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'Little Gidding'
Hello everybody, the end has come and I must say that I'm a little down about it as I enjoyed this class a lot. However, the gleam of summer is just over the horizon and I honestly can't wait! I think I've mentioned that I'm going to Newfoundland before and I'm really really excited to see my mom's side of the family as it's been a long time. I ( Read more... ) -
A Bittersweet Anticipation
Hi everybody, this is the second last week of this course. On one hand I'm happy, because of summer :), on the other I'm going to miss you guys. I know, cheesy right? But I'm still going to miss reading what my fellow Group E members think on certain issues and what is going on in their lives. This experience is something I'm going to remember, in ( Read more... ) -
'The Wasteland'
Hey everybody, why does such pretty weather have to coincide with sooo many assignments? Just a question my tired brain wanted to know, yes I know I'm being self-pitying but I can't seem to help it. I have got an essay that's due this week that I just can't seem to nail down and then I look outside and I seriously thing that the weather is taunting ( Read more... ) -
The Poetry of WWI
Hi everybody, sorry this post is late. I've been having fun computer trouble at the best time for it, when I have an essay due. Needless to say there was much frustration and stress full crying, but once I explained to my computer that it was going to be alright she...Seriously though, I have never been so happy to know someone who can speak ( Read more... ) -
Public Poetry
Hi everybody, ahhh..March, doesn't the very sound of the month make you want to crawl into bed and hide under the covers until it's over? It is the bringer of sooo much stress, not to mention fun illnesses that just add to the black hole that the stress has created in your head. As you can probably tell, I've still got the stupid flu. But it is not ( Read more... ) -
The Brownings
Hi Everybody, I apologize to everyone in advance if I ramble or go off topic. I have the flu and am medicated, Go Tylenol Cold and Flu!, and thus take no responsibility for what I write down. However, I do hope it's at least slightly interesting :) Before I go into what I thought about the poems I just have to add something that I heard a while ( Read more... ) -
Wordsworth and Nature
Hello everyone, all of this talk about nature is making me yearn for Spring. Does anyone else feel this way? I think I'm getting snow fever or something, I'm longing for flowers and grass. But enough about me and the state of my mental health, on to Wordsworth. "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is a wonderful poem, more wonderful I ( Read more... ) -
"Elegy Written in a County Churchyard"
Hello everybody, this post is coming a day late I know. But I do have the pleasure of knowing that it will be done before the week is up. On the interesting things that are happening in my oh-so-exciting life, I have joined a gym. Yikes! I just felt that since I'm going to Newfoundland to visit my Mother's side of the family this summer, I might as ( Read more... ) -
Satire
Hel-lo everybody! Caffeine is wonderful, truly I think I may marry it and bear its children. Anyway, on a less crazy note, satire. Yes, satire, a way of making fun of something intelligently. I myself enjoy this genre immensely when I find literature that belongs to it. I really liked Jonathan Swift's "The Lady's Dressing Room". I agree with my ( Read more... ) -
Prose and Verse in One
Hello again everyone, I must say that I have never really thought about why poetry isn't included in plays very much anymore. In all honesty, I paid more attention to the plot when reading Shakespeare than his writing style. Unless I was either asked to by the teacher or said teacher pointed it out. Thinking back on it however, I must admit that ( Read more... )