Which is the "easiest" poem in the collection so far? For me, "Walking
Home" (44) is the least challenging of the poems in this early part of
the reading. Do you agree or would you suggest a different one? What
makes a poem easy to read? If this poem--or a different one--is easy to
understand, does that make it superior or inferior to more difficult
ones? Speaking of difficulty, which poem so far have you struggled with
the most?
Also, what makes these poems? (As opposed to prose.) What stylistic
qualities have you noticed in addition to line breaks? Rhyme? Metaphor?
Rhythm?
What questions do you have so far?
Also, a reminder: We will be meeting in class tomorrow (Th. 2/14, Happy Valentines Day) for our group critique. You only need to bring one copy of your draft b/c we'll be heading over to the Writing Center for the second half of class.
Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 102 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
From the poems I read so far in the collection, I have noticed a lot of different styles the authors are using that I was not aware of. I am definitely starting to learn more about poems. I started to notice they all cannot be read the same way. The shorter poems are the ones I understood and enjoyed the most. For example, I enjoyed reading "Miscarriage" by Allison Adair, the language she used made it interesting. " Pied Beauty" by Nauseen Eusuf and "Birds Punctuate the Days" by Joyce Clement. I also think shorter the poems are the stronger it is. "The opposite Game" by Brendan Constantine was fascinating, "The opposite of a gun is where you point it to," although it was not short I liked the style he used. Overall I thought I would not enjoy poetry as much but I am actually drawn by it as we are reading and I like that you can have many thoughts as to what the poems really mean.
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