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Anyways, the poem Heritage is very overwhelming and informative. The poem reminds me of a majestic place hidden in the mountains of another country with just a few original people living there. There is no rhyme scheme in this poem, and there are only two stanzas both in which are completely differnt. The first stanza is nonet and the second stanza is a sestet. I cannot figure out what type of poem Heritage is but if i had to guess i would say Still wrote this poem as a memory or as a story. Overall the poem was very interesting it ends with italicised lines. Still cannot leave or move on from the mountains because everything from life to death has involved this mountain life and everything who makes up Still belongs in that heritage.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Much madness is divinest sense
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."-Marilyn Monroe
This quote reminds me of this poem so i thought i would add it in!
To the seeker madness can either be divine or discerning. This poem also says "you are sane;..you're straightway dangerous And handled with a chain" This section is stating that though you are sane and others may look down on you, to everyone you are carried with a chain. No one wants to let you go too far but no one will free you at all either.
Assent, and you are sane: if you agree, you will be okay.
Demur, and you're straightway dangerous: if you object you will be a harm.
I think Dickinson uses these two sentences to represent the difference between what makes a person sane or not. Within strict eyes all it takes is agreement or hesitation to create someone. The poem is very small and only has one stanza that has eight lines in it. The poem only has two rhyming lines such as, "sense & madness" "sane & chain". To me this poem is kind of explaining how many people look up to madness in jealousy, but the majority looks at it as it is a sin.
Emily Dickinson had written nearly eighteen hundred poems! She lived 1830-1886, and died at a relatively young age.
This quote reminds me of this poem so i thought i would add it in!
To the seeker madness can either be divine or discerning. This poem also says "you are sane;..you're straightway dangerous And handled with a chain" This section is stating that though you are sane and others may look down on you, to everyone you are carried with a chain. No one wants to let you go too far but no one will free you at all either.
Assent, and you are sane: if you agree, you will be okay.
Demur, and you're straightway dangerous: if you object you will be a harm.
I think Dickinson uses these two sentences to represent the difference between what makes a person sane or not. Within strict eyes all it takes is agreement or hesitation to create someone. The poem is very small and only has one stanza that has eight lines in it. The poem only has two rhyming lines such as, "sense & madness" "sane & chain". To me this poem is kind of explaining how many people look up to madness in jealousy, but the majority looks at it as it is a sin.
Emily Dickinson had written nearly eighteen hundred poems! She lived 1830-1886, and died at a relatively young age.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Song of the Powers
A little quoting:
"Mine, said the stone, mine is the hour. Icrush the scissors," - reminds me of the childhood "tie-breaker"game, rock, paper, scissors. The rock always dominates unless attacked by paper.
"stronger than wishes my power alone"-to me this quote from the first stanza illustrates how simple powers can overrule huge wishes, and with that said it gives the stone more power than just simply winning over scissors.
"mine are words that smother the stone"-reminds me of ancient times when the first people used to write all over stones to communicate, and now paper took over that way of communication.
"They all end alone. As you will, you will."- This seems a bit morbid to me, as if Mason, the poet, was trying to suggest no matter how much we deny it, everyone in some way expires alone.
They structure of the poem is my favorite, four stanzas with and equal amount of lines for each. The last stanza is a bit longer, but also shares a greater deal. I was correct about the poem being about rock paper scissors, but the poet definetly cut deeper into the childhood act and gave meaning to each seperate piece.
When i googled David Mason, it gave me a list of guys with the same name, one was a british trumpet player, one was a murder, one was a writer, and one was a football player. So im assuming the writer was the correct man...But with him being the poet, (hopefully) I discovered that he was born in Bellingham, Washington which I think is pretty fascinating because I feel like a lot of writers are from the west. Also he studied at Colorado college, but soon left so he could be a fisherman in Alaska, which is the succesful life of the usual poet. He also lived in Greece and he now lives in colorado springs. (So i think we should ask him to come speak to our class because he seems interesting.)
I love this poem though, and i think it has a beautiful hidden metaphor to be discovered by the readers.
"Mine, said the stone, mine is the hour. Icrush the scissors," - reminds me of the childhood "tie-breaker"game, rock, paper, scissors. The rock always dominates unless attacked by paper.
"stronger than wishes my power alone"-to me this quote from the first stanza illustrates how simple powers can overrule huge wishes, and with that said it gives the stone more power than just simply winning over scissors.
"mine are words that smother the stone"-reminds me of ancient times when the first people used to write all over stones to communicate, and now paper took over that way of communication.
"They all end alone. As you will, you will."- This seems a bit morbid to me, as if Mason, the poet, was trying to suggest no matter how much we deny it, everyone in some way expires alone.
They structure of the poem is my favorite, four stanzas with and equal amount of lines for each. The last stanza is a bit longer, but also shares a greater deal. I was correct about the poem being about rock paper scissors, but the poet definetly cut deeper into the childhood act and gave meaning to each seperate piece.
When i googled David Mason, it gave me a list of guys with the same name, one was a british trumpet player, one was a murder, one was a writer, and one was a football player. So im assuming the writer was the correct man...But with him being the poet, (hopefully) I discovered that he was born in Bellingham, Washington which I think is pretty fascinating because I feel like a lot of writers are from the west. Also he studied at Colorado college, but soon left so he could be a fisherman in Alaska, which is the succesful life of the usual poet. He also lived in Greece and he now lives in colorado springs. (So i think we should ask him to come speak to our class because he seems interesting.)
I love this poem though, and i think it has a beautiful hidden metaphor to be discovered by the readers.
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