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I chose to do my assignment on the poet Cesar “Atahualpa” Rodriguez. I chose this poet mainly because  saw researching him as a challenge- mainly the fact that every source I found was written in Spanish.

1. The process I went through when adding material to the Wikipedia page was rather simple. (Although I did forget to make an account and used the “help” button.) I followed the link from the list of stubs we were … Continue reading →

  While at church last week it hit me. Many Christians go to church every week and read the Bible every week without realizing that poetry exists in that very book.  My pastor read from Psalms 1- “He shall be … Continue reading →

What I find the most interesting about our class discussions so far are the amount of interpretations and the difference ininterpretations of poems from my various classmates. For example- The Sick Rose by William Blake. My interpretation of this poem … Continue reading →

The poem, The Parable of the Old Man and the Young is basically the biblical story of Abraham’s sacrifice of his son Isaac with poet Wilfred Owen’s own ironical twist. In Genesis Chapter 22, God spoke to Abraham and commanded … Continue reading →

First Responder- Drucilla Similes and Metaphors A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which … Continue reading →