The essay clearly demonstrates insight and analytic ability. May show originality. Reader has no doubt that the student possesses a superior understanding of the material. A well-developed essay that analyzes the development of an evocation of the past in the poem. Makes appropriate references to the poetic devices and language used.
Textual analysis outweighs description and paraphrasing.
The reader may have to make some inferences because the essay is not always sufficiently explicit. May contain some errors, but these do not undermine the overall quality of the essay. In order to merit a 7, the essay must include some treatment of poetic devices and language. Description and paraphrasing outweigh textual analysis. Erroneous statements may intrude.