ENG2602 (Genres in Literature and Language: Theory, Style and Poetics) Assignment 3 Semester 2 2023. Due: 17th August 2023. Question 1: Poetry (TWO ESSAY OPTIONS PROVIDED). Good Luck!
Study the poem “I Am” by John Clare (1848), below, and write a carefully
worded essay of approximately 1 000 – 1200 words (approximately 2 – 3 typed
pages) in which you critically analyse how the poet has used diction, poetic
techniques, and/or any other features of language to express his feelings of
alienation and assert his individuality. Use relevant examples from the poem to
substantiate your arguments.
I Am!
I am-yet what I am none cares or knows;
My friends forsake me like a memory lost:
I am the self-consumer of my woes-
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
And yet I am, and live-like vapours tossed
Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,
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