1. The line that is most memorable to me in "Tonight I Can Write" is "Love is so short, forgetting so long." This statement makes you think about the meaning of the poem and how exactly love is short.
3. I think that part of the speaker still love the woman. He says over and over that he no longer loves her when he says " I no longer love her, that's for certain..." but then he says after "but maybe I love her. I think he is confused and unsure, but part of him still loves her.
4. I think that the last two lines mean that he doesn't want to be without her, and it is painful not to have her with him.
6. I think that this poem is more similar to N. Scott Momaday's "Simile". I think this because in both, the people in it are in love. In "simile" the couple is fighting but you can tell there is still love here. In this poem he is confused and says he doesn't love her but always goes back to well maybe I do.
7. I think that so many poem are about love and loss because in today's society that makes up a big part of life. In a lifetime everybody experiences love and loss and therefore it is something everybody can eventually relate to. This is why many poems are about it because many people relate to it.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Love Without Love/ The Taxi
1. The image that stands out most to me is "like the bird on its branch, land in my arms only to rest, and then fly off again." This image makes me think of comfort.
2. I think the speaker's choice of images says that his relationship is love but not clingy dependent love. Hence the title Love without Love.
3. I think the title Love Without Love is saying that he has found love but it is not a typical relationship you see. It is more then friends with benefits but not the solid, always together relationship. I think this is a comfortable relationship.
4. I think that for some people Love without Love works. A relationship that is full of need and being dependent on one another, I view as unhealthy. However you need to be able to be comfortable and have someone to love just not in a clingy or needy way. I think this poem reflects some of my views on Love.
1. I would like to ask the speaker in the Taxis if she is alright. She misses this guy so much that she hurts herself. Nobody should be that needy.
2. I think that the speaker thinks love is wonderful. However obviously she thinks they need to be together all the time and that love is being together.
3. I think that "The Taxis" is an alright title for the poem because it takes place in a city and sets the scene but I think that there may have been better titles.
5. The two speakers in "Love Without Love", and "The Taxis" have completly different views on love and realtionships. The speaker in Love Without Love has a relationship that is comfortable and there when he needs it. He has someone to love but dosn't have to depend on them to much. In The Taxis the speaker is obsessed, needy, and depends on the other person in the realtionship. Without the other person she is miserable.
6. I think the speaker in "Love Without Love" view appeals more to me. This realtionship feels comfortable, and familiar and not obsessive.
2. I think the speaker's choice of images says that his relationship is love but not clingy dependent love. Hence the title Love without Love.
3. I think the title Love Without Love is saying that he has found love but it is not a typical relationship you see. It is more then friends with benefits but not the solid, always together relationship. I think this is a comfortable relationship.
4. I think that for some people Love without Love works. A relationship that is full of need and being dependent on one another, I view as unhealthy. However you need to be able to be comfortable and have someone to love just not in a clingy or needy way. I think this poem reflects some of my views on Love.
1. I would like to ask the speaker in the Taxis if she is alright. She misses this guy so much that she hurts herself. Nobody should be that needy.
2. I think that the speaker thinks love is wonderful. However obviously she thinks they need to be together all the time and that love is being together.
3. I think that "The Taxis" is an alright title for the poem because it takes place in a city and sets the scene but I think that there may have been better titles.
5. The two speakers in "Love Without Love", and "The Taxis" have completly different views on love and realtionships. The speaker in Love Without Love has a relationship that is comfortable and there when he needs it. He has someone to love but dosn't have to depend on them to much. In The Taxis the speaker is obsessed, needy, and depends on the other person in the realtionship. Without the other person she is miserable.
6. I think the speaker in "Love Without Love" view appeals more to me. This realtionship feels comfortable, and familiar and not obsessive.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Simile, Moon Rondeau, Woman
Simile
4. I think that it is only possible for two people to remain close without sometimes quarreling if they never talk and express their feelings and opinions. However if you two people have a relationship they will most likely quarell sometimes.
1. The mood and feeling in this poem is tense and tight. You can tell there is some kind of "elephant in the room" so to speak and can feel that through the lines of the poem.
3. I think the speaker feels that there is hope for this relationship. I can tell this through the last line that reads " in whose limbs there is latent flight." With change this relationship will improve.
Woman
3. I think this poem is mainly about independence. The woman keeps trying to forge a relationship with this man and he keeps turning her down. However in the end she became a woman and even though he didn't want to be a man she decided it was all right.
4. I think that the woman now feels that her relationship with the man is nonexistent or worthless. She tried very hard to create a relationship and he turned her down multiple times and now she has become independent.
4. I think that it is only possible for two people to remain close without sometimes quarreling if they never talk and express their feelings and opinions. However if you two people have a relationship they will most likely quarell sometimes.
