HL Essay exemplar 17: Maya Angelou's poetry
This HL essay is a response to Maya Angelou's poetry. When writing about shorter texts such as short stories or poems, the guide does not specify how many students should write about (sensible given that lengths can vary significantly) but does remind us that "the assignment is a broad literary investigation." This response covers 5 relatively short poems, which is certainly enough for an essay this length; it could...