This semester has been fairly steady so far in AP English (I do like a consistent class schedule, but it limits the topics I can blog about). I fear that everyone will blog about The Road so I am going to try my best to be original.
So how bout that found word poetry? That is not something you do everyday. Actually, it was the first time I tried that. I am glad that Mr. Mullins allowed us to experiment with new things in the middle of this unit. It freshened things up a bit from the usually class discussions (which I had no problem with).
The trouble I have had in poetry is being able to create such vivid and impactful imagery. I can handle meter and poetic structure well, but I have never been able to grasp the emotional component of poetry. Conveniently, found word poetry did that for me. It gave me all the wonderful imagery and vocabulary that I lacked. Not saying that I have created a poetic masterpiece, but I do think that I got closer to the root of poetry. I enjoyed using the quotes from the book and rearranging them to fashion a poem of my own. I hope it is a sign of good things to come for this semester.
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