The assignment for this lesson is to write an essay that compares and contrasts "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol and another magical realist story that you find through research. Your focus in the essay will be on the tone of the two sources. You should have created a draft of this assignment in the writing activity called "Prepare a Compare-and-Contrast Essay." If you didn't complete that activity, you should go back and do so now. If you have already completed the draft, continue to the next page to start revising. volume_up

This writing assignment focuses on the following skills:
Conducting research to find a magical realist story
Identifying key parts of two stories to quote or paraphrase
Writing an essay comparing the two stories volume_up

This excerpt is from “the poet” by alfred, lord tennyson. the poem describes a poet's consciousness and perception. which three lines suggest the richness of a poet's thoughts? thus truth was multiplied on truth, [the world like one great garden show'd,] and thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, rare sunrise flow'd. [and freedom rear'd in that august sunrise] her beautiful bold brow, when rites and forms before his burning eyes melted like snow. [there was no blood upon her maiden robes] sunn'd by those orient skies; but round about the circles of the globes of her keen eyes and in her raiment's hem was traced in flame wisdom, a name to shake [all evil dreams of power--a sacred name.] and when she spake, [her words did gather thunder as they ran,] and as the lightning to the thunder which follows it, riving the spirit of man, making earth wonder, so was their meaning to her words. no sword of wrath her right arm whirl'd, [ but one poor poet's scroll, and with 'his' word] she shook the world.