Entry 6

Lonely Hearts

When I first see the title of the poem "Lonely Hearts" by Wendy Cope, I thought it would like be something very personal and may involve some elements of sadness. However, what the author actually writes is not what I really expected to read since his way of expressing her loneliness is very direct and adventurous. Personally, I don’t really like the way she “sells” herself to others but I do love her openness. Overall, I would like to recommend “Lonely Hearts” to a friend because it’s somehow interesting and special way of expressing one’s heart.

Entry 5

This Is Just to Say

            From the way William Carlos Williams names title of this poem, I guessed he just want to say something simple in the poem since the title is “This Is Just to Say”. I felt interesting when I saw the length of the poem because there are only 27 words. It is about the author eating the plums that someone saves for the breakfast. However, I read it many times and it seems not so bright as it looks, but unfortunately, I do not understand what Williams is trying to say in the poem. I like the length of the poem which is extreme short and I dislike the meaning that is hidden under the fact that the author eats someone’s plums. I would like to recommend this poem to a friend, because it is short and I need someone to explain the meaning of the poem to me.

Entry 4

Ask Me

Since the title says “Ask Me”, it must be a work that writes about the author, William Stafford. “Ask Me” is a very short poem with only two stanzas, but the two stanzas contain lots of power. I love the way William Stafford compares his life or people’s lives to the river and describes the current under the river to indicate how life is unpredictable. There was nothing that I dislike, and I really like to share the wonderful poem with my friends because it touched my heart and made me to think a lot about life. The feeling remains a long time after I read the poem.

Entry3

To a Locomotive in Winter

            Honestly, I did not feel like to read the poem when I see its title because I guessed it is something about a locomotive that works during the winter time. Since the poem “To a Locomotive in Winter” by Walt Whitman was a reading assignment, so I read it and I found it is not as boring as I thought of. Similar to “Young Goodman Brown”, Whitman uses early modern English to write the poem since he uses words such as, “thy”, “thee” and “thyself” throughout the poem. I like descriptions that praised the locomotive; Whitman describes the sound, the appearance and the feeling of the locomotive via personification. The part that I like the least is the object that Whitman focuses on—the locomotive. I would feel more likely to read it if Whitman writes about a tree in winter, so I do not recommend it to my friend.