Writing

Jan Dean-Couldn't find any information on the poet!

and then i saw it
saw it all all the mess
and blood and everythink
and mam agenst the kichin dor
the flor all stiky
and the wall all wet
and red an dad besid the kitchen draw
i saw it saw it all
an wrot it down an ever word of it is tru

You must take care to write in sentences,
Check your spellings and your paragraphs.
Is this finished? It is rather short.
Perhaps next time you will have more to say.

This poem fascinates me! When I read it the first time, I was confused and had the same feelings as the teacher had, why were things mispelled? And why were the sentence structures so bad? If i only look at the structures and techniques i can tell that the poem is two stanzas, the first stanza has 9 lines and uses no punctuation marks. The second stanza is four lines and uses punctuation marks, also this stanza is in italics. I believe the italics are to express that a new point of view is being addressed and that a it is overlooking the first stanza. In a way the first stanza is the only stanza, and the teacher is writing her thoughts along with it. Looking at the poem as a metaphorical piece, it is easy to see that there is a deeper meaning that a young boy is trying to address. Underneath all of the misspelled words and unfinished sentences, a child is trying to tell the story of his dad possibly killing his mom. The teacher overlooks the terrible story by just paying attention to the structural detail. I think Dean wrote this poem as a over all metaphor because many teachers do over look pieces of work from students, or even conversations when there is a bigger picture of non-school related issues. Not you though Mrs. White!!!

note, passed to superman

Lucille Clifton: She writes a lot of poems celebrating her African American culture. This poem makes me feel as if Clifton is trying to express love to superman. But i think she is trying to allow this "hero" to know she understands him and that she sees who he really is on the inside and outside. Superman may feel like he's from a completely different planet but in reality he is from Earth just as she is. I found it unique that she usually writes about her African American heritage, and yet this poem is about superman. This poem is one stanza with 18 lines. This poem is just trying to exxpress that heroes are amongst us and not from a different background.

this is just to say

William Carlos Williams wrote this poem as a very basic understanding of a activity he has performed. Eating the plums is very generic and simple, but as a bigger picture the plums could have been his idea or thought that he let out and with letting out the idea he may have ruined someone elses plan. But in the end he meant no harm.

This poem has three stanzas, each stanza has four lines. There is no rhyme scheme, and i do not think this poem stands under any "rules" except being a simple idea.

You fit into me

Margaret atwood-shes an canadian poet and shes also published 15 books.

This poem is freakishly short! I feel like shorter poems are more of a challenge to analyze because there isn't as much information to pull from. This poem is two stanzas and each only has two lines, there is no rhyme scheme. This poem can be analyzed in different ways, for one i viewed it as a person was in love but the love was rough. almost like "i hate that i love you" sort of feeling. The image of a fish hook into an open eye is not pleasant nor painless. So maybe Margaret meant the love was painful, the way the guy fit perfectly for her was painful? This poem is super short and hard to figure out any deeper meaning. I did notice there are no capitalized letters or punctuation marks. I think Atwood did this to add a definent strong feeling on her emotions toward the topic.

The Guitarist Tunes up

Frances Cornford- is a girl, which i didn't expect! She's also the granddaughter of Charles Darwin which is a huge history figure. She was raised around a huge family and was taught privately.

My first reaction to this poem is that a couple is sitting together and she's admiring the way he can play quitar. This poem is different from a lot of other poems because it is from a womans point of view, so it's easier to understand what she is talking about when she says, "attentive courtesy he bent over his instrument"

This poem is only one stanza and has 8 lines. This poem also has a aabbcc rhyme scheme, every two lines rhyme with each other.

Sort of a Song

William Carlos Williams-modernism and imagism...He also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania!

This poem is only two stanzas long and each stanza is a sestet. I think the idea of the poem was at first he has this real imaginative metaphor between a writer and a snake, but then by the esecond stanza he realizes his thoughts can be easily related to anything. Humans, snakes, and stones can all be put together to create the same outcome. "(No ideas but in things)-With no common it gives it sort of an expressive thought that he just randomly stated. Even though it may not fit in with the rest of the poem, i think this section can relate to a lot of other poets because many of them cannot write down their basic thoughts, but they write them through other sources or "things". The poem is short and quit, i don't think it was written to be thought over too hard, but maybe just as a "thought of the day". The title to me doesn't fit the poem at all. Maybe Williams is trying to say that all things in life, living or not, can create a song. A song usually starts out as a poem, so maybe thats what William was referring too!

Goodbye Highschool

All the early mornings,
and sleepless nights.
With midnight phone calls
and friendship fights.

Success was my goal,
all throughout school.
Always played by the book,
and never broke any rules.

Opinions can drive you crazy,
judgments can make mad.
Learning to keep my cool,
The credit goes to mom and dad.

Learning how to drive,
also discovering love,
gave me the influence
to always live above.

I've tried new things,
and changed as you see.
I became the woman
he said i couldn't be.

The great teachers and lessons
that got me through the day.
Taught m about the life and future
that I've come to live today.