In choosing to write about T.S. Eliot's 'The Wasteland', I decided to choose one selection from the poem. Because the poem is lengthy as well as very descriptive, I thought it would be best to focus on one part and look at it closely ( Read more... )

I decided that because we have this coming week to discuss “The Wasteland’, I would look at something different and comment on that poem in the week to follow ( Read more... )

For this weeks blog I decided to do something a little different. I would like to look into the lyrics of a song. To me, a song can be seen as a poem that is sung. Song writers are poets with different names. They too, write to express a certain feeling or situation. I think that the idea of music is a lot more open to people at times. I believe ( Read more... )

This week in lecture and tutorial we looked at the work of Rudyard Kipling. I decided to find one of his less traditional poems to analyze for this weeks blog ( Read more... )

This week we were looking at Victorian poetry. This period was lasted from 1832-1901 approximately. This poetry was influenced by the romantics. Many of the poems have great feelings and emotions ( Read more... )

It is with great optimism that I am writing my blog today. I don't want to jinx the beautiful springlike weather, but rather my hope is to prolong it. I hope that by including a poem based on Spring, that it will soon arrive. I hope to be rid of freezing rain storms, mile high snow drifts and nose icicles. I'm fully embracing today's weather and my ( Read more... )

On the thought of melancholy, I decided on a poem by James Grengs. Although it is short in length, it still illustrates a lot in regards to the idea of sadness and gloom ( Read more... )

While searching the internet for some children's poems, I found a site that included a variety of poems and prayers written by children. The prayer I have included below fits well with a situation that I am going through right now . My friend Stacey's younger sister Chelsea, is very ill and is in the hospital. I have a very close relationship with ( Read more... )

Sorry I haven't written in a while. I've really wanted to keep up my writing, but in all seriousness I have been struck by some feelings of melancholy. A definition I found relating to the term describes it as characterized by or causing or expressing sadness or gloom. This has definitely been me in the past weeks. With so many things to keep me ( Read more... )

For this weeks blog on the theme of satire I decided to look at a poem by Jonathan Swift. I was first introduced to this poem last year in my literary genres course. Although this poem is quite long, it still manages to keep the reader engaged and interested. This is written almost like a mini essay. It tells the tale in argument form while ( Read more... )