Convince me...
From what I've noticed on the blog and the group discussions in class, here's what I'm leaning towards as far as the narrowing down of Atwood's poems from 12 to 3.
Helen of Troy Dances on Countertops - 3rd and 7th, we talked about this one extensively. Seems to me that there is a LOT going on in this poem and would lend well towards a 15 minute commentary...
Variations on the Word Sleep - lots of talk about this on the blog and a group in every class. I agree there there is LOTS to talk about device-wise and also multiple ways to interpret this poem...
Siren Song - although this is one of the shorter poems, a BUNCH of great comments about this in class and on the blog...did you notice the siren song within Helen of Troy...?
Postcards - LOTS of somewhat inconclusive comments about this one... follows the motif of the perceived vs. actual reality we've been talking about, lots of VIVID (bleh) imagery and multiple interpretations...
But let's not forget about This is a Photograph of Me, Spelling and Variations on the Word Love and In the Secular Night...these are good ones, but I think I was more convinced with the other four based on our conversations and my eavesdropping...
Give a SHOUT OUT
to the poem
THAT SPEAKS TO YOU
and try to convince me
that it would be best for commentary!!!!!!
posted by Mrzhire at
2:34 PM
14 Comments:
Kuddos to Postcards!!!
Um, Siren song pretty much rocks my socks because there is so much to talk about. It has lots of literary devices, as well as room for speculation. But This is a Photograph of me is pretty sweet too...
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My favorite is variations on the word love, I wish it was in the top four, but because I am a late bloomer, or reader rather, I guess I will have to suffer the consequeses. I ust love this one...it "speaks to me."
My favorite is "Photograph". I think this poem also lends itself very well to commentary. The speaker could be about 5 different things and so you could talk about all of them and how the poem changes which each of them and how the speaker affects the devices and structure of the poem. I think there'a all kinds of things to talk about with this one!
anything but "Helen"
Boo hoo, Phil! But wouldn't it be fun to talk about the importance of a "meat sandwich" in a commentary?!!?!?
PHOTOGRAPH!! PHOTOGRAPH!!! PHOTOGRAPH!!!!
Because, I really like that poem.
And I believe that (like sara stated), there is alot to talk about in the poem, particularly with the speaker. You can analyze many different perspectives of the speaker and with this comes different perspectives of the diction, tone, her intent and other devices in the poem. Also, even though the poem is shorter than the others, but this makes it so you can look into the lines in detail instead of being vague with a group of lines or two. You can pick out particular words or point out the particular structure of the stanza and connect it back to the whole speaker deal. So I vote we do this one. Instead of… postcards. =]
Sirens song yo; so much stuff to talk about. Almost everything is an interpretation or direct allusion to the iliad. Good times.
I'd go for "Variations of the Word Sleep" because I agree that there's a decent amount of stuff to talk about and then "Postcards" because it has such a strange sense of everything that comes out in motifs, structure, and also the really odd choices of imagery. Then, I would have to agree with Phil that we should not do "Helen". Honestly, if I ended up with that poem and had 20 minutes to prepare an oral, I'd feel overwhelmed. Yes, I'd have a lot to talk about, but it would likely be the least organized commentary I've done yet this year. I imagine myself somehow going from "meat sandwhich" to "chain-saw murderer" and not making sense of this connection at all...
"Postcards" has so much imagery and social commentary in it that would make for a lot of great points in a commentary.
I vote for: "Variations of the Word Sleep," "Postcards," and "This is a Photograph of Me." Each I find has it's only little nitch in Atwood's mind, addressing different things, however I do agree with Phil and Alex B. because Helen is too long and too much to even think about doing 20 minutes on.
I would really like "Variations on the word love", "Helen of Troy does Countertop Dancing", and "Variations on the Word Love" because they all have SO much to talk about. I like "Siren Song" and I get it, but I know I couldn't talk about it for more than like four minutes. I haven't read "Postcards" but I trust you and I have to say PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T DO "SECULAR NIGHT"...PLEASE...thank you :D
i am a big ol fan of photograph and helen myself!!
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