William Stafford: He is an American poet and recieved his Ph.D from University of Iowa. This is interesting to me because overall I have found that many writers do not finish college or even go to college, but the last two poets i have researched have had degrees and a very profound educationasl background.
This poem is about discovering yourself and letting adventure become a positive embrace of your soul. Millicent was obviously looking for a journey and when she kept on crawling futher into the undiscovered world, she was thrilled and couldn't help but feel whole. Aunt Dolbee was reality calling her back from the fantasy to the world again.
This poem is most definitely a ballad telling a story about a girl named Millicent.
The poem has three stanzas, the first stanza is 11 lines, second stanza is also 11 lines, and the third stanza is 7 lines. There was no rhyming but there was some diction. The diction indicates the imaginary truth that Millicent was thinking. The poem seemed more like a short story rather than a poem!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
The Cat
Miroslav Holub: Was an immunologist which of course anything to do with medical i think is awesome, but im not sure why he would want to quit that and become a poet. his poems are not english they have to be translated into the english language. His poems translate into more than 30 languages.
The cat seems to be a poem about some girl that he loved and when he left him, he was devestated. The poem is very visual; you can almost imagine everything about this poem clearly as a movie. "I said to her do not go" is repeated twice making it a strong statement that if the girl left, it would be bad for her and could lead to something unwilling. "she dissolved" is also repeated twice and i also think Holub is just trying to make a stronger statement about his disbelief that she truly left. Maybev the poem could be about his daughter too. He says not ever she sees herself again, but maybe that means she left to actually find herself and she never returned to her old behaivor. Maybe she became someone with mroe confidence so no one could recognize her.
This poem has six stanzas.
1st stanza- 5 lines
2nd stanza-5 lines
3rd stanza-4 lines
4th stanza-2 lines
5th stanza-6 lines
6th stanza-6 lines
This poem has several lines and only the first two stanzas and the last two stanzas have the same amount of lines. Maybe this poem is also a ballad but there is I am unable to tell what exactly Holub is trying to express with this piece of writing. He has a sad tone but it would help if i could find better background knowledge about the poem personally.
The cat seems to be a poem about some girl that he loved and when he left him, he was devestated. The poem is very visual; you can almost imagine everything about this poem clearly as a movie. "I said to her do not go" is repeated twice making it a strong statement that if the girl left, it would be bad for her and could lead to something unwilling. "she dissolved" is also repeated twice and i also think Holub is just trying to make a stronger statement about his disbelief that she truly left. Maybev the poem could be about his daughter too. He says not ever she sees herself again, but maybe that means she left to actually find herself and she never returned to her old behaivor. Maybe she became someone with mroe confidence so no one could recognize her.
This poem has six stanzas.
1st stanza- 5 lines
2nd stanza-5 lines
3rd stanza-4 lines
4th stanza-2 lines
5th stanza-6 lines
6th stanza-6 lines
This poem has several lines and only the first two stanzas and the last two stanzas have the same amount of lines. Maybe this poem is also a ballad but there is I am unable to tell what exactly Holub is trying to express with this piece of writing. He has a sad tone but it would help if i could find better background knowledge about the poem personally.
Reading Myself
Robert Lowell: He is considered the founder of "confessional poetry" according to wikepedia.
"earned my grass" - maybe speaking of "earning his spot" or earning his land.
This poem has two stanzas, the first stanza has 7 lines and the second stanza has 8 lines.
I would say this poem is more like a ballad. Even though this poem is only 15 lines short it is still able to tell a story or memory. There is no rhyme scheme to this poem but in the second stanza there is repeated words such as "cell, circle, and honey" I think the author uses this repition to create a better understanding of the world he is proud of. Every single piece of life was doen with perfect calculations due to other parts of nature.
"Somehow never wrote something to go back to."- this line seemed to be the poets way of trying to make sense of his own poem. The poem sounds like a reflective piece, but that line in particular seemed to stand out, almost like it didn't fit in with the rest of the poem. Some of the sonnets we read in class by Shakespeare were Shakespeares way of putting his opinion about plays in his own play. Maybe this is Lowell's way of writing in his own opinion about writing.
The picture above is Parnassus, which gave me a better visual of why someone would take pride in the mountain's slopes. The beauty of the mountain and the height resemble the struggles in Lowell's life and how to overcome the struggles you can make it to the top, and earn the mountain peaks.
The tone in this poem is very built up because it is slow and then by the second stanza there is more background information and reasoning behind his story. "...my coffin"- this is a different way to end a poem because it's not very bright and happy. The poem is a bit meloncholy.
The poet also relates his life to the life of an insect.
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.
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