Digging deeper into the poetry from this week we've mostly been working with our groups, and I am trying my hardest to learn how to be a team player. I'm trying to open up when it comes to being sociable in group projects, because that is a thing that I repeatedly struggle with. Learning to work in a group and accept criticism is important, especially for me because I am aspiring to be a teacher.
We've also been learning how to explicate poems, which is really helpful when we are writing about the poem. I am a huge fan of poetry, and learning how to dig deeper is very enjoyable. Not only is it enjoyable, it is also a very helpful tool to know when wanting to express one's interpretations. Digging deeper into the poetry for me involves trying to delve into the copious amounts of symbolism that one usually finds in poetry. The explicating we do in class will help me in my own poetry because it teaches me to look at poetry on deeper levels, and not take everything at face value. When I write poetry, I tend to be far too literal. Reading all these poems, and explicating them gives me examples of different ways to correctly use symbolism -- and not be too terribly cheesy.
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Melissa Jorgensen
10/16/2015 04:57:04 am
Hello Mattie!
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Mattie
10/19/2015 05:02:53 am
This has been revised!
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Mattie BarberAP Lit student. |