The Analysis of Poems

     This quarter, we are moving into the unit of poetry. We have already begun to delve deep into them and analyze each important phrase methodically. Our first poem was called "The Fish." And, as the name suggests, it is about a fish. The poem is fairly long and has many contrasting features such as dark/light and white/black. We analyzed it alone but also as a class, and the poem has so many meanings.

     I think this will be a good quarter for me. Not that I'm a poem enthusiast, but I don't hate them. I hear a lot of people saying poems are like puzzles or they are a mystery for Sherlock Holmes. Personally, I don't usually find poems difficult to decipher. Most of them are interesting, but the poems that rhyme are the best in my opinion. I didn't really find the first poem we analyzed, "The Fish" interesting, but, to each his own. I guess I should start going to English class ready for poetry, in a poet state of mind.

Outside Reading: 30 minutes "The Fish" 30 minutes "Hanging Fire" 30 minutes "Turbulence" 20 minutes Human Legacy: Modern Era  40 minutes Biology