As I anticipated, this end of semester rush is so full, it has exploded and all its contents have been left to be cleaned up today. So while I want to add an insightful entry about Four Quartets, I;ve already taken the precautions leading up to this point to enter more than needed journals so I don't have to. that being said, i still want to ( Read more... )

Though I have the unfair disadvantage of having read most of your blogs which were exceptionally insightful for me as I had absolutely no idea what was going on in this poem, what really made a difference was hearing Wallace Stevens recite it. Go to http://www.poets.org/ ( Read more... )

Wasteland, though dreary and at times painful to read, is a very vivd poem. I wish I could say that I really liked it, but it just was not my cup of tea, which i suppose was the point of the poem, shedding light onto the unmentioned misery of our world. This being said, the two readings i heard in the last week really, really helped me appreciate ( Read more... )

As you can tell, I could not select one war poem that should be looked at. Initially I had hoped to look at poets other that Owen, but i've taken a liking to his work. Also, it is very hard to look at Owen, then regard the many "Brookes" of the world as anything but naive. Though i looked at one of his poems, and found it to be quite endearing, ( Read more... )

This seems fitting for the examiniation of war poems ( Read more... )

Though we went over this poem in class, I think it's worth the time to elaborate on a few of my thoughts about "An Anthem For Doomed Youth ( Read more... )

Two Canadian Memorials ( Read more... )

Shock ( Read more... )

This poem by John Keats has numerous points to noted. The entire poem surrounds the lasting beauty of a Grecian urn the speaker admires. The first stanza ( Read more... )

After reviewing a couple poems by William Collins, I decided to go back to one that we spoke about in clas, "Ode to Evening". This poem is (for a lack of a better word) majestical. Though it is one of the longest descriptive pieces i've seen as of late, it is amazing. At times I had to look up soem of the words, but beyond thats, the sound of the ( Read more... )