Tintern Abbey, The Us, Apostrophe To The Ocean And The Tyger

In the first stanza my view of the man did not change, he was simply a strong man that was comparable to a tree. In the next stanza she softens his appearance, making him seem both strong and graceful, saying that he is “unassailable savor of the airy-fairy of the ballet.” Again my view did not change too much from the first time I read it. In the third stanza when I first read it, I thought of the man as a soldier who had just come off a battlefield, “has meddled in the more serious business of the battle-field,” but the second time I read it I thought of him also trying to find a girl because he, “snuffles the trail of the female and the comfortable passing odors of love.” The fourth stanza was simply a criticism of him stating that while he was handsome he was not intelligent. In the fifth stanza when I first read it I did not really think much of it, just a man going through his day, but the second time I thought more about the word THINGS and felt that it referred to people. The writer states that he is “ pushing THINGS in the opposite direction to that which they are lethargically willing to go,” meaning that his attitude is so strong that it pushes others into doing things the way he wants them done even if that is not what they had originally planned. In the sixth stanza I think it implies that the man is your average man that pushes his ideas on

In poems it is essential to be a creative writer. The author uses many techniques from from exposing deep thoughts to giving humorous jokes throughout the sentence. As human beings, we all have a difficult time understanding others .We may agree or disagree depending our viewpoints on life. One of my Favorite poems is “The Ballad of Sue Ellen Westerfield” by Robert Hayden. My favorite poem is the type of poem that has some history and confusion. When getting the audience confused, it makes them want to know more and reread the whole passage again. Hayden’s poem is a fresh new opening that brought an old dimension, his creativity to open the minds of others and look back to the past.

In the poem “Self’s the Man” he portrays Man to be more superior to women. His opinion of love’s initial excitement contrasted with the

In poems it is essential to be a creative writer. The author uses many techniques from from exposing deep thoughts to giving humorous jokes throughout the sentence. As a human being, we may have difficult times in understanding what is trying to be said. We may agree or disagree depending our viewpoints on life. One of my Favorite poems is “The Ballad of Sue Ellen Westerfield” by Robert Hayden. My favorite poem is the type of poem that has some history and confusion. When getting the audience confused, it makes them want to know more and reread the whole passage again. Hayden’s poem is a fresh new opening that brought an old dimension, his creativity to open the minds of others and look back to the past.

I chose to perform this poem because I can personally relate to it, the character in the poem and to the author herself. I would consider myself as a feminist just like Andre Lorde; also I would consider myself Anti-racism and anti-homophobic. Growing up I was surrounding by people who believed that women should stay home, and cook and clean, their job was to just take care of the kids, not only that but my religion was Islamic, my cousins belief and parents that women shouldn’t have a career, they

As I start to finish my final projects of my high school career, I am beginning to reflect on the many things that I have accomplished this year. One of the biggest things was getting through McGee’s reading list for the semester. As I did my last Parent/Teacher packet, I noted all of the texts that I would have to read before I graduated and let me tell you, it was more than a few. However, I am thankful that I completed this task in its entirety because I now have knowledge of a few texts that really stood out to me and taught me a message or lesson. Without further ado, my five favorite texts from my final semester were Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth, The

Over the course of the second semester, many important texts were read. Each short story and poem had their own themes and messages to share. Depending on how you personally read each text, some may stick out more than others, but all just as important as the other. Important as in to each author, their message is significant to themselves. We as a class definitely got a lot of reading of different texts this semester so there were many to choose from that should be considered the most important. The three most important texts of the semester were Carry your own Skis by Lian Dolan, Dreams by Langston Hughes, and The Road not Taken by Robert Frost because they all have very important messages.

