november 29

• This past week  we read and studied "Dover Beach".

• We seperated into two large groups and broke down the underlying meaing of the poem.

• In my group I read the poem out loud, this was my contribution to the group, along with a few spit-balled comments here and there.

• No comments this week.

November 21st

We read and analyzed My Last Duchess.

We went into detail of the poem and about how the duke saw his wife as a object to own and show off rather than truly love her.

An insight that I saw was that when the poem is discussed with others it can be cast in a whole new light.  Reading it once or twice by myself won't let me get a firm understanding of the poem as a whole.

I benefit from reading and discussing these poems in class. It helps me understand what the poet is trying to say.

November 7th

This past week we talked about poetry and took some notes on it.  We also read a poem by Robert Frost.

Our main idea that was significant in our discussions this week was the way in which Frost wrote his poem; by using the imaginary and reality.

I learned a lot about poetry.  I honestly have had no to little education on the fundamentals of poetry so it's nice to understand it a little bit better.

I have no questions or comments this week.