Blog Assignment Feb 19,2012



The two poems that I have chosen for this week is "Variation on the word sleep", by Margaret Atwood and "Hate Poem", by Julie Sheehan. The reason why I choose these poems is because the titles really stood out to me while I was reading out my choices. I really liked "Hate Poem",I liked how it was humorous but also expressed the deep meaning of the authors emotions. There were some lines that I did not understand " A closed window is both a closed window and an obvious symbol of how I hate you"(line 13). I did not understand the significance of the analogy I tried to read over and over again and I could not understand it. The other poem that I have chosen was "Variation on the word sleep". I liked the overall tone of this poem, the tone of this poem was very mellow and soft and not build with strong negative emotions like the other poem. The author uses good word choice to express the significance of the title. These poems are similar because the two authors use similar word structure to describe the purpose based on the title. These poems express different types of relationships but describe them in the same structure,

When I read "In Praise of my Young Husband" by Cathleen Calbert, my impression and comprehension about the poem were mixed to me. During the first paragraph She mentions the different relationships between altering genders then concludes this paragraph with characteristics of a women's nutriment. In the second paragraph she mentions the characteristics of divorce letting the reader a clear understanding about why mothers are closer to their sons while going through a divorce. However I don't understand the significance of the analogy about the pillows and how it relates to the poem. I guess she's comparing the relationship to the significance. of father and daughter in general . I like in the third paragraph how she uses the analogy about homosexuals about the mirrors ,I thought that was very creative .See describe the characteristics of careless young love and how I guess people handle love everyday in life. I liked the diction and word choice within the poem. With the low number of commas ,made the reader think that the writer was writing with the flow of conscious.