Free Write

This morning on the way to class I was in a good mood unlike most mornings. I felt crisp and awake and not removed fom myself like I usually am. If I could describe it in a color it would be blue but not the depressing kind of blue but more of a spirited blue.

Girl

This poem was hilarious. The flow or lack of it made it interesting to read because there was no hint as to what was comming next. The punctuation was also amazing. There were no periods, three question marks, and the rest of the breaks were from colins, semi-colins, cammas, or dashes. The image I got from reading this was that of a whitty old lady attempting to teach a young girl how to behave.

"Golden Grove"

In my opinion the first of the translations is the better. The word choice in the first allows the reader to utilize his/her imagination to draw a picture of what is going on. The second poem's word choice leaves little to be imagined. The poems do have similarities. Both are similar in length, "meaning", and have the same concluson. Even with the similarities, word choice in these two poems makes the difference.

6-D, 6-E

The name "Black Elvis" seems to be the most obvious example of a name being used as a metaphor. Black Elvis is a musician who sings Elvis songs and even dresses like Elvis. The quote "He had a show to put on" is metaphoric. This means that he can be lke Elvis and will be remembered as Elvis was for going against the norms.

Grandmother is my mother or father's mother. She is well respected and loved by everyone. When I think of the word grandmother, the words wisdom, faith, and caring immediately come to my mind. She is one who is devoted to others and is unselfish

The Pasionate Shepherd to His Love

This poem is a love stricken man's attempt to seduce the women he loves. The Shepherd promises all of the lovely things that a lady could ask for. His promises are unrealistic and he neglects to mention that he will love her back. He asks her to live with him and to be his love but never promses his love to her. Strangely, the promises all pertain to nature which may just be typical of the time period in which the poem was written.

In The Desert

This poem seems to be about a "man" who has endured a devastating loss. The word desert is used on the first line to maybe symbolize a hellish place. In the third line the narrator refers to the creature as "friend." This could just be a normal greeting depending on the time period or it could symbolize that the creature is the narrrator.

Homework 1/22/08

4) Genre- a category used to classify literary works, usually by form, content or technique. A few literery genres are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, dramas, comedies, epics, essays, short stories.

12) Context- The part of a text or statement that refers to certain words or phrases and determines the meaning of that particular text. It is also the surroundings and circumstances of a paricular event.

13) People approach texts differently because not everyone is looking for the same points in a text. One might be looking for dramatic irony while another might be looking for variations in diction. Another reason people approach texts differently is that one person may be already informed about the subject in one way while another may be informed in a contrasting way or not knowledgeable at all about the text or subject.

17) Perspective- a particular way of viewing a situation.

18) Point of view- The perspective or vantage point from which the events of a story are observed and presented to an audience. The three common poins of view are the first person, the second person, and the tord person.

Freewrite continued...

Desert: heat, sun, dry, sand, steam, no direction, saharah, africa, cactus, baja race,

Universe: stars, darkness, blackhole, aliens, earth, space shuttles, man on the moon, ifinity, lightyears, science, awe, pure amazement, beauiful.

Freewrite

1) Close reading is the carefull reading and interpretation of a short passage. Close reading envolves carefully reading every word and understanding how it pertains to the overall passage.
OED definition: critical and detailed analysis of a text; an example of this. Also applied to the analysis of other works of art.

2) Pastoral is a type of literature that describes rural life. It also could be a letter from a pastor to his congregation.
OED definition: A literary work portraying rural life or the life of shepherds, esp. in an idealized or romantic form.

3) Mistress is an adulterous women.
OED definition: A woman having control or authority. A woman who plays the dominant role in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

4) Nymph is an extremely sexual women
OED definition: A prostitute; a woman regarded as a means of sexual gratification.

5) Shepherd: a spiritual leader, a animal herder, a german dog, the birth of Christ...