My initial intrigue with poetry began due its musical nature. I value the coupling of figurative language and ambiguity to communicate emotions and personal experiences in a distinct, original way. In the past, I have written poems and lyrics as a means of sorting my thoughts and dealing with overwhelming emotions. Entering the course, I knew my struggles would not lie as much in writing poetry, but rather, through deciphering the meanings and messages behind others’ poems. Throughout high school, I questioned my ability to annotate poems and write about them in an academic format. In my self-assessment, I identified my greatest writing weakness as “my inability to be concise” because "I think of numerous ways to express [an idea or thought] and have trouble narrowing it down to a single one” (citation). Throughout the semester, I have become an efficient editor, revising my papers …show more content…
Partially, I think this is due to the fact that I chose to write on Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Boy Died in My Alley,” which is one of my favorite poems. Also, I used Linda Koolish’s interpretation of the poem as my opposing argument source because I agreed with certain aspects of what she said, but mainly found that she “focuses too much on the individual incident and not enough on the overarching issue of violence that Brooks’ is addressing” (citation). Overall, I was more confident in my ability to interact with the argument source, respond to what was Koolish’s interpretation, and refute it with my own observations and interpretation of Brooks’ poem. In the feedback I received from Professor Tandon, he noted, “your engagement with the argument source [could] be more nuanced. Your analysis [could] be more consistently insightful. Your argumentative structure [could] be sharper and your prose style more concise” (citation). Despite these notes, my paper earned an A-, showing that I had made improvements from Paper
discussions around the importance of secrets as a literary device and how aboriginality can be shaped through writing to form an authentic voice, devoid of a colonial interpretation of Indigenous people. This review will focus on how Jeanine Leane 's poetry collection Dark Secrets is contributing to the creation of a 'local past ' (Byrne, 1996) and renegotiating the ‘racial domination contract’ (Mills, 2000), through the sharing of a more personalised history. By understanding how Leane is 'holding
The goddess Athena intrigues and fascinates readers, compelling an in depth look at the role which she plays within Homers, Odyssey. Throughout the epic poem Athena is depicted as a strong leading voice who aids in helping the development of maturity within Odysseus’s son Telemachus. From persuading Telemachus to hold an assembly, debate what to do about his mother’s suitors, and consider the matter of his father, Odysseus, Athena begins a slow accession into a guiding or mentoring role of Telemachus
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I will be looking at magic in prehistoric Europe and the part it played in pre-Neolithic/Neolithic cultures. From this, I hope to reach an understanding of the part magic played in this time and how it progressed into later cultures. As there is no literary evidence for this time frame we must rely on the archaeological finds, in particular various phallic imagery, statuettes, cave art and monuments. These elements all point in one way or another towards an involvement with the religious beliefs
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