Poetry has always been hard for me to understand, especially Shakespeare. But the common lit reading of “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” was really helpful because of the structure with the questions. I surprised myself with answering all the questions right because I usually can’t focus when it comes to the language Shakespeare uses in his poetry or plays. The Common lit structure also helped with Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee ” and I actually really enjoyed that poem, which is great because normally I would consider myself anti-poetry, just based on the fact that I don’t usually understand it. I also was gifted an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poetry book like six years ago and I actually feel compelled to finally give it a read. But these exercises helped me a lot because with “What My Lips Have Kissed and Why and When” I read it, understood it, and loved it without any help.
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2 thoughts on “Emma-Aine Bryan Week 11 Discussion post”
This is nice to read, Emma-Aine. Your mind is open, and your appreciation of poetry is changing!
Hey Emma, I really enjoyed reading your response to the question about poetry but what really stood out to me the most was the comparison you made to Shakespeare I thought that was a great idea to include in the writing because Shakespeare is one of the greats in poetry and he made a lot of great writings through out his career. What I also agree with is understanding the type of language Shakespeare wrote it which I also seem to have some troubles in because their language was very different then to how it is now.