page Proposal only : Title, Introduction, Explain what do you want to discuss. Justification. A potential thesis statement (using the T-O-E formula) and suggest how the paper will be organised. What will each paragraph focus on? Why this text interested you. Will I be giving a close examination of the text, with quotes? Will you relate the poem to some greater significance?
2-Annotated Bibliography are included/ to answer the questions inside the parenthesis. Use them to write the proposal.
A. Slavitt, David M. “Titanic” from Literature and the Writing Process. Eds. Elizabeth McMahan and Robert Funk. Boston: Pearson, 2017. 537. Print.
As my primary source for this paper, I was interested in (author’s full name and the title of the poem we’re examining) because (answer why this text interested you). This (poem) contains certain literally devices, including (list what the literary terms you will cover), and I felt connected well with exploring the topic of
(answer what context will your poem relate to)..
B.Taylor, Henry. “The Fun of the End of the World: David R. Slavitt’s Poems.” The Virginia Quarterly Review, vol. 66, no. 2, 1990, pp. 210 – 232. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26437376. Accessed 27 Apr. 2020.
As my secondary source for this paper, I was interested in (author’s full name and the title of the above article) because (create a reason why this article interested you). This article discusses certain literally devices, including (list what the literary terms you will cover), and I felt connected well with exploring the topic of (answer what context will your poem relate to).