pOeTrY

i am going to have to verify that no, poetry is not my favorite source of literary entertainment. while i have never claimed to be a poet nor a writer of any kind, some poetry i do enjoy picking apart...but sometimes i just like to read it for fun! especially these poems of epic proportions, such as Keat's "ode to a nightingale" and coleridge's "rhime of the ancient mariner". while the latter is one of my favorite works, i feel that some epic poems are just too long! i get so into the story and forget to look for the meaning of what i am studying. "michael" just had too much description throughout, but it turned out to be a really nice story...yet i could have done without some of the 400 descriptions of the hills. i do have one favorite "epic" poem that i can suggest with total bias because i just think she is an awesome writer/poet whom i studied in my sophomore brit lit class; the poem is called "goblin market" and was written by christina rossetti in the 1860's (i think you can find the full version on wikipedia or google). it was intended to be a bedtime story for children, but some say it may be more of an appropriate bedtime read for adults...

Week #1

Well, so far I have successfully learned how to start my own blog and become apart of about a million other different websites, but nothing much else! I have already read the novels required for this course, but am really looking forward to the short readings! Have a great Spring Break everyone!