Often it can be difficult to turn a bunch of floating thoughts in the mind into something tangible for others to read. Sometimes, it’s best to start at the very beginning— please just note, this is only the beginning! Not the end place.
A first step would be to go to Wikipedia.org and enter the Title and Author of the literature piece. A Wikipedia page cannot be fully trusted, but it might be a good source for some basics about the literature piece like:
These basic pieces are sometimes necessary to understanding a piece of literature, and there’s no shame in using Wikipedia to get the ball rolling, just don’t stop here. Combine the information from Wikipedia with what you’ve learned in class about the literature, and come up with a list of keywords to use for a real search on the XULA Library Search engine.
Other sources as good starting places for analyzing literature on a basic level are:
Again, this is only a starting place to get ideas solidified into the mind—keep going to more serious research on the Library Search engine to find sources for completing your paper.