Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart

I am most likely going to write my essay on “Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known” by Wordsworth. Although I am not entirely sure what my thesis will be yet I have been researching critical sources that focus on this poem.

 

 (Researching.)

 So far I have only used the MLA International Bib and Artemis Literary sources. MLA International bib had more sources than Artemis did. (MLA had 12 while Artemis had 4.) I found a lot of interesting articles that relate Wordsworth’s poetry to other fields of study that I would not have thought of. For example, I found an article that related Wordsworth’s poetry to Psychology. So, if any one wants to take their essay to a very interesting place, I would suggest trying to relate your poem to a subject of interest (i.e. your major, your dream major, anything) in your search. Who knows what you can find?

I also found resources on MLA Int. Bib that seemed great and very promising but they were also not available at Hamilton College or there were no online versions. At first I thought I would never be able to access these articles but I found them by searching each article individually or using a different database. I found that some articles that were listed but not available in MLA Int. Bib were actually available in Artemis.

This is my first time using the school’s databases for an essay, so I learned a lot about the resources at Hamilton and I am also sorry if this is redundant for some of you.


Good luck with your essays!