Thesis statement

‘A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings’

A very old man with enormous wings was an angel because of these several reasons. Not only the family but also doctor who took care of him saw and examine the angel. After the angel came, only the good event happened, or at least, none of the bad event happened. Lastly, usually angels are the kids flying around God; fully grown angel is common misconception of the people.

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Miss Emily's facebook

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This time, I made a simple outline of how Miss Emily's facebook would look like.
I think Miss Emily will have privacy setting on her facebook page. So that only friends(facebook) could surf on her webpage. Also, I don’t think she would have lots of friends in facebook because also in the story, she really didn’t have any friends other than relatives.
In photos, I don’t think Miss Emily would post many pictures of her. And because of her characteristics that hold on to the past, I think she might have pictures with her dad or Homer. And I don’t think she would have any applications in her facebook page.

I putted pictures of Miss Emily with her dad as the main picture because of she is always holding on to her past. So even if her father died, and gone, I think Miss Emily will post picture of her and her father like as if her father is alive. Also, I am leaving message as a black man because all the other people(not friends in facebook, like Brian Lee) would not able to see her facebook page because of privacy setting. And she might have left the relationship status with Homer Barron up even though she killed Homer. Like as he is alive, like past. And I think she might be socializing with little kids who were taking Emily’s China drawing lessons. So I made her left comment on one of her student’s picture of China drawing. And I left one comment of the druggist because in the story, it seems like druggist was worrying about arsenic a lot.

picture worth thousand words

When I read about ‘We Real Cool’ poem, it keeps remind me of a James Dean. I think this poem really suites well with James Dean’s image and life it selves. I am pretty sure that most people if ever played pool in MU, they recognize this picture, James Dean playing pool with Humphery Bogart and Marilyn Monroe watching them playing. Like in the poem, James dean was a pool player. And the entire image is really matching with James Dean. In the poem, characters in the poem really don’t have reasons to be real cool. So does James Dean in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’.
Like in the poem, James Dean was cool, real cool. And he died soon (1931~1955), like in the poem.

Parody

We real cool

THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon



I real cool

The Book reader
Seven at the school library

I real cool. I
Go school. I

Love privacy. I
Crave supremacy. I

Sit front row A. I
Get all straight A. I

Don’t like party. I
Don’t have time. I

Listen classic. I
Ignore gossip. I

Take Pills for perfect fast brain. I
Make needles for pale blue vain. I

Study alone. I
Die alone.

we real cool

I think this poem could be analyzed in two ways. Either don’t be cool, or be cool.
And this is depend on how individual understand (take) on the last line of the poem.
Let’s see line by line.

The Pool Players: yes they are cool. It is common concept that pool players are tough, cool, and guys.
Seven at the golden shovel: seven people who are real cool. This means group of cool people.
We real cool. We: poem starts out the fact that they are real cool. Not just cool.
Left school.
Lurk late. We
Strike Straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We: these are the entire real cool things that they have done together.
Die soon : this last line maybe trying to tell readers multiple things.
One thins is that don’t be cool because you will sin, live like trash, and die soon.
Or in other hand, they(we) are so cool that they take death like nothing and they die when they are still cool so that they will be always remembered as real cool people.
However, this poem reminded me of James Dean and Kurt Cobain. And, I don’t want to be real cool. I will live long, and be just cool.

The Red Wheel Barrow

This is the type of poem that I personally prefer. It is short, simple, and easy to memorize but it makes you think.
However, I think the main theme of this poem is ‘how ironic life is’.
Here is the poem.

so much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens.

I think first stanza is talking about how mankind or people depend upon other things in order to have life. In order to live today’s life, mankind depend upon so much things such as electricity, technology, media, and each other. All of us depend upon something.
However, I think second stanza is talking about how one must go through one’s own life despite of depending upon something else. Red wheel barrow symbolizes one’s life. One must carry on his or hers life themselves. One must depend upon others because red wheel barrow doesn’t go by it selves. But, no matter how many people pushing and pulling the red wheel barrow, the red wheel barrow must take all the stuffs in it and with it.
Third stanza saying glazed with rain water symbolizes the irony of the circle of life. When it rains, usually it brings feeling like gloomy, dark, cold, and feeling that unfortunate events are approaching. However, this third stanza saying that ‘glazed’ with rain water is complete irony because when people think about glazing, it is shiny, bright, and happy. So, I think this stanza is saying that because of gloomy events or after dark and cold times, shiny and happy time will come, and this event will go on and on.
Forth stanza is talking about how life is really doesn’t matter to other things. I think this stanza is saying that no matter what happened, happens, and will happen, white chickens will stay white. Well, after I heard that writer was a doctor and wrote this poem when he was watching her young patient (going to die) playing, this line is saying that even if some major events (even death) occurs, nothing will be changed and we all just have to carry on with that.
Well, those thoughts are just my personal thoughts and I might not be right at all. However, it is a great poem.

