read “And of Clay We Are Created” by Isabel Allende and your choice of three poems below. Then, identify what you believe would be the thesis statement (main argument) for each piece. This may be either a single-sentence quote from the piece OR a statement you write, but it should summarize the argument the author presents. If you quote or paraphrase from the text, be sure to cite in text and via a Works Cited page.
HOWARD NEMEROV
Because You Asked about the Line between Prose and Poetry
ARCHIBALD MACLEISH
Ars Poetica
ELIZABETH ALEXANDER
Ars Poetica #100: I Believe
MARIANNE MOORE
Poetry
JULIA ALVAREZ
“Poetry Makes Nothing Happen”?
BILLY COLLINS
Introduction to Poetry
OCTAVIO PAZ
Proem
