I choose to use my essay in my Introduction to Literature I wrote last semester for my quote analysis. In the essay I would bring in specific quotes from a poem read in class to come up with an arguable and significant claim about technology and its influence/roll of a given community.
The first quote I have chosen is, "Thy black cylindric body, golden brass and silvery steel, Thy ponderous sidebars, parallel and connecting rods, gryating, shuttling at thy sides." I used this quote to to get my point across that the poet is showing that locomotives are becoming a growing competition and are made indestructible. I brought this quote in after I described what the poet's thoughts were on trains and then explained what the poet wanted the reader to think at the end.
The second quote I used was, "Thy train of cars behind, obedient, merrily following, Through gale or calm, now swift, now slack, yet steadily careering." I used this quote to explain the idea the poet gives on the journeys trains take, that life is circled around transporting people and goods continuously. I said my thoughts first and then brought the quote in to further get my point across. After the quote, I said my opinion on what the poet was referring to and how trains were used back in the 1800's when this specific poem was published.
In the essay I made sure each quote I used to build an arguable thesis was connected to my opinions and made sense to the reader. A lot of my essay had to do with quoting and 'The Art of Quoting' helped me see how I can quote better to bring in a stronger stance in my papers later on.
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