So in class on Thursday, we read a few sonnets that at first I found quite confusing. The title for the most confusing poem was Ted Barrigain's Sonnet XV. He had a clever way of making the reader think to use their brains, as well as have a somewhat intelligent response to an emotional opinion he had. I feel rather stupid that I didn't pick up on the writing style, but I'm glad that someone opened my eyes to it. Maybe one day I can make my writers think.
I also really enjoyed reading Shakespeare sonnets. Although his language is hard for me to decipher, I really felt an emotional connection with what he wrote. "All this the world well knows: yet none knows well, To shun the heaven that leads men to this Hell." This quote is from Shakespeare's Sonnet 129. That quote was one of the most interesting that I read. I feel that the emotion behind that statement is so great, to say that where we are now is such a complete horror, and who could possibly send us here. Could this possibly be a test? No one will ever really know 100%.
So after reading all those sonnets, we had to write two of our own. I personally wrote two completely seperate sonnets. One is the dark side of love, whereas the second is a positive experience I just recently had. I'm not used to being able to write in a positive fashion so I'm very excited to see what everyone thinks when we have to read it out loud this coming Thursday. Besides that fact though, I have never written any other Sonnets, and I can't say that I will. I'll admit though that I liked the ABAB format used, but I still prefer my ABCB format.
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