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MLA Format Comparison Essay

THE DEAD BABY, 1927 WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

Sweep the house
under the feet of the curious
holiday seekers
sweep under the table and the bed
the baby is dead

The mothers eyes where she sits
by the window, unconsoled
have purple bags under them
the father
tall, wellspoken, pitiful
is the abler of these two

Sweep the house clean
here is one who has gone up
(unproblematically)
to heave, blindly
by force of the facts
a clean sweep
is one way of expressing it

Hurry up! any minute
they will be bringing it
from the hospital
a white model of our lives
a curiosity
surrounded by fresh flowers

SONG DEAD BABIES BY ALICE COOPER

Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin
She got them from the shelf upon the wall
Betty’s mommy wasn’t there to save her
She didn’t even hear her baby call
Dead babies
Can’t take care of themselves
Dead babies
Can’t take things off the shelf
Well we didn’t want you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
Daddy is an agrophile in Texas
Mommy’s on the bar most every night
Little Betty’s sleeping in the graveyard
Living there in burgundy and white
Dead babies
Can’t take care of themselves
Dead babies
Can’t take things off the shelf
Well we didn’t want you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
Goodbye, Little Betty
Goodbye, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
Betty, so long
Dead babies
Can’t take care of themselves
Dead babies
Can’t take things off the shelf
Well we didn’t need you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
Goodbye, Little Betty

Instructions: Select a theme or idea examined in one or more of the assigned readings from weeks 1-4. Then, find a contemporary work (fiction, poetry, film, TV series, comic, graphic novel, song, or album) and write an essay comparing/contrasting how this idea is presented in the different time periods. 

Short Essay Guidelines:

  • 2-3 pages in length
  • MLA format, proper citations
  • Correctly formatted Works Cited included (this does not count as part of your page count)
  • Outside resources are permitted but must be properly cited.
  • Edit and proofread short essays before submitting
Make sure to choose a theme and use quotes to support your answers. The poem is the first one and the last one is the song so basically just compare and contrast the ideas using evidence supported.

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