The poem of the week was titled "Elegy". In class we took a lot of time to discuss this poem in groups. Discussing the aspects of it, and how the aspect influence the big picture of what the poem is trying to portrait. We also wrote our practice essay which will be graded on the 9 point scale. Same as the AP exam. It is good practice, and I appreciate the opportunity for this practice. This week's poem essay was considerably better than last week's I think. I actually had a surprising amount of points to make about the poem, however, my organization was most defiantly a fault in the piece, as always. I separated the essay into the shifts that take place in the piece, having one paragraph for the first part, then a second for the last part of the poem. Once I began writing in this way, I could see it was not the best way to break up the essay. I feel I articulated my points well enough individually, but they seem fragmented when reading them together. Like I had attempted to perfect each sentence individually and ignored the big picture.
Another thing we did in class, was looking at "art as a window into literature". Which is just relating visual art to literature. Starting with the "story vs literature" concept, where we read an article that discusses the differences. It stated 'story' is the events as they happen, while 'literature' is the way the author uses words to convey meaning. For example, the omniscient narrator who sees every small detail. They see the small emotions on character's faces. Things that if you were to look at the character, you would not notice, but things the reader can relate to.
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