A quote from the story or poem “commonplace but precise language” that strikes me as “common but precise language is , in the story Raymond carver talks about how he doesn’t understand poetry this is a common thing that I can relate to because I often don’t understand the meaning of certain poetry unless I reread the poem 2 or 3 times. And most people won’t understand the meaning behind poetry without rereading the poem more than once or finding a method that works for them to better understand it. On page 210 , it says “ In the poem , she talked about what went through her mind when the blind man touched her nose and lips . I can remember I didn’t tell her that maybe I just don’t understand poetry. I admit it’s not the first thing I reach for when I pick up something to read.” In the story little Snow White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm , common but precise language is used when Snow White was being deceived by the witch even though the dwarfs warned her not to speak to the witch. People are often deceived when they are nice or don’t understand or see someone’s true intentions. I can relate to this because when I was younger I often would not see everyone’s true intentions because i was a very nice person and most people took advantage of that. Also reading this story as a kid taught me a lesson about real life , strangers & why you shouldn’t trust everything someone says. In the story “ Snow White “ it says ,“ Snow-White looked out and said, “Go on your way. I am not allowed to let anyone in.”You surely may take a look,” said the old woman, pulling out the […]
Valerie
I would rate my ability to read poetry after the past 2 weeks from 1 to 10 as a 5 /10 because I like to reread the text more than twice to get a better understanding of the meaning of the poem most times I can’t read between the lines hard enough to understand the Poems meaning correctly. And it starts to feel like I’m creating my own meaning of the poem which could be totally wrong or somewhat right but the vocabulary section explaining the meaning of certain words I’m unfamiliar with helps a lot because it can help me better understand the poem and what the people that play a part in the are saying whether the poem is speaking about something, someone or speaking about something that is taking place or happening. Some ways I feel my experience with poetry can help with the reading of Oedipus the king is if I read each person in the poems part as if I were in a real play discussing amongst the other characters about the role I play in the story and the meaning of my part being played in the poem to get a full understanding of everyone’s role and what is taking place as if I were in the characters shoes. I would also reread the poem part by part at least 3 times to understand the main point of the story being told and the important role everyone plays connecting everything together to get a better understanding of the whole poem while using the vocabulary word section or searching the definition of the words that are difficult for me to understand. One connection I have to the play “Oedipus the King” is how they worship and praised their own Gods who they felt were powerful […]
