Timed Writing: Pоetry Anаlysis (60 minutes) Chооse one of the two designаted poems аnd write a 3-4 paragraph analytical essay that identifies a central theme in the poem and explains how the poet develops that theme through specific literary techniques. Your essay should: Introduce the poem, including the author and title, and offer a specific thesis statement identifying a theme Support your analysis with specific examples from the text and explain how literary elements such as imagery, word choice, structure, tone, or symbolism help convey the theme Demonstrate close reading through detailed analysis End with a conclusion that reinforces the analysis and explains why this theme matters to the reader or to society in general. Your essay will be evaluated on the depth of your analysis, use of textual evidence, clarity of writing, and adherence to standard English conventions. Suggested time allocation: 5-10 minutes for planning, 35-40 minutes for writing, 5-10 minutes for review “Sonnet 30” by Spenser My love is like to ice, and I to fire: How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire, But harder grows the more I her entreat? Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not allayed by her heart-frozen cold, But that I burn much more in boiling sweat, And feel my flames augmented manifold? What more miraculous thing may be told, That fire, which all things melts, should harden ice, And ice, which is congealed with senseless cold, Should kindle fire by wonderful device? Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind. “Ode to Kool-Aid" by Marcus Jackson You turn the kitchentap’s metallic streaminto tropical drink,extra sugar whirlpoolingto the pitcher-bottomlike gypsum sand.Purplesaurus Rex, Roarin’Rock-A-Dile Red, Ice BlueIsland Twist, Sharkleberry Fin;on our tongues, each versionkeeps a section, like tileson the elemental table.In ninth grade, Sandraemployed a jug of Black Cherryto dye her straightenedbangs burgundy.When toddlers swallow you,their top lips mustache in coloras if they’ve kissed paint.The trendy folks can savorall that imported mango nectarand health-market juice.We need factory-crafted packets,unpronounceable ingredients,a logo cute enough to hug,a drink unnaturally sweetso that, on the porch,as summer sun recedes,Granddad takes out his teethto make more mouth to admit you.