This week so far has been full of many different types of assignments from reading chapter one and two from MYOD to making word banks on the chalk board during class and then coming up with crazy sentences with them. Also, writing our own poems to mimic those of other poets was a part of the assignments.
From reading chapter one and two from MYOD this past week, I have found myself paying closer attention to the “music” found in everyday language and in many things that I read, especially if it is a poem. Reading about the “music” in poetry has, without a doubt, made me more aware of it while reading. I have really enjoyed mimicking poets and the styles of poetry and writing our own poems. This is rather fascinating in the sense that I have found it is much easier to be creative when there is a clear outline or set of rules to follow when writing a poem.
The one lesson I believe I am learning the most about this week is that of very different artistic writing styles. While reading MYOD, I have noticed that there are countless ways to write a poem and all with drastically different outcomes. It is fascinating how one small punctuation mark, or pause in a line, can change the entire meaning or sound of what is being said. I also really loved the idea that poetry is always changing and evolving and one poet may begin an entirely new style and then another mimics that style and changes it slightly to fit them and then an entirely new style is born. It is fascinating.
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