The poem I'm reading tomorrow is called Difference. At first I chose this poem because I like things about the mind; psychology is really interesting to me. I thought it was about the different parts of one persons mind or was just really trippy at first, but after reading it several times I saw that I was wrong. The author is comparing two people's minds, his and anothers I'm guessing.
I connected with the poem a lot once I figured this part out, and then decided to make it mine. I see it as comparing a mind like mine that has seen ugly destruction and heard things no one wants to in it's past, and how those memories affect everything I see now verses a fresh, innocent mind like that of a baby who knows nothing but of beautiful discoveries and love.
As far as my presentation goes, I don't want to plan out every single voice or movement I'm going to be doing, because I don't really want it to look rehearsed. I want it to look like it comes from me without me having to think about it too much, because that's what makes a person understand a poem. Or at least how I come to understand one.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Poetry... Out Loud
Part Uno:
1.Keeping Things Whole By Mark Strand
2.Broken Promises By David Kirby
3.Eating Poetry By Mark Strand
4.Full Moon By Elinor Wylie, The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Part Dos:
Out of the poems above, I liked "Eating Poetry" best because the way Sara read it was really funny. Which would probably be offensive to the author but it's just the truth man. On a serious note, "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" was a keeper because I felt like I could relate to where the author was coming from.
I probably should have read the sheet prior to making my list of poems, because I tried to choose ones I liked. Out of them, though, I would say "Broken Promises" was my least favorite. It was kind of weird for the author to randomly scream, "you bastards!", and made me think of the poem as a joke.
I accidentally read question 3 from part one wrong, but I showed my dad the poem "Differences" by Stephen Vincent Bene't when he asked me why I was using the printer. Anyways, I'm going to perform this poem because it was published in 1918, the same time as WW1. I really like looking at poems or song lyrics and trying to find hidden meaning, and it seems like there's hidden meaning in this poem.
I personally connected with this poem because people's minds and how they work or how they view certain things is absolutely fascinating to me, and this poem let's me see inside the authors mind, because the poem is written about the different aspects of the author's mind.
Part Tres:
I think Understanding of the poem will be easiest for me. He refers to the "dark side of the moon", and I was curious whether he was making a reference to Pink Floyd or if he was actually using the expression, so I researched when the poem published. (1918) From there I realized WW1 was either happening or had just ended, which made the poem make more sense. There is no way Bene't's life didn't have an impact by the war, so history had a lot to do with the meaning of the poem.
I'm not really sure what the criteria is but I have a feeling memorization might be a problem. I don't always have the best study habbits.
I don't have knowledge of the criteria other than when you showed us the chart in class.
Part Cuatro:
Well it's kind of late and I don't want to wake everyone up by watching videos, so I understand if you dock me points on this section. But I'm sure they're all really good. The readers did go to nationals.. they're not going to be bad it's just common sense.
Part Cinco:
The Poetry Out Loud website had a lot of poems so I don't think choosing a different one than my classmates will be easy. Again, "Difference" is the poem I will be reciting. I'll do my best, which should be just fine.
1.Keeping Things Whole By Mark Strand
2.Broken Promises By David Kirby
3.Eating Poetry By Mark Strand
4.Full Moon By Elinor Wylie, The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Part Dos:
Out of the poems above, I liked "Eating Poetry" best because the way Sara read it was really funny. Which would probably be offensive to the author but it's just the truth man. On a serious note, "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" was a keeper because I felt like I could relate to where the author was coming from.
I probably should have read the sheet prior to making my list of poems, because I tried to choose ones I liked. Out of them, though, I would say "Broken Promises" was my least favorite. It was kind of weird for the author to randomly scream, "you bastards!", and made me think of the poem as a joke.
I accidentally read question 3 from part one wrong, but I showed my dad the poem "Differences" by Stephen Vincent Bene't when he asked me why I was using the printer. Anyways, I'm going to perform this poem because it was published in 1918, the same time as WW1. I really like looking at poems or song lyrics and trying to find hidden meaning, and it seems like there's hidden meaning in this poem.
I personally connected with this poem because people's minds and how they work or how they view certain things is absolutely fascinating to me, and this poem let's me see inside the authors mind, because the poem is written about the different aspects of the author's mind.
Part Tres:
I think Understanding of the poem will be easiest for me. He refers to the "dark side of the moon", and I was curious whether he was making a reference to Pink Floyd or if he was actually using the expression, so I researched when the poem published. (1918) From there I realized WW1 was either happening or had just ended, which made the poem make more sense. There is no way Bene't's life didn't have an impact by the war, so history had a lot to do with the meaning of the poem.
I'm not really sure what the criteria is but I have a feeling memorization might be a problem. I don't always have the best study habbits.
I don't have knowledge of the criteria other than when you showed us the chart in class.
Part Cuatro:
Well it's kind of late and I don't want to wake everyone up by watching videos, so I understand if you dock me points on this section. But I'm sure they're all really good. The readers did go to nationals.. they're not going to be bad it's just common sense.
Part Cinco:
The Poetry Out Loud website had a lot of poems so I don't think choosing a different one than my classmates will be easy. Again, "Difference" is the poem I will be reciting. I'll do my best, which should be just fine.
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