"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
I believe that Robert Frost is a classical writer of poetry. A famous poem, "The Road Not Taken," is one of his that I have read before, and in my perspective, a poem that is straight to the point. That is definitely something I really like about this poem, which is why I chose to reflect on it. As an overview, I believe that the poem is about a person choosing a path that many people do not choose, whether it being right or wrong. Beginning with the middle of line 3, to the end of line 5, I read it as if Frost is talking about the journey of life. We can only see the immediate future, and we can't see past the "undergrowth." Lines 14 and 15 are another pair of lines with major significance in my mind. When he writes, "Yet knowing how way leads on to way,/ I doubted if i should ever come back." Once again, I believe that Frost is writing on a life voyage. Here, I depict his writing as if he is looking back at some certain decisions, and is stating that if he were back in the same position, he would change what he did.
Week 2: Thursday Jan. 26th
"A Coat" by William Butler Yeats
I decided to reflect on one of William Butler Yeats shorter poems. There is definitely a reason why this man was awarded a Nobel Prize because just this poem alone shows how intelligient he was. I was amazed at how much meaning was within so little words. In this poem, he makes a personal story into what I think can be seen in many different ways. I honestly had to read it a numerous amount of times to decide on what I thought it really meant. What made my decision was the statement "As though they'd wrought it." This led me to believe that he was actually speaking of his style of poetry. I analyzed this poem as him saying that he had wrote things in his own original way and other people stole this from him. "But the fools caught it, Wore it in the world's eyes." This shows that they used his ideas as their own; therefore, the "coat" is obviously a metaphor for something that has much greater value. I think when he says, "Song, let them take it, For there's more enterprise In walking naked." he is saying that he would much rather give that up and be original, honest, and real than be fake and use someone else's work.
I decided to reflect on one of William Butler Yeats shorter poems. There is definitely a reason why this man was awarded a Nobel Prize because just this poem alone shows how intelligient he was. I was amazed at how much meaning was within so little words. In this poem, he makes a personal story into what I think can be seen in many different ways. I honestly had to read it a numerous amount of times to decide on what I thought it really meant. What made my decision was the statement "As though they'd wrought it." This led me to believe that he was actually speaking of his style of poetry. I analyzed this poem as him saying that he had wrote things in his own original way and other people stole this from him. "But the fools caught it, Wore it in the world's eyes." This shows that they used his ideas as their own; therefore, the "coat" is obviously a metaphor for something that has much greater value. I think when he says, "Song, let them take it, For there's more enterprise In walking naked." he is saying that he would much rather give that up and be original, honest, and real than be fake and use someone else's work.
Week 2: Tuesday Jan. 24th
"The Voice" by Thomas Hardy
As a girl I am very attracted to the poems that deal with love and relationships; furthermore, I found Thomas Hardy's poems to be quite interesting. The emotion in his poems caused me to connect to his words better than I did the other authors. I found my greatest connection to be with his poem "The Voice", which is why I chose to reflect on this piece.
This poem starts off in an imaginary state because he talks about hearing this woman calling to him, but in reality he isn't really hearing this woman's voice. He is reflecting on what used to be his. After analyzing the poem many times I believe he is speaking of a woman that used to be his that has passed away. He says "Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then..." He knows that this is not possible, but he uses his memories of this woman like her air-blue gown to bring him the emotions and feelings that he once had. I like how he finds things in nature to illustrate the beauty that he saw in her like "the breeze" and "the wet mead". It seems at the beginning of the poem he can feel her callings strongly and towards the end as he states "Leaves around me falling, Wind oozing thin..." the callings begin to drift; however, she still doesn't vanish from his mind.
I tend to enjoy love stories that end with a "happily ever after", but this poem shows such a unique feeling that is irresistable.
As a girl I am very attracted to the poems that deal with love and relationships; furthermore, I found Thomas Hardy's poems to be quite interesting. The emotion in his poems caused me to connect to his words better than I did the other authors. I found my greatest connection to be with his poem "The Voice", which is why I chose to reflect on this piece.
This poem starts off in an imaginary state because he talks about hearing this woman calling to him, but in reality he isn't really hearing this woman's voice. He is reflecting on what used to be his. After analyzing the poem many times I believe he is speaking of a woman that used to be his that has passed away. He says "Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then..." He knows that this is not possible, but he uses his memories of this woman like her air-blue gown to bring him the emotions and feelings that he once had. I like how he finds things in nature to illustrate the beauty that he saw in her like "the breeze" and "the wet mead". It seems at the beginning of the poem he can feel her callings strongly and towards the end as he states "Leaves around me falling, Wind oozing thin..." the callings begin to drift; however, she still doesn't vanish from his mind.
I tend to enjoy love stories that end with a "happily ever after", but this poem shows such a unique feeling that is irresistable.
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