the sky is rainbow color

I liked the poem from a modern time period why? because there easier to understand from the first time period we did, there's no confusing words or different writing style. i poem that was like an normal poem then we got the worksheet where it tells us it has more to it. the red whee barrow. at first its about a wheel barrow hat in the rain and its red and is next to white chickens but then its deep meaning is about a doctor talking about a girl none helped.
so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

*insert lame title here*

The time period I like the most is the one William Blake is in. I don't remember which one that is lol. I think it was the period where the poets used logic and stuff. If so, then the poem Tyger Tyger is the poem I choose. This poem was questioning God, asking how can he create good and evil. It makes the reader actually sit down and think about these types of things. Did the one who made the goat make you? Blake is asking the tiger these questions as if the animal can answer him back. The main idea is that some questions don't really have an answer, but it takes lots of thought to come up with an idea.

Ciera.

Funeral blues

I would say "Funeral Blues". I love that poem. My favorite lines are " your are my north my south my east and west". I would say that is sooooo cute. He loved his partner but his liver dies. Thats so sad. It shows how much he loved his partner and eants everything to stop. Sad thing time can't stop.

The Red Wheel barrow

So Much Depends

upon

a Wheel

barrow

Glazed with rain

water

besides the white

chickens

by: W.C. Williams

I think this poem was from the modern time period. I like that time period because it was to the point. The poem can have many different type of meanings or it can just literally mean a red wheel barrow with rain water. The modern time period was much easier to read and understand. The poems meaning are literally what the poem is saying. I really enjoyed reading this poem because the last line I see it as been a random thing the poet saw and added it to the poem.

I'm Not Sure

Read the poem below: "Homage to My Hips"
these hips are big hips
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
petty places. these hips
are free hips.
they don't like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top!
-Lucille Clifton
I don't remember what type of poem this is but i agree with Vanessa this was the best poem we have read so far. It told me that big women/girls shouldn't be embarrassed of their size and their hips. The speaker of the poem was determined to get her point across. She is proud of her size/hips, but mainly her hips. She knows that not all women are skinny and she know that some women struggle with their weight. The speaker wants the reader and audience to understand her connection to big women. The speaker stays positive and and at the end was the best part. Towards the end of the poem she says how those hips also get men to do what she want them to do. They have a spell on men! Those hips are also strong. Lastly I like the the fact that i can break it down and understand the concept of the poem.! Nice Choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Modern Period!

I believe the period that i kind of liked was the Modern Period poems. I choose "The Mending Wall" is one of the poems from the Modern era. I know this is goint to sound like the last week's post, but that was kind of the only "interesting" poem from them all. This poem shows the real message of the Modern period, which was the change. Sadly, the poems shows how some people are up for a change, but the rest are pretty much afraid of chance and difference. This poem could be compared to one of my favorite stories, "The Lottery". The story hase the same message.

ROMANTICISM

Q: Of all the time periods we've studied (Classical, Medieval, Renaissance/Reformation, Neoclassical/Enlightenment, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Post-Modern), which is your favorite? Choose a poem from that time period to explain why.

A: My favorite time period would Romanticism 1790-1830. Romanticism with a capital "R" that talks about a writer in a specific time period. I liked this time period because it spoke of the nature being beautiful and listening to your heart, and making your own choices. I poem that I really liked during this time period is the poem of "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake, I really liked this poem because of the way Blake describes the life of England. This poem just has so much detail in it and the way Blake takes about the boys life. ROMANTICISM RULES!!!!

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I guess In a way I would have to say that I like the Post Modern period because it wasn't just all positive, It was just realistic. This is whats happening with no sugar coating what so ever. I don't like to sugar coat things, I only like sugar in my candy XD, and if needed be Its only necessary to sugar coat things when the time is right. Only when necessary.

