Today in class I was able to air some of the questions I had about the poetry readings especially for Emily Dickinson because her poem was from the most different time period. Specifically I asked about.... "An imitiation of a Light That has so little Oil-" *Which referred to a different time period all together when is was common to use oil lamps, whereas today we might refer to electricity as an imitation light.* "That hurt them early - such a lapse Could give them any Balm" *I was very confused by this sentence but I understood the shift from recovery to the cause, how did it transition though. Michelle explained that the transition came from the healing process of this line. Balm is the scab which allows for recovery.* "Death - is but one - and comes but once - And only nails the eyes" *I thought this refered to the dead whose eyes are closed at burial; however, Michelle pointed out that it may hit right between the eyes as a certain cau
First off, don't get downtrodden with anything I'm about to say. I wanna help not hate :). Your first essay was great! You had some awesome examples especially when you got to the part about Elliot's syntax. You nailed the personification factor of her writing and even her style. However, there were some grammar mistakes through out your essay. One way my mom taught me to fix that was when you're done, read the essay out loud to yourself. You speak so well and can force anyone into a corner when you're arguing that reading it to yourself will make it much easier to pick out imperfections. One more thing I noticed was that you were putting your point of view into the first essay. You wanna be careful about that because the prompt didn't ask for that. It wanted ELLIOT'S point of view, not yours. I noticed this b/c at the beginning you gave a long example of how things change over time and how George Elliot's need for things to stay the way they were was a fallacy. It's true, but the prompt wasn't asking for your opinion on the matter. It was asking you to put yourself in her shoes and write about why old leisure was so important to her.
ReplyDeleteThe second essay was I think a little too rushed and also, didn't really relate to the prompt. We read that book a while ago so maybe next time pick one that's a little more recent? Other than my few critiques, your writings are very good. I'm always on Facebook if you ever want me to proof read :)
I understand what you are saying and I spent most of my time on the first essay (and since I was timing myself) if I could do one really well then I thought I would just try to address the other.
DeleteThank you and by the way I loved your essays! So jealous!!! ;)