• The quote by Woolway concerning the main points of the poem was really well integrated into the essay, as it states what a scholar has said of the poem, and then you expand on what the quote says in your own words. I also think that the quote referring to women as “intelligent creatures” fits in the context of the essay and sheds light on the literary movement in which the poem is written and the mindset of the author. I don’t know if adding another quote from a scholar would strengthen the essay or would be pointless, but it did stand out to me that there was only one direct quote from the research (although it was a good one)!
• THIS ESSAY IS SO GOOD!! I had to read through the poem a couple of times before I even understood the basis of what it was saying, and you were able to break it down in a concise and understandable manner. The essay does a good job of emphasizing the personification of death and the attitude towards death that the poem presents.
• I’m having a hard time thinking of a large concern, because the essay is well written and breaks the poem down in a way that people can understand it. The only thing that I can think of is that there was a small chunk of information about literature in general that didn’t seem entirely necessary, although it did complement the literary attributes used in the poem. I don’t know if it was vital to the essay to spell out the definitions of conceit and paradox in the amount of detail they were, but again, this is kind of nitpicking because the essay is great.
• The quotes from both the scholarly research and the poem are great.

This is an extremely well written essay. I read your poem first and after reading your essay after it really helped me with understanding your perspective and did a great job with analyzing each line.

I feel like you could add more quotes, the quote you used is terrific and did a great job with concerning the main points. My only other things that I noticed were some run on sentences

• Really nice introduction to the poem/sonnet
• I like how you incorporated the "scholarly" interpretations into your essay, I would maybe add more of your own analysis by expanding on the fourth paragraph
• In the sentence "Although some of the points are made in disagreement with my own analysis, they are still a noteworthy argument" should be revised to "they are still noteworthy arguments"