One book that I didn’t really like this semester was The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I didn’t really enjoy this book in a few different ways, one of them being that it was so raw and that all the events that had happened to her in the book, had actually happened in her real life since the book was about her life. It didn’t really appeal to me because her family had often moved around a lot and she didn’t have much of a stable home. Also in the novel it talked about how a boy who was a few years older than her had claimed that he raped her; rape is already a difficult thing to deal with but for someone to say that they had done that crime to you, then to force you to be their girlfriend (the term being used loosely) and give you presents

I can already hear the words escaping the mouths of everyone else in the class, “Seriouslee?!” It’s an amazing feat that I have accomplished, wait no it’s not. Ok time to stop stalling, the point of this bloody essay is to inform you what i liked about this year’s readings… Honestly they were mostly pretty great, some were a little weird, and some were just plain disturbing. But my top three have actually been some of my favorite for a while, they are from 1 to 3 are The Declaration of Independence, The Raven, and The Gettysburg Address.

We read How to Read Literature like a professor over the summer. This book wasn’t anything like the other two required readings; instead, it provided me with a glimpse into the thought process and mind of a Literature Major. The reading was informative and provided me with a plethora of new ways of helping analyze books and stories. Compared to what I knew before, this new accumulation of knowledge provided me with much more freedom while reading other books. Though there were many chapters which presented a new concept/idea to analyzing a story, the concepts that caught my eye were the symbolism of certain objects or events, the borrowing of ideas from older stories (intertextuality), and the meaning of weather and the seasons.

Born in 1788, George Gordon Byron, commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and one of the most famous poets of the romantic era. Romanticism was one of the most influential poetic movements in which brought Lord Byron into the literary forefront. Although he has many famous literary works, She Walks in Beauty is one of his most favourable poems. The poem was inspired by a woman wearing a mourningful dress whilst at a ball. Love is the overarching theme, focusing mainly on captivating love. This is seen by the overwhelming sense of his attention that is captivated by her and the fact that the woman seems unobtainable. Through his work, Lord Byron captured the reader's attention through the way he used literary devices and the way he represented different gender representations through the nature of love.

The fiction book that I chose for my summer reading was “Of Mice and Men”. When I was given the list of fiction books, I went on good reads dot com and looked up all the books on the fiction list. “Of Mice and Men” really caught my eye because it was a book about two friends going through tough times, which always has a deeper meaning of friendship. Once I chose “Of Mice and Men” I picked it up at my local library. The book was exceptionally simple to read and my understanding of every page was straightforward. It only took me a week to read. Prior to reading the book I knew it would be about two migrant workers that were struggling with making ends meet in hard times (Goodread.com). The only preconceived notion I thought was going to happen was when Lennie and George were chased out of a town named “Weed” because of Lennie’s actions, when

The second stanza of Lord Byron's poem focuses on the woman's perfect face. The beautiful shades and rays of the womans complexion make her a “nameless grace” (2, 2). This conveys the idea that her inner beauty is reflected in her outer beauty in the sense that she is pure and innocent on the inside so she radiates that beauty on the outside. This stanza reveals her serene thoughts:

This poem is unique and more patently autobiographic unlike other romantic poems that were written during his era in the early 18th century by other fellow writers. Byron’s poem is entirely focused on the beauty and the fascination that he endures with the ocean. The title of the poem indicates the subject of the poem; it also has the first literary device that is seen throughout this poem. The word apostrophe is when the writer speaks to the ocean as if it can hear and respond. As a child Byron becomes aware of realities imperfections but the skepticism of his disillusionment coexisted with a lifelong propensity to seek ideal perfection in all of life experiences (Marchand). In the first stanza Byron expresses and underlines the feelings, fascination and his overwhelming love that he endures with the ocean.

Never in my entire life have I heard of this poem. It came to my attention the first time in class. After researching on the Internet about the author, who is known as Lord Byron, an English poet from the romantic period. The poem is a description of a beautiful woman, whom Byron acquainted, at a ball while meeting his cousin by marriage. Her unusual beauty struck Byron and the poem was written the morning after. It is said that “She walks in beauty” is one of Byron’s most famous piece.