Poems Poems Poems

Oh my god there are sooooo many good poems out there from many time periods and it is very hard to choose from. Since I have to the poem I would choose is "Funeral Blues", this is such a good poem that shows many great emotions and feelings coming from the speaker. I absolutley loved the words that W.H Auden used to write his poem. After finding out that he was gay and that this poem might have been dedicated to his lover makes it even a better poem because you can see with your own eyes the pain that he whent through after his death. Most importantly you can realize the love he felt towards his lover and it is the most cutest thing in the world to see how well he expressed himself in the poem.

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I also loved the poem about the hips I think it is a very touching one that can hel women see how important they are. Also that poem brings back a lot of memories about slavery.

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I also loved this poem. It shows so much meaning and it is also very easy to understand what the speaker was talking about. I would defwnetly like my future husband to say this story when it is my funeral.

2+2= Fish :D

The tittle of this blog post may confuse you but that is not what this is about.

My favorite poet is W.H. Auden. Why? My research paper is about him and there is not much criticism to be found. The poem I like the best from W.H. Auden is not, "As I Walked Out One Evening", but "Funeral Blues". "Funeral Blues" is a lovely poem about a person who has just lost a loved one, particularly a lover, wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc. After having lost a loved one a person wonders how can the world keep going after a tragedy o this magnitude has completely changed the world to them, they just want the whole universe to stop what they are doing. That is totally understandable.

Funeral Blues

My favorite poem is "Funeral Blues" by W. H. Auden. I liked this poem because when i first began to read it I did not think it was about his lover. Then the poem became very personal. I loved the stanza especially the lines where he says " He was my North, my South, my East and my West". That line right there explains how much his lover meant to him. It shows so much love and strength in that line. I really liked this poem because he made it clear how much in love he was with his lover.

Here I go!

My favorite poem is Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson. This poem is very different than other poems I have read. This poem basically tell a story about a man name richard cory who was very rich but deep inside he was sad and not very happy. Richard killed himself because he was truly unhappy. People wonder why he would do such a thing but it was probably because money he had didn't make him haopy he wanted much more than that. But he didn't get what he thirst for so he kill himself. Anyway I love poems by Robinson i feel like when i read this poem i felt i was in the poem.

Yeahhh...I am the 1st one..lol

"Homage to My Hips"

these hips are big hips
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
petty places. these hips
are free hips.
they don't like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top!

-Lucille Clifton

Of all the time periods we have studied (Classical, Medieval, Renaissance/Reformation, Neoclassical/Enlightenment, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Post-Modern), my favorite poem is "Homage to my Hips". Many women are ashamed of having big hips, but the speaker in the poem is so confident and honest with herself. She does not care if she has big hips. She is proud of her big hips. At the beginning of the poem on the first line "these hips are big hips", the speaker is aware of society's problems that have with female body figures.In this poem hips are describe as free and had never been enslaved, they go and do what they want to do. The speaker also describes her hips magical because her hips can do their job and put a spell on a man, in other words seduce the man.By the end of the poem her hips are magical and seductive when ever she wants them to be. I like this poem because the speaker says positive things about having big hips and she is proud of how she looks and what god gave her. Also I like it because is not to difficult to find the real meaning of the poem.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, December 11, you must post a response to the following question:

Of all the time periods we've studied (Classical, Medieval, Renaissance/Reformation, Neoclassical/Enlightenment, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Post-Modern), which is your favorite? Choose a poem from that time period to explain why.

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

the red weel barrow

I think that this poem fits in to the idea of modern poetry because it is a very very very short poem. I still think poems can be made out of anything and dont have a big significance. This poem even though it is very short shows to symbolise something else. This poem also is very east to read and it is very simple. All that the poem talks about is white hens next to a red weel barrow with rain. All that to symbolise a pure girl that dide and blood being washed away. I think that this poem is an example of modern poetry because it is simple and short but not only that has a bigger meaning inside of it, even though the meaninge may seem small also.

That plum poem... [i forgot the title]

I think this poem its the characteristics of Modern Literature because it's just a note Williams Carlos Williams wrote to his wife. Modern Lit is described as being real. In this poem, WCW was talking about how he ate the plums that were supposed to be for breakfast. At least he was being honest. Then, he sarcastically asked for forgiveness. How much more modern can it get? This poem also makes it possible to write a poem out of anything. You could just bunch some words together and you have a poem.

