Jaquoia Guillebeaux
ENG 102
Dr. Smith
Mid-Term Reflection
During the six weeks in this class, I have learned many things. Before this class, I always thought I knew everything about poems but reality hit. Every time I read a poem I thought it was the artist speaking to the reader but its not. The author is the one who wrote the actual poem but he/she can portray themselves as whoever they want to be. For example; I write a poem about a guy loving a girl, using "I" as the male. That doesn't mean I'm gay, it just means I'm speaking from a guys point of view. What was very interesting to me was the choice of poems that the Professor picked. The first one was "Original Sin: A Short Story" by Robert Penn Warren. I knew it had to do with a ghost but i wasn't sure what kind of ghost or whom's ghost. I learned that there is no right or wrong answer, everyone views the poems differently. As long as you can back up your opinion with straight evidence then it correct. So far I'm enjoying this course, I'm just waiting for the part were we make our own supernatural poem or short story. Supernatural is a wide field so there is so much to pick from.
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