"Love's Growth"

Historical context of John Donne's poem "Love's Growth" Write an 8-10 page (double-spaced) research paper placing your poem in historical context- Your paper should identify and intervene in a controversy or discussion illustrated by the texts in your List of Works Cited. Your paper must: -Have a well-stated thesis in the introductory paragraph. -Have tightly focused and logically developed paragraphs -Make effective use of concrete evidence from the texts using MLA Style. Criteria; -Argument: Your introduction should have a coherent and debatable thesis statement placing your poem in historical context. You paper should then pusue this argument clearly and methodically. -Structure & Organization: Your paper should be logically organized into clearly focused and developed paragraphs with effective transitions between them. You are encouraged, but not required, to use titled subsections. -Use of Sources: paper should make effective use of primary and secondary sources as evidence for your argument. You must make use of at least 5 scholarly secondary sources. -MLA Style:Your sowces should be cited according to MLA Style using in-text citations and a List of Works Cited. Each error counts as one point