I’ve never read poetry before, therefore these pieces are completely new to me. I watched the first video in this week’s material and then read all of the pieces. The thing that talked to me the most from the description of poetry in the first video is “Poetry = Power Packed Lines”, I find this definition the most accurate and common for all of the pieces from this week’s readings. It seems like they all were written about love and indeed used a lot of imagery – what makes them so powerful. The one I loved the most was “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare. I feel that the use of parody helps the reader to connect to it perhaps more than the traditional love sonnet that Petrarch tended to write. Maybe that is why the last two lines made me smile, it feels as if his lover is very special.
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Tamar, thank you for the great comments. I can’t believe you’ve never read poetry before, and I’m so happy that you have been introduced to it through this course. The “Power-packed lines” may sound a little corny, but you are right that it is a very accurate description. There can be no extra or unnecessary words in poetry. Each word must convey meaning, and this is why each line is so packed with expressive power. The sonnet you mention is quite hilarious, isn’t it? I smile through the whole insulting thing, but my smile is sweeter when I get to the last two lines, as you note.