I haven't written it yet, but it is either going to be Ezra Pound or T.S. Eliot (specifically 'The Wasteland').
Writing the essays aren't so much of the problem: you look at the structure (paragraph structure/narrative stance); grammar ( compound and complex sentences/punctuation/syntax etc.);lexical sets, phonology and so on.
It is when you have to use a lot of background reading on the history/sociology/psychology of the day. You have to use a specific school of literary theory and academic essays to make your argument stand up. THAT'S the tough part.
Re: poets
Writing the essays aren't so much of the problem: you look at the structure (paragraph structure/narrative stance); grammar ( compound and complex sentences/punctuation/syntax etc.);lexical sets, phonology and so on.
It is when you have to use a lot of background reading on the history/sociology/psychology of the day. You have to use a specific school of literary theory and academic essays to make your argument stand up. THAT'S the tough part.