4-page argument, based in close reading, on “lyric” in Boland’s A Woman Without a Country: Poems (“Art of Empi

Your assignment for Paper #3 is to write a four-page argument (double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, one-inch margins), based in close reading, on one of the following assigned poems: either Claudia Rankine’s “February 26, 2012 / In Memory of Trayvon Martin” or “Stop-and-Frisk” (in Citizen: An American Lyric) or Eavan Boland’s “Art of Empire” or “Studio Portrait 1897” (from A Woman Without a Country: Poems, in Course Packet or on eReserve). In your paper, take a position on one of the two central questions on page 2 of this handout. Then defend your position by citing and analyzing direct quotations from your chosen text—Rankine or Boland—and any others (as specified below) you use. To persuade your reader, be sure to cite quotations that present the best textual evidence for your points—and give strong, convincing close readings that show us how or why those quotations support your argument.