Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Christmas Time by Courtney Mayer

Well hello again, for the month of December I have decided to post a blog about Christmas. The poem that I chose to do this month is called Christmas Time by Courtney Mayer. I chose this poem because I wanted to chose a poem based on the month, since this month is about Christmas I decided chose a Christmas poem, in January the poem would be about resolutions and a new year.

To me, this poem sounds kind of like "oh my god, another Christmas." I don't know why but it sounds like this person does not like Christmas or just looks at the bad things about Christmas. For example, in the poem it says: Nows' the time that it gets cold. It's getting close to the holidays, these Christmas songs are getting really old. Ain't these times supposed to be jolly days? Well, it really doesn't sound that way but it sounds bad. You'll be the judge of that.

To me, the poem means that Christmas time is the time where the family will gather and some relatives will pinch your cheeks even though you don't like it. Personally, I don't like my relatives pinch my cheeks because when they do it, it hurts a lot. Anyway, it also means that almost everyday carolers will be singing outside your door until you get tired of the same Christmas songs. When you go outside to play, you tend to fall and skin your knees. What the author is trying to say is that even though Christmas is the time where we all tend to be happy we still have some sad parts.

If you have other meanings to this poem please put it, it would really help.you be the judge of that.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/christmas-time-19/

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Door in the Dark By: Robert Frost

This poem is about about someone is in the dark and is trying to get to the door that is in the dark. The person is reaching into the dark and reaches for the door. That person gets the door and he tries to open it. When the person opens the door, the door slams into his face, unguard, and the door hits him in the face really hard that he sort of loses conscious( he doesn't fall). Now the things are not the same as they were before he was hit in the head.
I chose this poem because Robert Frost poems are really good to read. He puts thought into his poems and it shows. Robert knows how to captivate his audience with is poems. Frost has written various poems and they have been translated into different languages.

P.S. you may see some more Robert Frost poems.

http://www.ketzle.com/frost/doorinda.htm

Monday, October 20, 2008

Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson

This poem talks about death. It mainly talks about how death has stopped for him even though he couldn't stop for him. In this poem, death is portrayed as a good person. Emily Dickinson tells her readers in this poem that Death is not always mean that he will wait for you even if you don't want to wait for him.

People often try to portray Death as an evil thing that comes to take you for eternity. People have told this view for centuries. Emily Dickinson did not follow that concept and decided to write about Death in a more friendly way. Usually people would talk bad about death and portray him as a thing that comes and takes you away for eternity. Emily portrays death has a kind thing that waits for you until you are ready and leads you through eternity seeing your love ones as you leave.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Welcome

Hello people from AP English and Composition and maybe other people. My name is Vanessa Reyes and I am in the 11th grade; one more year and I am a senior. My topic that I will be talking about and writing about is poems. On the previous blog I wrote about what is poetry. Throughout the year I am going to be posting up poems or part of poems and analyzing them, I am going post a new poem each month. For now, I am going to welcome you to my blog for this year and maybe continue with it after AP English and Composition. 
The reason why I chose to write about poems and analyzing them is because I really like poems. The way people write about themselves and many other people it is very fascinating. I really enjoy reading poems about people who have gone thought a lot of things and I feel that they are brave because they are able to express themselves in writing and not a lot of people are able to write things down and they act on those emotions without thinking about the consequences. Another reason why I chose to write about poems was because it is an easier way to write than doing it in big paragraphs. 
From poems I understand several things. one thing that I understand is that there is different kinds of style of poems and there are others that are going to discover. I also understand its differences with regular paragraph form. There are many things that I do not know about poems and I really want to learn about it. One thing would be who was the person who wrote the first poem and who discovered it. I also want to know who has made the longest poem or poem related recorded down. 

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Introduction

Poems are a way to express yourself in many ways. The first way to be able to express yourself is when you are mad or feeling something, you can write it down and maybe be able to share it with other people and help them express themselves the way you did. there are different kinds of poetry. one kind of poetry is a found poetry. a found poetry is a poems that is found within a text. another type of poem is called free verse. free verse is poetry without rules.
Poetry is different from a prose and a narrative. A poem has a speaker and not a narrator like a narrative. It has a rhythm and when the words are said it makes a sound and makes the words sound important. In a poem, the words are arranged in lines. Poems can contain metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole and many other types of figure of speech.