I have been having trouble figuring out exactly what poem to use for this project. I think I’ve changed my mind at least 4 times already, but I decided to just choose a poem and go with it. It will be a challenge, but my indecisiveness will never end unless I just settle on an idea.
So I decided to use Frank O’Hara’s poem “Ave Maria” for my digital essay/paper 3. I’m not sure what it is about that poem that struck me, but I guess it was one of the few poems that I found I could form an opinion about. In fact, I think anyone and everyone can relate to it because it’s a poem about parenting. We all either become parents in the future, or at least have opinions on what our own parents did right and wrong in raising us. There is no ONE formula that exists to guide parents in properly raising their children. And I guess that’s why I like this poem–you can take it in any direction when interpreting. I still haven’t figured out my thesis for the poem and I don’t know what exactly I’ll do for my video, but I was just excited that I finally decided on a poem 🙂
