Commentary for: Jordan's Cool Blog Yeah: Keeping Things Whole

Jordan's Cool Blog Yeah: Keeping Things Whole: In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing. When I walk I part the air and always ...





I loved this poem once I finished reading it. At first, when I read the title of the poem, I could not infer what the poem was going to be about. But, as I reached the end of the poem, I realized that the poem was about the speaker being in a place to keep things complete.

It is like when someone is not where they usually are. You can immediately feel their absence because when they are present, they feel the air with their amusement and joy. I feel different when my friend is absent or is not in class. I do not feel the same vibe as when they are in class.

Jordan posted a picture that goes perfect with the poem. She used the picture that is below. As you can see, her presence adds color to the field. Where she is absent, there are dull colors like black and grey. Her sole presence "keeps things whole."

commentary for: Eugene Teah poem lover : Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race,Cal...

poem lover : Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Cal...: Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace; An...



First of all, I read the poem thoroughly. I thought this poem was very interesting. All that I comprehended from this poem was that the author was talking about time. It was not until I read Eugene's commentary that I understanded more about what the author was trying to express.

From my understanding, the poem had a lot to do with the time period it was written in. The author had Christian beliefs, which made him include his beliefs about heaven and afterlife.

A very interesting part time in this poem is when the author says, " Fly, envious Time." This phrase says alot is so few words. The author is saying that Time is envious. Like Eugene, the author may have intended for the Time to be envious of us. Time goes away and after that it all ends. But, according to John Milton, humans have some special place to go after death comes. Humans go to heaven where Time never ends and everything is peaceful.

Commentary for: Kennedy's Poetry project: Yahia Lababidi Poem #2 "Words"

Poetry project: Yahia Lababidi Poem #2 "Words": Words are like days: coloring books or pickpockets, signposts or scratching posts, fakirs over hot coals. Certain words must be earned just..

This is a poem by Yahia Lababidi called "Words." Kennedy posted this poem on her blog.
In the poem, "Words," there are an abundance of metaphors. The author, Yahia Lababidi, compares words to other things that are usually not alike.
First of all, Yahia says that words are like days in the first stanza. Then she goes on saying the many things that are like words.
The most important line of this poem for me was when the author says, " every word is a cosmos dissolving the inarticulate." Here, the author says that words destroy the person that does not know how to articulate themselves correctly or that does not know how to talk correctly. This means that you do not know how to use your words. This ends up destroying you because you can not communicate with people.

Commentary for: Breion's Blog: CasabiancaLove's the boy stood on the burning deck...

Breion's Blog: CasabiancaLove's the boy stood on the burning deck...: Casabianca Love's the boy stood on the burning deck trying to recite `The boy stood on the burning deck.' Love's the son st...





Before I read the poem, I thought it was going to be about some Casabianca because I did not know what that word meant. I got a big surprise when I started reading the poem. The poem focuses on love.

After I finished reading the poem, I was left with a sad mood because of the last stanza in the poem.

In the poem, Casabianca, Elizabeth Bishop says that love is many things.

Overall, Elizabeth Bishop says that love is the whole scene in which the boy is struggling to read while on a ship that is burning just like him. The saddest part of the poem is when Elizabeth Bishop says that "love is the burning boy." This poem provokes a lot of meaning and since it is the last line in the poem, it sticks with the reader long after reading the poem.

I really liked this poem because of the new point of view that she has to offer about love. Love is everything, from the birds chirping outside on a spring morning to the bully teasing a kid at school. 

Commentary on:Critiques By Nikaule: Boy Breaking GlassBY GWENDOLYN BROOKSTo Marc Craw...

Critiques By Nikaule: Boy Breaking GlassBY GWENDOLYN BROOKS
To Marc Craw...: Boy Breaking Glass BY  GWENDOLYN BROOKS To Marc Crawford from whom the commission Whose broken window is a cry of art    (suc...



I read this poem and it was pretty confusing. I looked at what other people had to say about this poem and most of them said that it was about the "ghetto blacks" surviving inequality and white power. From this I can infer that the poem was probably written during the civil rights era(1960's).

In the poem, the boy is tired of being mistreated and abused by the white people.

The poem seems to be in free verse, although the first stanza anticipates it being an iambic pentameter. The author also includes slant rhythm in her poem.

In one stanza, the boy says, "The music is in minors." By this, the author might have intended minor to be like the minority group in which the boy belongs to.

As I began reading and looking at what other people had to say about this poem, I began to comprehend the poem more and more. But, I still do not i understand why the poem was dedicated to Marc Crawford. Is Marc Crawford the little boy mentioned in the poem?

Commentary for Marriah Taylor blog- When Death Comes by Mary Oliver

Griselda Alvarez M. Commentary on Marriah’s post:
The poem, When Death Comes by Mary Oliver is very interesting. The author mostly used metaphors in her poem to compare death to various things or ideas. In one stanza, Mary Oliver says,” when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades.” Here, she compared death to an iceberg. She may have compared death to an iceberg because an iceberg is cold just like death.
I like Marriah's comment on the poem because she says that death comes unexpectedly. Marriah analyzed the poem very well and could articulate the main idea of the poem.

Finished with all my poems!

At this point I am finished with all my commentaries for Maya Angelou and Katherine Philips, which is 20 posts.
Now I will finish posting my commentary for every classmate in 4B.....