Saturday, February 12, 2011
Don't know what im doing..
Like i mentioned in class i keep thinking im ahead with the blogs so i haven't done them.. but apparently not, so i promise im not purposely not doing them. Just confusing i guess!?
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Heritage
(I comment on Shelby and Ashleys blogs)
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Bloggin on the new netbook.!
Growing up I had a hand-me-down desk that had newspaper clippings taped all over it. Most of the articles were full of pointless information used for homework for my aunts and uncles. One simple, yet life changing phrase from that desk has stuck with me my entire life.
"Ones life is like a sentence, how important the pauses are."
This is something that since age 5, I have never forgotten. Now a days there are millions of sayings just like the one above, but I believe this one has the most meaning and most value. In literature sentence structure can completely tell a story of its own, in life if one person does not know when to pause and to take a breath then this person cannot live a well structured life. Maybe we all need to start vocusing on the pauses in our life and take into consideration that it is "ok" to take a break in life sometimes. Maybe I can pass on this phrase to others in hope of finding it's definent meaning.
"Ones life is like a sentence, how important the pauses are."
This is something that since age 5, I have never forgotten. Now a days there are millions of sayings just like the one above, but I believe this one has the most meaning and most value. In literature sentence structure can completely tell a story of its own, in life if one person does not know when to pause and to take a breath then this person cannot live a well structured life. Maybe we all need to start vocusing on the pauses in our life and take into consideration that it is "ok" to take a break in life sometimes. Maybe I can pass on this phrase to others in hope of finding it's definent meaning.
The Book
Miller Williams was born in 1930, and is a poet, author, translator, and editor. He has authored over 25 books and several poems. He is best remembered for writing a poem for President Clinton's 1997 inauguration. His poem, The Book, in my opinion, is written from a veterans point of view. This poem reminds me of the stories and movies about the Vietnam War, and the struggles the soldiers went through. "He had found it in a fallen bunker," this line is what made me believe it was about war, and also "I stared and a horror grew,". Since many soldiers had trouble talking about the war after they served, this expressed how once he realised his life was the story in the book, it scared him. Miller was sesarching for words to go onto the empty pages, and once he figured it out, the story was soon unraveled and captivated. Although I could not find any proof to back up my opinions, I still interpretted the poem this sense and believe that Williams left this poem open for any kind of readers' opinions. The phrase "Human skin" is also used twice to emphazise Williams effert to give the phrase meaning. The way he talks about human skin, and flesh is deadly in a way that war is always described. The structure of the poem is very splattered. There seems to be several thoughts all just thrown into sentences or short paragraphs, i could not seem to find any specific reason for these sentence structures. My favorite part of the poem is the last line, "How beautiful it was until i knew." This line to me seems to explain how Williams thought the book was something wonderful, but once he unraveled the story inside it became more gloomy and real and it frightened him. It frightened him in a way that all reality frightens us.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
The Secret
This poem makes me feel hopefull! If i had people telling me they discovered a secret of life throughout my poem, i'd be delighted. Although the girls forgot the secret rather soon, the idea had remained with them forever. If i were the writer i might want to know the secret that way i don't have to be searching for it forever, but i think that is the point of the poem the more i read. The author can be releaved throughout life by pondering about the secret that the two girls had found.
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