User:Gcampbel/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Enjambment

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I am very interested in poetic form. Enjambment is a very important way to create complex meaning through the interplay of line and syntax. At first glance, the article appears thin and superficial, though not inaccurate.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead is ok but not terribly inviting. I am glad there is a pronunciation guide.

While it is not inaccurate, the article is nevertheless thin: it lacks both breadth and depth. Breadth, in the sense that there are relatively few examples, mostly concentrating on poetry from England, and with no examples from women writers. Depth, in that the article gives examples of enjambment without analyzing the syntactic and semantic effects of enjambment, and so never really answers the "so what?" question. I'm also struck by the way Milton is foregrounded for his use of enjambment but there are no examples from his verse. This omission is especially odd given the semantic complexity Milton routinely creates with his use of enjambment.

There are very few citations, mostly from one reference work (the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics--a fine source, but only one among many).

The writing is clear but that's not very praiseworthy in such a flat and cursory article.

There are no images or media. There are also very few links to other articles on poetic form.

The article is rated Start-Class and of High Importance within WikiProject Poetry. The talk page is not very helpful, and has the usual bickering or thundering pronouncements.

I'd say "start-class" is a fair rating. I agree the topic is of high importance. The article as it stands is like an elaborated definition with examples. It needs more examples, more analysis, and more thoughtful organization to rise to C-Class.