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free writing

I want to write about forms we discussed in our class.
As far as I remember (if correct), in sonnet there are two types of forms, Italian and Shakespearean. So, I did little research about those two forms.
First, Italian sonnet is also called as Petrarchen sonnet. It was named after Petrarchen who was one of the greatest Italian poets. Italian sonnet is usually divided into two parts (a part in poem is called stanza). The first part has eight lines, and second part has six lines. Rhyme schemes are usually abba, abba, cdecde or cdcdcd. And because Italian has many vowels, rhyme scheme is suited. In other words, it is easier to make Italian sonnet with Italian language then other languages because of specialty in Italian language.
Shakespearean sonnet, is names after English writer Shakespeare. And Shakespeare sonnet is also known as the English sonnet. It has different between Italian sonnet. It has rhyme scheme as abab, cdcd, efef, gg. And last two ‘gg’ called heroic couplet.
However, today we still have sonnet and it is called modern sonnet. Usually today’s sonnet doesn’t really have rule of rhyme scheme or follow the forms of other sonnets. Modern sonnets are usually recognized by 14 lines or by the name only.

Characterizing two speakers in each poem

To be honest, I have little confidence in my characterization. But since I don’t have to worry about being “right”, here I start.
In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “My Last Duchess”, both poem is the story that told by a speaker, also monologues.
However, I find speaker in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is speaking directly to audience (Me), and speaker in “My Last Duchess” is speaking to other person. The 12th line in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” gave me evidence that he is talking directly to audience. And 5th line of ”My Last Duchess” clearly shows that speaker is talking to another person.
Well, I will characterize J. Alfred Prufrock first, who is the speaker of the T.S Eliot’s poem. J. Alfred Prufrock is a male, with a bald spot in the middle of his hair (line 39). And he also has various mental problems. He believes that he is some kind of devil or creepy being, in the very beginning of the poem, he talks about it. And he keeps imagining, or guessing about other people’s reaction, especially lady’s reaction to his questions. He is actually talking to himself, because he is assuming all the answers and responses of others. Also, he has extremely low self esteem on himself. All the evidences can be seen in lines 40, 43, 44 and 45. And in line 45, the word ‘universe’ indicates the room, where the poem takes place. Lastly, he is justifying himself that why he didn’t talk and sing a song for lady and already assume that it won’t worth the effort. In line 110, he is comparing him with Hamlet, dramatizing situation he putted into. Overall, I think J. Alfred Prufrock is an old male with bald spot in the middle of the hair, low self esteem, and slight mental illness.
Speaker of the “My Last Duchess” is also a male, Ferrara. However, whole tone and attitude that living in his ‘own world’, and not to communicate with others but to just telling, are same as Alfred Prufrock. But he is really different from Alfred Prufrock.
Ferrara is not talking to audience, but other person. First Ferrara started to talk about how beautiful painting is (line 2~around 13), after that, he is talking about how his ex-wife was flirting with other people (line 13~ around 47), and lastly he is talking about his future wife (47~56). In the way he talks, tone, and word he used were all very dominating, and demanding. In line 45, he didn’t say he asked to his ex-wife but he chose word ‘commanded’ to his ex-wife. And I got feeling from Ferrara’s way of talking that he killed his ex-wife because of jealousy. And for me, his ex-wife seems like a lady with a nice, warm heart (line 21~23). But Ferrara took that in a wrong way. Also, it seems like Ferrara is more interested in money and power that future marriage will give him rather than his ‘future wife’ it selves. Because in line 54~55 he only talks about bronze Neptune with taming sea horse, rather than talking about his future wife. Overall, I think Ferrara’s characteristics are power demanding, arrogant (tone), dominating, cold hearted, and jealous.

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