A good essay on the relationship between poetry and the freedom of the poetic voice that does not address language and poetic devices may fall into this category. Poorly organized, focus wanders, and comments are sketchy. Irrelevant comments may predominate. May contain major errors. Essay may be so general as to suggest that the student has not understood the question or the poem.
Response is on task but is so brief or so poorly written as to be meaningless.
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