Monday, July 23, 2012
Back Pack Literature Chapter 23
This week our reading was drama, or plays. Personally i would rather go and see a play than read a play. I find it more difficult to keep track of what exactly is happening when i am reading it word for word, than when i am actualy seeing it before my eyes. With that being said i really like how the book discussed the fact that even if you live in a big city with multiple theatre productions, or go to a university with a very active theatre department the chance of seeing every shakespear play written are slim to none. The books solution to this is to have and read the plays, having the play in hand is like having a book, the play is ready to be enacted on the stage of the mind. Hopefully i can keep this in mind when i continue this weeks readings and read the play fences by august wilson.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Group D Poems
Meding Wall by Frost
Learning to Love America by Lim
Harlem by Hughes
All three of these poems were apart of the reading this week. In these three poems i did not have a particular favorite over the rest of them.
Mending wall by Robert Frost was a very visual piece of poetry. I interpreted this poem as a man being the narrorator watching or spying on his neighbor over the fence around his yard. I though this because of the line that was repeated "good fences make good neighbors." I thought the author meant by this that the narrorator was not a very socialable person and perfered to watch than to actually socialize.
Learning to Love America was a way for the author to express her feelings about the way she feels about America. Every line was a reason why she loved the fact she came to America, it was almost like she was justifying her decision to move here. The part of the poem that was most powerful for me was when she incorporated her son into the poem. The introduction of her son demonstrated how powerful her feelings towards this topic are.
Harlem
I found this poem to be confusing in what was trying to be portrayed in the message. Personally I interpreted it to be about a persons dreams dying and not being able to live up to his or her dreams. I think the title of Harlem brings in the fact that the dreams were and are not met because of reality and how hard it is in Harlem at times.
Learning to Love America by Lim
Harlem by Hughes
All three of these poems were apart of the reading this week. In these three poems i did not have a particular favorite over the rest of them.
Mending wall by Robert Frost was a very visual piece of poetry. I interpreted this poem as a man being the narrorator watching or spying on his neighbor over the fence around his yard. I though this because of the line that was repeated "good fences make good neighbors." I thought the author meant by this that the narrorator was not a very socialable person and perfered to watch than to actually socialize.
Learning to Love America was a way for the author to express her feelings about the way she feels about America. Every line was a reason why she loved the fact she came to America, it was almost like she was justifying her decision to move here. The part of the poem that was most powerful for me was when she incorporated her son into the poem. The introduction of her son demonstrated how powerful her feelings towards this topic are.
Harlem
I found this poem to be confusing in what was trying to be portrayed in the message. Personally I interpreted it to be about a persons dreams dying and not being able to live up to his or her dreams. I think the title of Harlem brings in the fact that the dreams were and are not met because of reality and how hard it is in Harlem at times.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Group E Poems
This week i was in group E poems
My favorite poem of the three we had to read was Daystar by Dove. In this poem the author draws the perfect picture of the typical tired, stressed out over worked mother. Throughout the entire poem the author describes the many reasons as to why the mother wants what is stated at the end. "for an hour----where/ she was nothing,/ pure nothing, in the middle of the day. In my head when i read this line i visualized a mother sitting outside staring off in the distance think of absolutely nothing, just wishing her kids would take a long nap so she could have some time to herself. Like she says she wants in the beginning when she says "she wanted a little room for thinking" Every mother deserves so me time alone.
The next poem we read was The one girl at the boys' party by Olds. This poem was so strange to me... I found this poem to be written with the message trying to be of how this girl has changed, or was maturing. The comparisons of her body to math numbers or symbols was very odd and differnt. I do not know for sure who is telling this story but because of how detailed it is about her body i didn't think it was her mother or father. In my experience parents are typically sad they are growing up and the narrator of this poem seemed to be admiring it. So then part of me thought it could have been a boy who liked her, until the author talked about sitting her down, then it seemed as if it was a younger girl. I still do not fully understand who is narrorating this poem.
The third poem we read was Daddy by Plath I found this poem to be dark and very angry.. I did not like this poem as much as the other two. Not because of the anger, but because it was so much harder for me to read and follow along than the other two.
My favorite poem of the three we had to read was Daystar by Dove. In this poem the author draws the perfect picture of the typical tired, stressed out over worked mother. Throughout the entire poem the author describes the many reasons as to why the mother wants what is stated at the end. "for an hour----where/ she was nothing,/ pure nothing, in the middle of the day. In my head when i read this line i visualized a mother sitting outside staring off in the distance think of absolutely nothing, just wishing her kids would take a long nap so she could have some time to herself. Like she says she wants in the beginning when she says "she wanted a little room for thinking" Every mother deserves so me time alone.
