For my final paper I’ve decided to use “The Day Lady Died” by Frank O’Hara as my piece. I find it to be a very interesting and unique piece, especially by the way it’s written and sounds. So far my paper is going pretty well. In simple terms my theses is about how death can be considered a force that permeates consciousness, and twitter as a paradigm that supports it. I chose twitter because when you look at the poem, each stanza resembles something similar to a tweet.
The problems that I am having with this paper so far is tying all of my ideas together and making it flow. Another problem I am having with the poem is the five-page requirement. I am afraid that I will need to sound a little repetitive with my points in order to reach five pages that are required. The final problem I am having with this paper is the intro. I do not know how to start it off. My last draft was too “biographic” and I didn’t get to my thesis till the end of the second paragraph. These are my three main concerns with my paper so far. Hopefully I am able to correct this before the deadline on Wednesday.
