The first poem "How is your heart" connects to the tough times when nothing is going right but at the same time there is a feeling of not careing anymore the feeling of being content with life.In a few blogs about being a teenager they can connect to Bukowski's poem sometimes life is not all about butterfly's and rainbows but about the hard times,getting through them and finding the good in all of it.
"To a stranger" is connected to the relationship with yourself, what is going through your head and making things up. Thinking what if life was the way you wanted it to be.Walt Whitman's poem has many meanings but it is mainly about dreaming, to show the world who you really are but can't from fear. This happens all the time to teenagers, the fear of others judging you for who you are.
The last poem "Unentitled" by Jennifer L'Hirondelle is about having a place to go a safe haven.For many people a room can provide a feeling of being safe and wanting to always be in the same spot because of the connection to that place.Jennifers poem is also saying how she is unentitled to her favorite spot because she does not own it, the feeling of being undeserving is a common emotion that many people go through. Perceiving oneself as undeserving is common in the teen years as many teenagers have low self-esteem.
I so agree with you and i have felt that way before when you said you get attached to the place you think is safe and also i know a lot of people who have a low self-esteem. :)
ReplyDeleteI like your idea. You should consider putting some quotes in your writing to explain your idea a bit more and check some of your grammar. Overall, great job and keep up the good work :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post and good comments too. You need quotes from the poems to solidify your understanding of them. It would also be good to have a concluding paragraph of some sort that connects the poems or your idea into one final thought.
ReplyDeleteGreat job saying how you get attached to the place you think is safe, happens to me all the time. If life was the way I wanted it to be it sure would be in a different way. You described the 3 poems very well. Try to use quotes to add to your poems :)
ReplyDeletei really like how you structured your response
ReplyDeleteYour essay is detailed, I like how you talked about the 3 poems and their messages but you should have a conclusion to wrap things up and to end it.
ReplyDeleteGood Job!
I like how wrote about how you interpreted what poem is suppose to be about and that you started the sentence with an intro instead of jumping straight into the poems, but I think that you could have made more connections between the poems and yourself. Other then that good job!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your essay I liked how you talked about each poem we did and what connects with each poem!:)
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