After winter break, we came back to school for a slightly shortened week, and with this new week. came new poems of the week.
So the first poem was "Spring and All" by William Carlos Williams. The initial feel of the poem by me from the getgo was the fact that it almost sounded like it was talking about childbirth but mixing it in with spring, which made sense, because spring is typically seen as a time of birth and life. The next poem for us to look at was "For Jane Meyers" by Louise Gluck, which kinda turned what I initially thought of when it comes to spring like I did with "Spring and All" completely over on its head, because the poem brought up death. This came out of nowhere but I like the twist. The two poems contrasted well, but it was rather hard for me to write the paper because I felt like I said everything I could, but there wasn't really much for me to say.
Lastly we worked on our Shakespeare Drama Projects, kind of. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out if we would do the presentation or essay first as well as try to figure out the exact points to make. We were very fortunate to have a guest speaker from Central in our class to talk more about Shakespeare's relavence in today's society, as well as give us some insight on Macbeth and how it could've been used to send the message that women were bad leaders to make the people of England favor King James I after Queen Elizabeth, which I had never heard before.
Why Do We Still Care About Shakespeare?: http://www.utsa.edu/ovations/vol8/story/shakespeare.html
So the first poem was "Spring and All" by William Carlos Williams. The initial feel of the poem by me from the getgo was the fact that it almost sounded like it was talking about childbirth but mixing it in with spring, which made sense, because spring is typically seen as a time of birth and life. The next poem for us to look at was "For Jane Meyers" by Louise Gluck, which kinda turned what I initially thought of when it comes to spring like I did with "Spring and All" completely over on its head, because the poem brought up death. This came out of nowhere but I like the twist. The two poems contrasted well, but it was rather hard for me to write the paper because I felt like I said everything I could, but there wasn't really much for me to say.
Lastly we worked on our Shakespeare Drama Projects, kind of. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out if we would do the presentation or essay first as well as try to figure out the exact points to make. We were very fortunate to have a guest speaker from Central in our class to talk more about Shakespeare's relavence in today's society, as well as give us some insight on Macbeth and how it could've been used to send the message that women were bad leaders to make the people of England favor King James I after Queen Elizabeth, which I had never heard before.
Why Do We Still Care About Shakespeare?: http://www.utsa.edu/ovations/vol8/story/shakespeare.html