Thursday, December 16, 2010

Poetry...Haiku

I know we're almost done with poetry, but does anyone remember haiku? 5, 7, 5? They were always one of my favorite forms of poetry mostly because they were so simple. I was hoping everone could write a few here and comment on each others as well. If you're bad at haiku write another poem (yours or someone elses) for everyone to analyize.
YAY poetry!... I wrote a few of mine, read and enjoy!-- or not, its cool.

Falling on my head
I go walking in the rain
Without a hat on

One thing on my mind
Only one thing on my mind
I'm going to eat you

This rising of sun
I pray if the dawn should break
That I may break too

Friday, December 10, 2010

Macbeth

We've finished Macbeth already, and I honestly found it quite refreshing. It was easy to follow, violent, and short. When reading up on the frequent themes that Shakespeare employs, I've noticed a pattern in his tragedies that death always has the tendency to elicit nefarious traits ranging from things such as corruption to insanity. However, in Macbeth a prevalent motif that I found interesting was the thin line that Lady Macbeth constantly walked when her femininity was in question,or her husbands manliness in that matter. I found Lady Macbeth's violent and manliness intriguing. Her ability to belittle her life partner in such a time that women were suspected to be subservient made her a unique. It is also no question that she was completely the mastermind of the concocted plan to make Macbeth king. Are there any other themes that you guys favored or that stood out to you?