"Blow, blow, thou winter wind"

“Blow, blow, thou winter wind”

                  This poem is depicting the winter wind and comparing it to human relationships. It is a Shakespearean poem split into to two stanzas with a rhyme scheme of AA-B-CC-B-DDDD. Each stanza begins and ends the same way, and there are few differences between the stanzas. This effect allows it to flow more like a song. This poem is a nature poem that personifies something in nature to take on human characteristics. 

                  The poem’s tone is whimsical cheerfulness even though the winter wind is dull and “unkind.”  Its description also gradually gets softer as the poem goes on. Shakespeare uses this type of poem to keep it structured and organized. The repetition follows the life of wind and its constant swiftness. 

Poetry Response #4 "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day?"

“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”

                  Shakespeare expresses one of those warm, breathtaking days captivating the months of June and July and compares it to a beautiful woman. Each quatrain he depicts a new picture of what this woman looks like and paints an image of a gorgeous day. This Shakespearean sonnet follows the four quatrains with an abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme.

                  This format enriches the development of the poem. The quatrains split up allow Shakespeare to flow from one picture to the next. For example, the first quatrain gives these woman characteristics of being lovely and temperate.  The next characterizes her with a fair complexion followed by an exaggerated expression of how beauty, at some point, will always fade except for the beauty that the girl attains. His writing is influenced by the structure because it allows him to describe sufficiently and deeply as the poem continues. He splits up in this way so that each quatrain acquires its owning meaning, and then he ties it all together again with the couplet at the very end. 

Poetry Response #3 "Captivity"

“Captivity”

         Mrs. Rowlandson remembers the nights of imprisonment when the Wampanoag captured her in 1676. She dives deeply into her personal memoir about what it was like being enslaved and now, having been set free, what it is like to be with her own family. The author, Edrich, uses imagery and expressive diction to recall the days of living in the cold outdoors with the Wampanoag. The shift to her life after captivity evokes a sense of understanding for the Wampanoag and her lifestyle that she lived with them. At first, fear overwhelmed her and what would become of her as she struggled from starvation and the bitter cold, but she reminisces to the privileges and things she now has such as food and a warm place to sleep. In the middle of it all, she is searching for truth and a broader understanding of the world around her. Edrich depicts this in her images that begin in captivity and end in freedom. 

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