There were many intriguing poems included in the poetry packet last week. Personally poetry is one of my favorite types of literature. While reading all the poems included in this packet it really got me thinking about different topics or subjects that I want to write about in the future. While working as a group trying to dissect different types of sonnets I found a very interesting poem by Ted Berrigan, roman numeral XV.
This poem caught my eye really because of something that our group decided about the poem. We discussed that maybe this could be talking about a murder. Even with all the words and meanings jumbled up and at a first glance seems to not make any sense. They repeat the word "dead" a lot and the last line of the poem says "Today what is in it is sixteen ripped pictures does not point to William Carlos Williams." I am aware that William Carlos Williams is a famous poet (one of my favorites) but it talks about other famous people such as Marilyn Monroe. Maybe they are using code names for real people or people that resemble them. I found this poem interesting because of the content in whole. I appreciate everything in it and put it together to be a murder by someone and then trying to uncover evidence.
I particularly chose to write about one sonnet that clearly is confusing and does not rhyme. I do also like all of Shakespeare's sonnets and am familiar with a lot of them (which could be the reason they did not catch my eye) I have taken a close look at a lot of his poems in the past. I personally love all of them and love the rhyme scheme it makes everything flow together nicely. Overall all the poems are very interesting and I love trying to find the meanings behind them. I look forward to reading more poems and looking at different types and poets.
Good, well done.
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