"TRUE" LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE?MY ACADEMIC ARTICLE

A few days ago I found another article about Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde which may be more readable and easier to follow (the other one was reeeally long and I don't want you to get bored!=). Good writing should be:

• well structured
• logical
  
• cohesive
• clear, precise and concise
• coherent.

I'm now going to analyse the academic article I've chosen answering some burning questions in order to see if it conforms to this structure.

• Does it follow the hourglass structure? (introduction, body, arguments against/for and conclusion) The article has an hourglass shape: it has an introduction including the main themes developed by the body. It begins with a brief generalization on the poem and continues with a deepening of a specific topic: love. Through a quotation of Chaucer the essay immediately puts the reader in front of the two key questions of the essay. Each question is analysed clearly and carefully and every statement is supported by examples or quotations of other studies on the poem. The conclusion does not bring the arguments and concepts of the essay to a close, but intentionally leave unanswered its questions: it is the poem itself that leaves the question open.
  
• Is there a logical flow of ideas? The text has a logical flow of ideas that makes the main points of the essay clearly outlined. Logic, clarity and cohesion are the main characteristics of this text in that every argument is linked to the previous one and introduces the next. In each paragraph it is possible to notice how the writer repeats the same terms or uses metalinguistic words that helps the reader keep the track of the discourse. For example, the use of demonstratives, subordinators and conjuncts which point back or forward depending on the context.
• Is the text cohesive? Definitely. The use of metalinguistic words helps building the logical structure of the text and strengthening its cohesiveness. Each paragraph provides references forward and back to other ideas that facilitates the reader following the dissertation. The ideas are exposed in a very clear and concise way and avoid any generalization on the question by getting to the point early.
• Is the writing clear or complex? The article is very clear in meaning. The text and its subject matter imply the reader's foreknowledge of the topic (text's assumed audience). In some points the text presents quotations in old English that may be difficult to read. However, they are very brief and not essential parts, so the text is relatively easy to understand.

Ups.. sorry. It's hard to me not to be "LONG WINDED"!!