Ciera.

William Carlitos Williams :D

To begin with this author might have the weirdest name but he was an excellent writer, when I first saw the poem of the plums or the red wheelbarrow I thought they were the most weird poems I have ever read. William on the other hand made those poems seems like poems and not just a simple letter than he leaves his wife asking for forgiveness. These two poems by William Carlos Williams in my opinion has all the qualities of the Modern Literature, I say this because in his works he is able to show that poetry can be found in every single word out there. The only thing needed to do is find how to put them together and be able to show meaning and symbolism. Carlos was not afraid of change that is why most of his poems include grammatical errors, for example, in the poems I stated above he uses no capitalization, no commas, only one period at the end of the poem. He in my opinion was the one that loved to experiment and come up with new ideas during the Modern Time.

Remove the Wall

I would also choose Mending wall because it's almost about making a change. And it's reality and experiential. It's about a wall that basically doesn't have to be there. One side wants to keep tradition and be a friend to his neighbor because that's what his father taught him. The other side is like scared of change. Either way change is going to happen. But i really like this poem. Making a change is good.

And I say...

So I forgot you guys said that we couldn't post comments using the ipod so here goes:

1. To Sara: I like Esbeidy's interpretation of this poem it was really funny. I think Shafferd thought the same thing to : ).
2. To Cristal: Hello Kitty really? Well, I think the red wheel barrow was a good poem. I never thought that chickens could represent angels. :D

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To Sarita: I like the plums too! It was such a weird poem you know? It was so short and simple but meant soo much.
To Yari: The Mending wall really made me think about why we celebrate things and we dont even know how it started or anything.

Hello Kitty :D

I like the poem the Red Wheel Barrow because of Hello Kitty's bow. I am just kidding. :) At First I thought it was a normal boring poem about some chickens outside next to a red wheel barrow. Something normal and insignificant but really it was about so much more. The blood is a signal of blood of someone dying. The water is a symbol for sadness and renewal. The white chickens are angels in heaven. All put together it means that even though the person is dead a new peaceful awesome life begins.

Plums.

Whatever that plum poem was called..

It is for sure modern literature. It's so brief and only one sentence, yet so many different conversations and thoughts come off of it. The wording and structure was poetic yet conversational. Such a chill idea of being blunt with a simple, "Hey, I ate your plums okay?"

When you think that everything is as understanding as the words he used, so many more interpretations could be made. Such as, it's a trick and he is getting back at someone by eating their plums or that he cheated on them and was just stating how easy and cold that person was to begin with.

I like to watch things die from a distance!

The modern literature poem I like the best is (drum roll) Out, Out-- by Robert Frost. It talks about a little kid working hard like a man, he accidentally cuts off his hand and dies bleeding. One would think that people would mourn for his lost but they just turn around and keep going with there life. That is, after all, what society encourages us to do. This poem has a much deeper meaning, it is saying that we do not pay attention to the injustices and misery around us until it is directly affecting us. Which is very true.

I choose...

"Mending Wall" by Robert Frost. This poem has many characteristics of the Modern period (1914-1945). For example, the Modern period is all about new ideas and experimentation, and this poem has the idea on new ideas and experimentation. The speaker of the poem (Kandy) is rebuilding the wall between his neighbor (Lisa) and him/her (Kandy), but then he/she (Kandy) starts questioning the wall. The speaker (Kandy) tries to convience his neighbor (Lisa) to have no wall and just be neighbors because he says that either way "He (Lisa) is all pine and I (Kandy) am apple orchard./ My apple trees will never get across/ And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him" (24-26). The neighbor (Lisa) responds by saying that "Good fences make good neighbors" (27). The neighbor (Lisa), like most of the people is afraid of new ideas, changes, and the different, unlike the neighbor (Lisa), the speaker (Kandy) wants to try something new. This poem has all the characteristics of the Modern period.