The next poem we read was The one girl at the boys' party by Olds. This poem was so strange to me... I found this poem to be written with the message trying to be of how this girl has changed, or was maturing. The comparisons of her body to math numbers or symbols was very odd and differnt. I do not know for sure who is telling this story but because of how detailed it is about her body i didn't think it was her mother or father. In my experience parents are typically sad they are growing up and the narrator of this poem seemed to be admiring it. So then part of me thought it could have been a boy who liked her, until the author talked about sitting her down, then it seemed as if it was a younger girl. I still do not fully understand who is narrorating this poem.
The third poem we read was Daddy by Plath I found this poem to be dark and very angry.. I did not like this poem as much as the other two. Not because of the anger, but because it was so much harder for me to read and follow along than the other two.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
poetry symbols
A symbol is just about the most important aspect of a poem. In chapter 19 of the book it talks about what a symbol is and what it takes to create a symbol in poetry. The perfect poem to show this is The Road Not Taken this peom discusses how the author had to roads to choose from and describes the inner battle within him or her self in order to decied which road to take. To me in this poem the roads are symbolizing two different paths the author can choose to take for their life. I love the inner battle the author has because it is so real... Everyday so many people go through this battle with themselves.
Sound/Rime
I learned so much in this weeks reading. I especially enjoyed chapter fifteen. I had no idea there was so much to poetry, a lot of people think poetry is just rhyming a couple of words together in a line. Poetry does not only not have to rhyme, but when it does there are several different types of ways to rhyme. Before this week to me a ryhme was just a rhyme. after reading this chapter I now realize this is not the case, for example there are masculine ryhme, or feminine rimes it and which is which all depends on the amount of syllables in the ryhming words. In the chapter a great example of a poem with different types of ryhming is God's Gradeur. This poem has many different ryhmes throughout the line, and through these words of ryhming develps the sound of the poem. The book compares poetry to that of an orchestra piece, it appeals to the ear. I loved this quote at the beginning of the chapter because it shows just how important the choice of words is. The choice of words builds the sound of a poem, which in return draws a readers attention.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Poetry-Voice/Figures of Speech
Voice/Figures of Speech
In the poem "My Papa's Waltz" i really depicted the voice of the narrator to be a adult male telling the story of his childhood. It was through his language and figure of speech that the author portrays the mans emotions towards his father. It is through the characters voice that the tone of the man comes through. He seems as if he has respect for his father, but has a great amount of resentment towards him. In poetry when the poets use figures of speech like similes and metaphors it helps to strenghten the voice, and the images, just like it did in this poem.
In the poem "My Papa's Waltz" i really depicted the voice of the narrator to be a adult male telling the story of his childhood. It was through his language and figure of speech that the author portrays the mans emotions towards his father. It is through the characters voice that the tone of the man comes through. He seems as if he has respect for his father, but has a great amount of resentment towards him. In poetry when the poets use figures of speech like similes and metaphors it helps to strenghten the voice, and the images, just like it did in this poem.
Poetry-imagery, Word choice
Imagery/Word Choice
"The Fish" poem is my favorite of the eleven poems we had to read this week. This poem was my favorite for many reasons. The two main reasons for this is the imagery the poet created, and the words she choose in order to create such imagery. The description of the oil spills creating a rainbow in the water, making so the only thing the fishermen was seeing was the rainbow. Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow. It was because of seeing that the fishermen decided to let the fish go. That and the five hooks that were in the fish's mouth previously. The way the poet describes the fish gives me the picture that the fish is a strong fighting fish. Because of the line where the fisher says that the fish did not fight made me believe that maybe this time the fish has had enough and was ready to give up the fight.
"The Fish" poem is my favorite of the eleven poems we had to read this week. This poem was my favorite for many reasons. The two main reasons for this is the imagery the poet created, and the words she choose in order to create such imagery. The description of the oil spills creating a rainbow in the water, making so the only thing the fishermen was seeing was the rainbow. Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow. It was because of seeing that the fishermen decided to let the fish go. That and the five hooks that were in the fish's mouth previously. The way the poet describes the fish gives me the picture that the fish is a strong fighting fish. Because of the line where the fisher says that the fish did not fight made me believe that maybe this time the fish has had enough and was ready to give up the fight.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)