Dulce et Decorum

Dolce et Decorum was written by Wifdred Owen. This is also known as a war poem. I didnt realize this when I was reading it the first time because I pretty mcuh just didnt understand what it was talking about. When we went over them in class Mr Sweeney said that it was about like some man recalling his experiences of a war.This poem, like the others didnt rhyme, I did enjoy reading it though because it has such vivid descriptions.

Facing It

Facing It is another poem we were assigned to read in class this week. It is written by Yusef Komunyakaa. This poem I could tell is a war poem, because it clearly says in the poem "the Vietnam Veterans Memorial" and it seems as though it is someone talking about how he is feeling as though he has been through alot and feels like he is still remembering things that he may have experienced and then realizes that what he sees isnt what he thought. I think.

Aristotle

Aristotle is another poem that we were assigned to read this week. It is written by Billy Collins. The main point that I got from this story was that it described the beginning, middle and end of a journey. This journey could be describing pretty much anything. it expresses that the best part of the journey is the beginnign. the middle become more serious and has more complex things going on that can minimize the amount of joy experienced. The end is thought to be the worst part of the journey, because the end is just the end, you face the reflection of all past memories and it is just over. This poem also didn't rhyme and was probably the shortest poem, and/or story we have had to read, making it my favorite.

The Fish

The Fish is a short poem written by Elizabeth Bishop. When I first read the poem I really thought it was just anout a fish and did't have much of a meaning to it. Then it was discussed in calss and I learned in further detail that the poem was really thought to be a war poem as though the fish was like a soldier, containing battle wounds and being a hero. The fisherman, I assume looked at the fish as if it was a soldier and let it go. Or he may have felt sorry for the little fish and let it go. Other details about the poem are that it doesn'r rhyme, it is about 2 pages long,and really not too hard to comprehend.