This week our professor is asking us to write a poem, so i wrote this poem "I Could Not Stop"
I Could Not Stop
why flowers wither
why people are dying
why there is an end
why the sun goes down
But I Can Stop
worrying about them
thinking too much
being negative
being depressed
Everybody Has Up And Down
like the sun goes up
and comes down
---viann
2014年10月12日星期日
2014年10月4日星期六
Blog 3: "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" P.E.E. body paragraphs
This week we are still working on P.E.E body paragraphs we need to choose the best thesis statement from our classmates so i am going to analyze one more poem with the best thesis statement from my classmate. The poem “Because I could not stop for Death(1890), Emily Dickinson exposes that death is the only sure thing we have, we all have to go through death at some point in our live. The moment to die is going to come whether you feel like you are ready to go or not. At the end of the day is not our decision to make. Death is inevitable and merely a short passage or carriage ride towards eternity.
According to the speakers tone i think she is neutral about death and she seems like accepted it. She is using past tense to describe her life after death. she is having a ride with death. she uses word such as "Civility"(8) to describe death, this word identifies death as a "gentleman".
it is not something that we need to be afraid of. it leads us toward eternity. the speaker uses "we" to describe her and death instead of separating them i think they are already united once you die. it is like a guard that will protect you when you are passing through the path towards heaven.
There is a changing to the pattern of the anaphora "we passed...we passed...we passed..."(9-12) to "we paused"(17) changing the anaphora gives a meaning that the speakers stop to the places where she shared her best moments in life. the house represent her grave where her body rest, but her soul continued the journey.
At the end of this poem the sun sets. it is the end of their journey. the speaker becomes cold. i think this is when she realizes that she is really dead and cannot turn back. however, she is not afraid of it, she is accepting it and she is calm. she finds her peace land in the heaven. there is a new life waiting for her. the speaker knows it is not the end of her life because there is eternity after death.
According to the speakers tone i think she is neutral about death and she seems like accepted it. She is using past tense to describe her life after death. she is having a ride with death. she uses word such as "Civility"(8) to describe death, this word identifies death as a "gentleman".
it is not something that we need to be afraid of. it leads us toward eternity. the speaker uses "we" to describe her and death instead of separating them i think they are already united once you die. it is like a guard that will protect you when you are passing through the path towards heaven.
There is a changing to the pattern of the anaphora "we passed...we passed...we passed..."(9-12) to "we paused"(17) changing the anaphora gives a meaning that the speakers stop to the places where she shared her best moments in life. the house represent her grave where her body rest, but her soul continued the journey.
At the end of this poem the sun sets. it is the end of their journey. the speaker becomes cold. i think this is when she realizes that she is really dead and cannot turn back. however, she is not afraid of it, she is accepting it and she is calm. she finds her peace land in the heaven. there is a new life waiting for her. the speaker knows it is not the end of her life because there is eternity after death.
2014年9月27日星期六
Blog 2: [What lips have kissed, and where, and why] P.E.E. body paragraphs
St. Vincent Millay’s “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” suggests that we must cherish what we have now because we never know when we will lose it forever.---Viann
This week we are learning how to write P.E.E (point> evidence> explanation) body paragraphs. I am going to write about [what lips have kissed, and where, and why] by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The speaker states that "I only know that summer sang in me a little while, that in me sings no more"(13-14). The speaker is referring summer to her past, that time when she was still young and have many lovers. This word "Summer" also has multi-meanings, it can be also interpreted as happiness, flirtatious, young, alive and also the time when she was sexually active. Summer only sang in her a little while because we know that time pass fast, we grow old without noticing it. Time never stop for us.
"Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, nor knows that birds have vanished one by one."(9-10) The speaker portrays herself as a lonely winter tree and her lovers as birds. We know that trees are "naked" during winter time so the speaker is saying that she is now old and all her lovers had left her already. Being alone for rest of your life is a terrible thing. The speaker is alone and without physical affection. The speaker noticed it too late and she is now alone, birds are gone now. The speaker had also forgotten her past as she mentioned in line 2-3 "i have forgotten, and what arms have lain under my head till morning." It expressed sadness, regrets and lonesomeness in search of love. she feels sad that she has only lost but never gained. love is not something that you can keep forever so cherish it when you have it don't be regret when you lose it.
This week we are learning how to write P.E.E (point> evidence> explanation) body paragraphs. I am going to write about [what lips have kissed, and where, and why] by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The speaker states that "I only know that summer sang in me a little while, that in me sings no more"(13-14). The speaker is referring summer to her past, that time when she was still young and have many lovers. This word "Summer" also has multi-meanings, it can be also interpreted as happiness, flirtatious, young, alive and also the time when she was sexually active. Summer only sang in her a little while because we know that time pass fast, we grow old without noticing it. Time never stop for us.
"Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, nor knows that birds have vanished one by one."(9-10) The speaker portrays herself as a lonely winter tree and her lovers as birds. We know that trees are "naked" during winter time so the speaker is saying that she is now old and all her lovers had left her already. Being alone for rest of your life is a terrible thing. The speaker is alone and without physical affection. The speaker noticed it too late and she is now alone, birds are gone now. The speaker had also forgotten her past as she mentioned in line 2-3 "i have forgotten, and what arms have lain under my head till morning." It expressed sadness, regrets and lonesomeness in search of love. she feels sad that she has only lost but never gained. love is not something that you can keep forever so cherish it when you have it don't be regret when you lose it.
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2014年9月20日星期六
Blog 1: "Indian Summer"
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This is a very simple poem, it contains two stanzas, as simple as it appears. Dorothy Parker used words "In youth"(1) to describe the time when we were young. when we are young we usually do things to please others but we forget about our own feelings. I'm not sure if the speaker is a female or not, but we can tell that women usually do things to please men they like. so i assume that the speaker is a female. she talked about "every passing lad" its like all the wrong guys that we have met, when we see and experience more we will learn from them. We become more independence and we don't rely on others, like the speaker said "To Hell"(8). We dont have to "suit his theories"(4) anymore.
FALL
tumble, decline, downfall, autumn, drop
falling in love is like dropping into a black hole.
--- xingmei yang
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