i have to write an essay on a poem 

 its due sunday night. MLA format. 5 paragraphs. 660-950 words. “discuss how the poet uses the poem to portray racism and inequalities that coincide with our present day social ills”

Greetings, *Research Paper Guidelines for Poetry #2/ENC 1102: Due by November 13th /11:00 pm. *Send the assignment via Word document attachment/email. ***Be sure you include the following in separate document/same email: -Cover page/Sentence Outline /Essay /Works Cited page The essay must be a minimum of 650 -950 words . ( Word count only includes essay content/not the cover page/sentence outline nor works cited page.) In the Table of Contents/ My Courses : Example Poetry Research Sentence Outline: use this model to format your sentence outline-use exact number of supports /labeling.) * Essay must include the following: Introductory Paragraph/ 3 Body paragraphs/ Concluding paragraph/Works Cited *** A minimum of 2 direct quotes and in-text citations needed in each Body paragraph. Scroll down and click on the link below to read and follow all instructions : Scroll down to click on the link to the Example Poetry Research Sentence Outline :

I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, 5 But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll sit at the table. 10 When company comes Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then. 15 Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America. the numbers arent part of it