The Sick Rose

I feel like this poem is kind of confusing. I don't really like it because it's kind of hard to understand. I think something could have been added for more clearification. Personally, I may be wrong, to me this poem is about jealousy. I think it's about how people will try to ruin your joy, your happiness, success, wealth, and any personally growth that for the better yourself. I think it's about how jealousy can really kill a person because they are always focusing on others and not themselves and getting their own personal growth.

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

This poem was all right. I didn't like it but I didn't hate it. I thought it was about a man and a woman that are in love. The man is really expressing his love saying that he will love her forever and it will never change. Even when she's dead he will still love her and that he will cherish every moment with her. They are going to grow old together.

Point of View: It's from the man
Plot: To tell his mate that he's in love with her
Setting: I really don't know what the setting is
Characterization: There are only two characters that are

Death be Not Proud

I thought it was kind of a poem that someone could live their life by. I pretty much interpreted it as the theme being that if its your time to go then it your time to go. Death is random and there really is no reason behind it. Just like sometimes good things happen to bad people. Death is pretty much like a lotto. People can smoke like 50 cigarettes in one day and still live. But there could be an innocent young child that could be killed in a car accident or premature babies that die. Death is pretty much a game of chance and luck

My Papa's Waltz

I like how it was short and sweet. I think it kind of made me wonder why he was being beaten by his father. I thought it was because his father was just an angry drunk. I noticed it had a A-B-A-B, C-D-C-D.... pattern. I also noticed that every other sentenced ryhmed. I looked up the poem online to get a better understand of the poem and I found out that it a very misunderstood poem. I can believe that because it took about five times to read it to make sure I didn't miss anything. My interpretation of the peom is that a little boy has to deal with his drunken parent whom he must put himself and them too to sleep. The boy is trying to hold the parent up by himself by grabbing to his shirt to support him and it was kind of like waltzing because he had to support them. I noticed the length of the poem. Each line only had a few words on it.

The Streetcar of Desire

I thought it was funny that the movie was in black and white. I liked the overally plot of the story. I think Blanche really was a shady character. I couldnt believe that she would descieve her sister like that. I thought it was funny that she would think that Mitch would want to marry her after she confessed that she was a whore. I also though it was funny that she was pretending like she was 16 but she looked like she was in her thirties. They say the way you start out is usually how you finish. Well she started out telling a million lies and they all caught up with her. I thought iwas crazy of her to still ask him to marry her. But I thought he was wrong for kind of leading her on because he gave her a passionate kiss then doesn't even want to be in the same room as her. I didn't really see a point in Blanche yelling for him to get out before she screams. I thought that was crazy and if he even thought about being in a relationship with her after she did that the notion was completely thrown out the window. I Stanley has an angermanagment problem. I couldn't believe Stella even thought about going back to him immediately after. If he was willing to hit her once chances is he will probably do it again. I thought it was funny how she was yelling at him trying to seem like she was in control and telling him to do the dishes and wash up. So he gets angry and throws all the dishes on the floor and against the wall and says 'my place is clean do you want me to clean yours' and reaches for her plate and she says no. I also thought it was natural that the in laws didn't get along because that's the way marriages work.

The Movie: I tought the movie was different. It's really kind of hard to tell that she even got raped. I liked the movie becasue it gave me a visual affect. I can see the reactions on their faces and everything.