Blogger #2 - Thomas Anderson - Period 5 - 11/5/2020 - Cycle B

 Blogger Number: 2

Thomas Anderson
11/5/2020 

Cycle B Period 5

Freshman: 2021

Aim: How can we use the poem, “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams as inspiration for our own poems?

DN: Describe a time when you or someone you know did something that was “technically wrong” and you should have felt sorry for it but you didn’t.

I was technically wrong in 3rd grade, when I borrowed the glue from the teacher’s desk while they were absent, but I got it to help myself and one of my friends, and I didn’t break anything, so I never felt sorry about it.

The feeling of justice, even though others may have viewed it differently, vastly affects the human psyche. What one views as correct is purely subjective, so the feeling of being “technically wrong” can, in many cases, barely affect people. 

Poetic Justice: When an issue is resolved in a matter that is ironic or satisfying to the one who went through the original issue.

Video going into Poetic Justice by The AudioPedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kHjlp92cGE

William Carlos Williams wrote one of his most famous poems as a note to his wife, showing that poetry has no specific bounds for cases you can use it. Poetry can be used in everyday life to portray emotions more effectively.

This is just to say poems:  I have messed up the items in the garage, which you organized so meticulously, but i was so tired, and was just trying to retrieve a flashlight.

I have ruined the dinner set you bought last week. Forgive me, the plates were wet and they dropped to the floor.

I have ripped the pages of your favorite book, but they were so thin and ripped as I turned the page while I was tired.

I have damaged the car that you use to drive to work, forgive me but I could not see the telephone pole as I was rushing to the store.

Imagery in poetry: Imagery carries emotion, and creates emotional experiences for others to experience.

Imagery can create larger images, and evoke emotions the reader was not aware of.

Use imagery to stimulate imagination to create depth in literary work. Incorporate senses into writing.

Imagery can use your own experiences to enhance emotions.

Landscape imagery is extremely effective while writing. The description of an area with great detail can bring out the most complex emotions easily. Feelings from melancholy to joy can all be portrayed through landscapes and other imagery. While using imagery, it is important to remember that readers may interpret images differently, and find themselves wrapped in different emotions.

For example, this image:

This image, which could be represented as: “A still lake, covered by a magenta sunset, only disturbed by the flight of birds and the whistling of wind.” This description may evoke serenity in many, but depending on the reader, it may change. The past experiences of the reader could vastly alter the emotions. Those fearful of the dark or loneliness could find fear or terror in an image with such isolation. It is important to understand this while writing for others, and it can also be used to cater writing towards a single person or group of people.

Fastbreak: Uses a singular, run-on sentence to enhance the suspense and create a sense that one is truly in the story. Every action is seen, and every mistake is enhanced. The poem shows the fact that even though things may look grim, perseverance and collaboration can aid in the solving of most issues. There is no reason against reaching out for help, as assistance can greatly enhance work. A team is always stronger than an individual, which relates to the use of basketball to portray this message. Most people can relate to team sports, having played it before for fun or for school, and can put themselves in this situation.

Reflection: 

Today’s class mainly focused on the use of imagery in poems, and the effects it can have on the reader. Imagery portrays a situation in which the reader can relate to, and understand a message they may have never experienced before reading. This technique may also be used to create depth in the poem, and helps place the reader in the character’s situation. One poem used to show this effect was Fast Break by Edward Hirsch, which also incorporates sentence structure into the effect given by the poem. Imagery can be used in many aspects of life, and is used subconsciously for most people. It allows for the portrayal of deeper emotions, and larger concepts, catered specifically for the one it is being written for. Without imagery, the ways human communication is structured would be vastly different.