The second paper… Well to be honest, having to write the draft of this paper in the midst of an explosion of horrible midterms and 100 other papers due the same day, I haven’t given the attention this paper needs. I am just extremely glad that I will have spring break to work on it. From the little time I spend writing my pitiful draft, I can see how this is going to go….bad! I really hate trying to make sense out of crazy poems and essays… I just really want to find I connect to (or else it would be so boring for me I could die), and just elaborate on that. When it comes to concerns…I have plenty!
Firstly, I remember professor Kaufman pointed out a few ways to analyze a poem the other day… I was wondering if close reading of an essay/poem could be about a theme of the poem/essay instead of analyzing the poem/essay as a whole. But I guess one way or another I have to refer to all the techniques and styles used right (which I will look up in google because in Cyprus our english teacher was too busy teaching us grammar instead of analyzing a poem).
Another concern I have is that I really don’t get alot of things these writers say and most importantly why they are saying it. I could very easily make assumptions…but they may be random…but I guess if I back them up its ok. I wonder if I should find another topic that has nothing to do with analyzing poems/essays…’the invisible third option’…I think it may be my only chance to not mess this paper up.
Another question, any chance we could analyze an essay we did earlier in the semester or better yet, analyze a poem independent from class syllabus? pleaseeee ?
