Task: Compare and contrast Shakespeare’s “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” with Howard Moss’s version.
Requirements: NO AI
- Length: 3-4 pages (12-point font, 1” margins, double-spaced)
- Thesis: Develop a “friction-intense” thesis that presents a debatable and specific argument, highlighting tensions or complexities in the texts. The thesis has a
core argument, a counter argument, reasons and considers the large picture (why does this matter, so what?)acounterargument, - Structure:
- Introduction: Establish context and narrow focus.
- Body: Organize paragraphs with clear topic sentences; provide textual evidence and analysis of poetic devices. Address potential counterarguments.
- Conclusion: Offer closure and discuss the implications of your argument.
- Style: Adhere to MLA format (heading, margins, title, citations, Works Cited page).
- Language: Use standard written English conventions.
Focus on creating an original argument that analyzes both poems in depth
PLEASE USE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE FROM THE POEMS & LINKS PROVIDED FOR WORKS CITED
Howard Moss’s Version: https://poettreeyr.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/may-23-howard-moss-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day/
Shakespeare: