Blog #14

Continuing with the poetry project had been fun. I enjoy reading about all the change that had taken place in such a short time period. The Victorians had a tough age to live in. Everything they knew was changing, social classes, working conditions, women's rights. This was the time of change.

This era really paved the way for life as we know it know. Without these events we could still all be different people. Women couldn't be educated, we would all still be on farms. And this industrialization showed on the poetry of the Victorians. But even with all this stuff I learned I want to be done with this project.

Blog #13

So this poetry project is going to be interesting. I have already learned some new things and hope to find much more. The Victorians were complicated people. They kind of piggy backed off the romantics for awhile but then their world started to change on big ways. Which in return would change the style of writing.

Some of the major events that changed the Victorians include the industrial revolution, Darwin's book and idea off evolution, and peoples perception of God. These are all serious events that really made people think about their lives in a new light. I'm excited to learn more and present my findings with my group.

Blog #12

In class we have been discussing the poems we have read. I enjoy reading and talking about them. I like seeing how every person gets something different out of the poems. Someone always finds a different angle to look at the words.

I always find multiple meanings. I can never decide what is the right one. Probably because there isn't a right one in poetry. Only the author really knows what it is about. Readers can only guess and hope to get the message the author wanted to portray. Again this is why poetry is always my favorite unit. Everything you read is different and interesting. You never read the same story twice.

Blog #11

I have quite enjoyed the poetry unit it has been very interesting. I like poetry and how it makes you think. There is never one answer. I enjoy some poems and author more than others. Some of them make you think more and really have to search for a meaning. Where as others are just plain crazy and are writing babble.

But the reading and decoding their messages is always fun. You never truly know what the author wants you to see, its all up to imagination. Which is the best thing about poetry. You can never be wrong. Everyone is against Tennyson and Dickinson but I have always enjoyed their poems the most. They bring real challenge and always have incredible detail and meaning.