Top ten poems most of you should have also considered in my humble opinion:
"Crossing the Bar"--Tennyson
"Traveling through the dark"--Stafford
"Constantly risking absurdity"--Ferlinghetti
"Anthem for doomed youth" --Owen
"On first looking into Chapman's Homer"--Keats
"Siren Song"--Margaret Atwood
"I died for beauty..." --Dickinson
"Theme for English B" --Hughes
"Summer Day"--Oliver
"The Snow Man"--Stevens
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Weeks 13/14 Blog
The work:
Despite the severe snow storms, field trips, and absences, our class was able to produce a plethora of literary insight and great discussions (DG). We looked at poems such as "The Eagle," "The Whipping," "Mind," and "Cross" (RH). We took these poems and picked a few to discuss intelligently in class (DM). The poetry unit as a whole seemed to be quite enjoyable with the class having to read from a variety of poems in our text (BB). Reader responses have been done for all the chapters and we broke some poems up and ripped them apart (DC). As the weeks progressed we were given the opportunity to write our very own anthology of our top ten poems (TJ).
The workers:
Silverio explained what good poetry was in his heart (BF).
Conor finds the hidden meaning behind Sylvia Plath's "Metaphors" which is about pregnancy (NR).
Travis told us where the main character would die in the poem "Cross"--"in the middle" (DM).
Eric said that Frost may not be talking about just the woods in "Stopping by Woods..." (AH).
Graham felt that "hidings" in "The Whipping" has a double meaning and represents secrets as well as being whipped (RH).
Danny added that "Metaphors" has fruit imagery (SC).
Steve observed that the whipping portrayed a one-sided scenario and caused anger toward the mother (VC).
Words to live by:
"We mortal millions live alone."~Matthew Arnold
"The way to begin is always the same." ~Martha Collins
"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance." ~Alexander Pope
"The art of losing isn't hard to master." ~Elizabeth Bishop
"Do not go gentle into that good night." ~Dylan Thomas
Despite the severe snow storms, field trips, and absences, our class was able to produce a plethora of literary insight and great discussions (DG). We looked at poems such as "The Eagle," "The Whipping," "Mind," and "Cross" (RH). We took these poems and picked a few to discuss intelligently in class (DM). The poetry unit as a whole seemed to be quite enjoyable with the class having to read from a variety of poems in our text (BB). Reader responses have been done for all the chapters and we broke some poems up and ripped them apart (DC). As the weeks progressed we were given the opportunity to write our very own anthology of our top ten poems (TJ).
The workers:
Silverio explained what good poetry was in his heart (BF).
Conor finds the hidden meaning behind Sylvia Plath's "Metaphors" which is about pregnancy (NR).
Travis told us where the main character would die in the poem "Cross"--"in the middle" (DM).
Eric said that Frost may not be talking about just the woods in "Stopping by Woods..." (AH).
Graham felt that "hidings" in "The Whipping" has a double meaning and represents secrets as well as being whipped (RH).
Danny added that "Metaphors" has fruit imagery (SC).
Steve observed that the whipping portrayed a one-sided scenario and caused anger toward the mother (VC).
Words to live by:
"We mortal millions live alone."~Matthew Arnold
"The way to begin is always the same." ~Martha Collins
"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance." ~Alexander Pope
"The art of losing isn't hard to master." ~Elizabeth Bishop
"Do not go gentle into that good night." ~Dylan Thomas
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