Now, I know all of my blog posts have talked about how I've never done something before until this class, but that's this class is for. College is so different from high school and this class is the bridge. And I think this week was the biggest breakthrough yet in my quest to become stronger in my Literature skills.
Our poem of the week was I felt a Funeral, in my brain. Normally I hate poetry. I can never find the deeper meaning and it frustrates me so much. This week however, after the second time we read the poem in class I finally had the connection. I understood that there was no taste or smell imagery because she was dead, and the poem represented an actual funeral. and then when we talked about how it also represented the speakers battle with depression I was able to follow along with that part of the poem as well. I believe that the line "And then a plank in reason broke" was the key to success, it has such a literal meaning and a symbolical one.It helped me connect the feeling of losing the battle of depression to the lowering of the caskett. This week has me thinking that I stopped trying to find the deeper meanings; and hopefully as I keep trying and gain confidence, I will be able to make more connections within our poems in the coming weeks. how to connect to poetry
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Josephine
10/11/2016 05:12:35 am
HI Lauryn,
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