Analysis of Hope is a Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson

Paper prompt (discuss and analyze all three questions in your paper):
1. What is the universal human experience expressed in the literary work*, film or photograph?
2. How does the work, film or photograph promote the universal human experience?
3. What message does this human experience portray through the work, film or photograph?
This assignment will explore the above. To write the paper, you will need to have:
1. read the literary work (*novel, short story or poem—note: the poem must be at least 6 sizeable
stanzas; run it by me first to be sure it’s acceptable), watched the film, or carefully viewed the
photograph (or a series of) from various angles (line, color, shading, emotion, purpose,
significance);
2. researched through 1-2 outside resources what was going on in the writer’s,
screenwriter/director/cinematographer’s, or photographer’s world at the time of
publication/release; these sources must be internally cited and listed in the Works Cited;
3. determined the universal human experience that the literary work, film or photograph
promotes.
Requirements:
✓ 2-3 page paper (note: the expectation is that you will reach the full two pages of the
minimum requirement; but do not exceed 3 pages by more than 1 additional page. The Works
Cited page does not count as one of the 2-3 pages)
✓ Use MLA academic style (header, double-spacing, Times New Roman 12 or Arial 11)
✓ Include the title of the literary work/film/photograph; its writer/director/publication date or
release in your introduction
✓ Provide sufficient description and explanation of your work, film or photograph (remember:
your reader may not have read, watched or viewed your topic item)
✓ Provide internal citations at points of information or quotes from your research
✓ Include a Works Cited page.
Tips:
If you have not yet taken College Composition or need an MLA refresher:
https://owl(dot)purdue(dot)edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_g
eneral_format.html