My most successful work during this semester was when we were doing the poetry portion of this class. I was honestly very surprised with how well I did on the essay since I got a 95 on it, which was the first time in my life I ever got a good grade in something to do with poetry. Something I could’ve done much better on was putting more time and focus into the discussion boards, since many times even though I may have given an answer, I wouldn’t go into depth and use a lot of details for my answer. A skill I learned taking this class was specifically in poetry, when it was reading beyond just the words. Poetry isn’t a straightforward type of reading, as not everything is meant to be taken literal, and the message may not always be understood by the reader unless they almost put themselves in the poem themselves and really compare their life to the poetry they are reading. In real life, many times like poetry not everything is just black and white, and sometimes you have to put yourself completely in someone else’s to understand the decisions they may choose to make regardless of how illogical that is, and that is a skill I learned in this class during the poetry portion.
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Hello professor, I can say that I feel that the work that was most successful was the in class readings and also the in class discussions that were taking place. By all of us reading the works together, it made it easier to understand the INTENDED meaning. The discussions also helped with this. I found that discussing the readings in class made the lessons more remember-able. What I feel like I could have done better was within my essays. I find that free hand writing is more my specialty then writing an essay that has to address specific things in an order. I find that by free hand writing my stories they have a seamless flow making my writings more accessible and understandable. Unfortunately my writings had to suffer from this however, it does not take away from my understanding of literature and the importance of those points that need to be addressed while writing any story or essay In order for it to meet the proper criteria. Specific skills that I have learned that will apply to my everyday world is the ability to find the meaning of everything by analyzing detail and exploring different perspectives. Not everything is as it seems and what ive also learned is that beauty comes in so many different ways; in objects and matters you could’ve never imagined and so much more. You just have to look deeper. I thank you so much for this wonderful, remember-able class and lessons that I will forever cherish and utilize for the rest of my life. <3
