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 eith

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