1) In the poem I believe that Icarus was sorry and some cases that he was not.  I believe that although Icarus disregards his father's wishes to fly close to the sun with his feathers made of wax; I feel that he probably would regret not listening to him.  The intent of the poem is to make you realize that the fact that he did not listen to his ( Read more... )

1)  In the poem "The Pomegranate" by Eavan Boland and the poem "Persephone, Falling" by Rita Dove both present different view and thoughts around the myth of Demeter and Persephone.  The two poems reflect a mother's instinct to protect their daughter as she grows up.  Rita dove's poem it says, "go straight to school".  Saying that you should follow ( Read more... )

 a) I think that author of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" gave it this title because it was his walk to find love.  The poem really goes through describing his thoughts and feelings about the girl he wants to ask to marry.  The whole poem leads up to him asking this woman to marry him, but yet he doesn't make it that far.  Throughout his ( Read more... )

1) The three poems from this weeks reading all could be compared because they had a great amount of extended metaphors in them.  "The Writer" by Richard Wibur, "Miracle" by Harry Thurston, and "Packing for the Future" by Lorna Crozier all had different extended metaphors that related to life and the changes that life presents one with.  In the poem ( Read more... )

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Week 2: Reflection

"Boys and Girls", by Alice Munro begins with the narrator describing her father and his work.  Her father is a fox farmer who raises silver foxes, which are skinned so that their fur can be sold to fur traders.  The narrator and her brother are extremely entreagued by their father's work.  Unlike their mother's work, which is ( Read more... )

1.) Reflection:

"This Be The Verse" by Philip Larkin is defined as a piece of "great literature".  The poem contains many qualities to be considered as a piece of "great literature".  First off, it withstands the test of time.  Being written in 1971 and still popular today says that it really brought forward a powerful message to the readers.  The ( Read more... )