*** Read the poem, “The good life”, (author Tracy K. Smith)
link: https://poetrysociety.org/poetry-in-motion/the-good-life
*** Read the lyrics of a song, “One more cup of coffee” (author: Bob Dylan)
link: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/59660/
Instruction:
1. Provide an overview of the poem, “The good life” and summarize its major themes and/or key issues in the text as detail as possible. (FIrst paragraph)
2. Your analysis of and research on the poem, “The good life”, in relation to food. Select at least two quotations that RELATE TO FOOD, in the poem “The good life” to illustrate your analysis. Make sure proper MLA citation format (second paragraph)
Hint: analyzing the quotation by showing a connection to the major themes in part 1.
3. Illustrating the connection/themes between the poem “The good life” and “One more cup of coffee”. Think about the ways in which the food-related issues in the 2 texts speak to contemporary society; contemporary popular culture; to your own experience. (third paragraph)
4. Ask yourself 3 discussion questions and answer them. The questions should grapple and wrestle, probe and ponder, and, ideally, prompt further questions, whether stated or implied. The question should relate to the poem “The good life”. (the 4th paragraph).
Hint: think about the ways in which relate to contemporary society; contemporary popular culture; to your own experience.
5. Works Cited and works consulted list in MLA style for your essay
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Other than the 4 required paragraphs in the instruction, you could have as many paragraphs as you wish. Proper citations and grammar; and following MLA format in writing are very important.
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