1. The mood and feeling in this poem is tense and tight. You can tell there is some kind of "elephant in the room" so to speak and can feel that through the lines of the poem.
3. I think the speaker feels that there is hope for this relationship. I can tell this through the last line that reads " in whose limbs there is latent flight." With change this relationship will improve.
Woman
3. I think this poem is mainly about independence. The woman keeps trying to forge a relationship with this man and he keeps turning her down. However in the end she became a woman and even though he didn't want to be a man she decided it was all right.
4. I think that the woman now feels that her relationship with the man is nonexistent or worthless. She tried very hard to create a relationship and he turned her down multiple times and now she has become independent.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sonnet 30
1. The line that is most memorable in this sonnet is the first one which says " Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink," This for me sums up the point of the poem in a catchy line.
5. Sonner 18 and Sonnet 30 both follow the same rhyme scheme and both have quatrain and couplet that emphasize main points. They also both have a line in the beginning that grabs your attention.
2. I think that these details all show what love can not do. They show every day things such as rain following again a roof, and a lung filled with breath. The sonnet shows these details as things that love can't do.
5. Sonner 18 and Sonnet 30 both follow the same rhyme scheme and both have quatrain and couplet that emphasize main points. They also both have a line in the beginning that grabs your attention.
2. I think that these details all show what love can not do. They show every day things such as rain following again a roof, and a lung filled with breath. The sonnet shows these details as things that love can't do.
Sonnet 18
1. The basic comparison that is being made in the poem is comparing a person to a summers day.
2. The speaker probably feels love towards the person in the poem. The speaker believes this person is beautiful and believes the beauty will last forever, even when dead.
3. The question raised in the first line is opening the poem immediatly telling you of the comparison being made. The rhyme scheme shows the different thoughts the poet had and displays them in that pattern. The main points of each quatrain and couplet emphasize the main thoughts and all reflect back to the first line of the poem which was " Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
2. The speaker probably feels love towards the person in the poem. The speaker believes this person is beautiful and believes the beauty will last forever, even when dead.
3. The question raised in the first line is opening the poem immediatly telling you of the comparison being made. The rhyme scheme shows the different thoughts the poet had and displays them in that pattern. The main points of each quatrain and couplet emphasize the main thoughts and all reflect back to the first line of the poem which was " Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Those Winter Sundays Questions
1. Cold, Silence, Routine
4. Some lessons that could be learned from this poem are don't take things for granted or appreciate what you have.
5. In the Piano he is recalling a childhood memory that he misses and wishes he was still a child. In "Those WInter Sundays" he is recalling a memory he may not be particulary fond of and maybe not want to relive.
6. These poems make me hope that I will look back on my childhood and not regret anything but also not want to go back. I always want to live life by doing my best.
- Early Sunday Morning its the time recalled in this poem
- The father goes out and heats the room and polishes the shoes
- The child speaks indifferently to his father
4. Some lessons that could be learned from this poem are don't take things for granted or appreciate what you have.
5. In the Piano he is recalling a childhood memory that he misses and wishes he was still a child. In "Those WInter Sundays" he is recalling a memory he may not be particulary fond of and maybe not want to relive.
6. These poems make me hope that I will look back on my childhood and not regret anything but also not want to go back. I always want to live life by doing my best.
The Piano Questions
1. In this poem the memory that is being recalled is of the child sitting under the piano as he listens to his mother play the piano.
2. The speaker says "weeps like a child for the past" because he misses how his life was as a child and those sunday evenings he has with his mother. He missed the "glamour of childish days" and "the old sunday evenings at home."
4. The speaker says "now it is vain for the singer to burst to clamour" meaning it is useless because he is not a child, it is not his mother and he is not sitting under the piano listening to his mother sing and play like he used to as a child. That memory can not be brought back.
2. The speaker says "weeps like a child for the past" because he misses how his life was as a child and those sunday evenings he has with his mother. He missed the "glamour of childish days" and "the old sunday evenings at home."
4. The speaker says "now it is vain for the singer to burst to clamour" meaning it is useless because he is not a child, it is not his mother and he is not sitting under the piano listening to his mother sing and play like he used to as a child. That memory can not be brought back.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
New Years Resolutions
As thus New Year hath come I will come with mine ten resolutions. First, I mustith continue to keepith my grades high. Second, I would liketh if iI could maintain my relationships with my friends and family. Third I want to continueth my sports at thine best level. Fourth, I want to keepith my health, and not get sick. Fifth, I want to live life to the fullest, and be happith. Sixth, I want to improveth on thine helping with others. Seventh, I am going to be thine best person I can beith. Eighth, I am going to saveth my money to spend wisely on things of great importance. Ninth, I want to overcome my fear of change. Lastly, I want to try and fullfilith my News Resolutions.
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