Poetry Explication Essay Assignment Prompt: Write a 2 – 2 ½ page explication (analysis) of the poem “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden or the poem “There Is No Word for Goodbye,”….
determine which story relies most heavily on setting to convey its meaning.
Prompt:
Consider the setting of each of the Hawthorne stories in this chapter. Why are they significant? How are they related to the stories’ respective themes? In your essay, determine which story relies most heavily on setting to convey its meaning.
The readings are attached: Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, and “The Birthmark”.