Etude

Ms. Sandy Longhorn’s visit today was very interesting. I always thought that poetry was the poet’s innermost feelings, today I learned that it’s not always about the poet. Ms Longhorn was very interesting today. I like that she was very pleasant and down to earth. When she read her poetry today it was great it made the poems more interesting. Just like when we listen to T.S. Elliot read his poetry it made it more interesting. Ms Longhorn used a lot of imagery in the poem Etude, such as “I weighted her with gems and coins sewn in the hems of her long scarves and skirts.” This quote signifies the Mother trying to hold on to her daughter. “Some days I watched her test the law of gravity – the wind her patient lover”, when I first read this I thought the Mother had caught her daughter with a men. Ms Longhorn stated that it was the young lady basically growing into her own and testing her freedom which I can also see. What I like most was her stating that with poetry it can be interpreted any why the reading likes because we all see something different and it doesn’t make it right or wrong. One of my classmates stated that she seen poetry different so she didn’t have much to say, I wish she had of because you learn so much from people that have a passion for something. They help you to see the beauty in what they have a passion for, because you see it through their eyes. I like the poetry that rhymes but after studying it in this class I have a better understanding of how and why poets write in different styles.