This is my next paragraph after the intro and consists of the summary.
1) Is the last line of my paragraph necessary? Does it belong somewhere else My next few paragraphs will about the content of the poem and what different phrases mean. Is that a good transistion to end it.
2)I included some quotes in there. I still have to include the line # and pg number for all of them. I included it for one quote below? Did I do it right? Does the reference of the quote go right after the quotation or right after the sentence?
The speaker of this sonnet is angry that the modern world has lost its connection to nature and humans are taking everything for granted. We are too busy with maintaining the industries and technology, which is causing us to prevent seeing what really matters. He says that the “sea bares her bosom to the moon, \ winds that will be howling at all hours, \” and still humanity is out of tune (l.5-6, 318). Nothing in the nature makes us smile or love it anymore like it used to in the beginning of our generation. He hates the fact that we are losing touch with the spiritual connection god has given us as a gift. The speakers wishes that he would rather be a “Pagan suckled in a creed outwork; \ So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, \” in order to see gods like Proteus rising from the water, a sight that would make him happy. Basically, this sonnet is a conflict between nature and humanity.
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Delete "with" in the second sentence.
Rephrase: "causing us to prevent seeing..."
Why is there a slash mark just before the ending quotation mark for the line 6 quotation?
Rephrase: "Nothing in the nature..." (the nature??)
What is "it"?
Change "like" to "as" - it's followed by a clause, not a phrase.
Again, why is there a slash mark just before the ending quotation mark of the uncredited quotation?
Is the sonnet a conflict? Or is it describing the conflict?