Essay Doodles

 Intro and Thesis:

• In this section I will introduce the poem "'Poetry Makes Nothing Happen'?" and give my claim. 
• My thesis is: Through the use of characterization, lack of punctuation, and literary allusions, Alvarez creates a stunning poem in which she combines humanity and credibility to make the argument that poetry can make all the difference.
• I think that my claim is valid and supportable. However, I don't exactly know how to tie in historical context into the paper. 

 Part 1:

• In this section of my paper, I am going to give some background to Auden, the man whose quote inspired Alvarez to write her poem. It is imperative that the audience understands why he said what he did and the events that impacted the quote.

 Part 2:

• In this part of the paper I will talk about the use of characterization and how it allows the audience to connect with the poem's message. 

 Part 3:

• In this section of the paper I will explain how the lack of punctuation shows a feeling similar to the stream of thought. This allows readers to connect logically to the piece as they think through the problem in the same manner that the author did.

Part 4

• I will explain how the use of literary allusions develop the author's logos and why that is important considering that the author is arguing that poetry can change the world.