Mending Wall Test

Today in class, we took a test on analyzing poems and on structure, characterization, and more. In the multiple choice section, the questions were kind of hard because I couldn’t understand what some of the questions were asking. On the test, there were poems that I were familiar with, which was the poems we analyzed in class. It made the test more easier because I already knew what the poems were about. I eliminated answers that I knew didn’t have anything to do with the poems. With the essay, we had to analyze “The Last Night that She Lived” poem by Emily Dickson. We had to write a paragraph on what the poem was about, we had to come up with a claim and have two evidence to represent our claim. It took me forever to analyze the poem, but I realized what the poem was about and I’m finally understanding on how to analyze a poem. It took me a long time, but I’m just happy that I’m finally making progress.

Remembrance Multiple Choice Corrections

Today in class, we were put into groups to correct our answers from a test we took last week. I didn’t understand the poem, which made the test hard but I still managed to pass the test. After we analyzed the poem, it gave me an better understating on what the poem was actually about. Dayleigh and I looked into the question and eliminated the answers that we knew wasn’t the answer to the question. Everyone corrections were graded and half of the class did excellent. Dayleigh and I didn’t approve, but we still managed to do our best on the corrections.

Group Assignment

In class, we were assigned into groups to analyze on Emily Dickson poem. My group was assigned to analyze “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?”. Everyone in the group had the same perspective on what the poem was about, we used all the techniques that was taught in class. We reflected that the speaker was telling us(the audience) that he/she is a nobody. The speaker was stating that he/she is their own person and that they don’t want to fit into the crowd for them to be known. After analyzing the poem, my group presented it to the class. Everyone understood the poem and I think that I’m finally getting the hang of analyzing poem. I feel that I understand analyzing poems whenever I’m in a group of people that understands it better then I do, which helps me understand it more. 

Analyzing Emily Dickson Poem

Throughout "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain" I reflected that the speaker dealt with depression mentally. The speaker experiences the loss of self and that she didn't know how to react to the thoughts that she had, which made the speaker sense a lot of sadness in her mind. In class, we analyzed the poem, which helped me a lot because I didn't understand the poem at all. I'm still kind of struggling on how to analyze a poem because there are some words I'm still not familiar with. I'm also not familiar with some of the figurative language, which is another reason why I have a difficult time analyzing poems. I going to make myself practice more on analyzing poems and use all the techniques Mr. Rease taught us in class, so that i can get the hang of it.