Personal Response

Alone
By: Siegfried Sassoon

     This poem is beautifully done, it has such a natural flow to it. This piece has a perfect symmetrical flow, perfect meter and perfect verse and has a simple lay out. There is a lot of imagery in this poem, every odd line has imagery in it and rhymes with the line above it.

            It makes me think of how it feels to be alone and how everything is so noticeable when you are feeling alone. I find with old poetry there is more thought put into it. This can make old poetry like this poem, have more meaning behind the words. The author has a lot to do with what meaning is behind the poem, because usually the best poems are written from within the author.

    Writing and poetry has always been a tool for reflecting and commenting on society. During the 20th century many poets reacted to problems in the world with poems. With very highly emotionally charged poems. World War I poets have a lot of horror and deep description of war and the spiritual degradation it inflects. Siegfried Sassoon was a soldier and a poet. His poems reflect the loss of innocence and the horrible mental and physical toll World War I inflicted on the world.    

Poem Analysis

Alone
By: Siegfried Sassoon









Analysis of The Poem:


I’ve listened:  - the beginning words set what the next couple of lines are about
and all the sounds I heard - keeps you wondering what he could be talking about, what sounds
Were music,—wind, and stream, and bird. - imagery, he is saying all the things he heard sounded like music to his ears, nature sounded beautieful
With youth who sang from hill to hill - the sound of the nature sounded prue like youth singing on a hill
I’ve listened: my heart is hungry still.  - after hearing the nature sing he is left wanting more


I’ve looked: - the beginning words set what the next couple of lines are about
the morning world was green; - imagery
Bright roofs and towers of town I’ve seen;
And stars, wheeling through wingless night.
I’ve looked: and my soul yet longs for light.


I’ve thought: - the beginning words set what the next couple of lines are about
but in my sense survives
Only the impulse of those lives
That were my making. Hear me say
‘I’ve thought!’—and darkness hides my day.

    Siegfried Sassoon was born on September 8, 1887, and died on September 1, 1967. Sassoon was a poet and a author. He was known was a writer of satirical anti-war verse during WW1, But later won acclaim for his prose work. Sassoon was born in Matfield, Kent to a Jewish father and a English mother. His father, Alfred was one of the wealthy merchant family, was disinherited for marrying outside the faith. His mother Teresa, belonged to the Thornycroft family, sculptors responsible for the many of the best- known statues in London.

    Sassoon's controversial war poetry has received mixed reactions. Many critics, including some of Sassoon's friends and fellow poets, have disapproved of Sassoon's treatment of combat, saying that his verse deals only with war's immediate and startling aspects. They have maintained that his anger invalidates his work aesthetically because his descriptions appeal to the senses rather than the imagination. Wilfred Owen concluded that Sassoon's poems do not expand and intensify the horror of war into a greater human context, but rather enjoin the reader to react to the moment.

     The poem title “Alone” seems sad, or even scary. Knowing what we know about  Sassoon's background and the time period he was brought up in tells us a little about the title. As we know war is not a happy situation, many people die and it effects all parts of our life. That’s why when you look at the title and you think of Sassoon, you make a connection that it must be about the war.


References:
http://www.enotes.com/poetry-criticism/sassoon-siegfried
http://www.helium.com/items/186298-how-war-influenced-the-poetry-of-siegfried-sassoon-and-wilfred-own

Enjoy Natures Beautiful Seasons, yay

I am going to start changing my backround with the seasons, so it was a winter like backround and now it has a spring like backround :)

The poem I am analysing!

Alone
Written By: Siegfried Sassoon


I’ve listened: and all the sounds I heard

Were music,—wind, and stream, and bird.

With youth who sang from hill to hill

I’ve listened: my heart is hungry still.



I’ve looked: the morning world was green;

Bright roofs and towers of town I’ve seen;

And stars, wheeling through wingless night.

I’ve looked: and my soul yet longs for light.



I’ve thought: but in my sense survives

Only the impulse of those lives

That were my making. Hear me say

‘I’ve thought!’—and darkness hides my day.

I changed my background, hope you like hehe

How I am Rich!

How I Am Rich


By: Megan Little

Instructions: Write a one page, 500 word, three paragraph personal essay explaining to me how YOU are "rich" in some ways similar to Aline, without needing that one hundred billion dollars I was planning to give you some weeks back.

          I am rich, in many ways. The way I look and dress or the things I have may tell you different, but you have to think what kind of rich. I am rich not with money but with love, happiness, opportunities, food and shelter. The kind of rich I treasure in my life is the kind that gives your heart a warm feeling. Peoples out look on rich may be money or fame, but rich is having great worth or value.

          I am rich with love in my life, and many people in this world sadly, are not. I was born into this world with a family loving me, and ever since love has brought me to where I am. Friends have always been there for me as well, loving me no matter what. I feel lucky to be loved, and that makes me feel rich to have something that special in my life. Love can bring a person many amazing deep feelings. That is why I consider myself rich with love.

           I am rich with happiness because I have so many things in my life that others might not have because of the area I was born in. My happiness comes for a lot of the opportunity that I have in the area I was born into, such as sports teams, movies, games, the beach, my Seadoo; all the nice things I have. I feel lucky to be so happy. Some people are not happy and cant get away from anger or fear. For instance people who live in poverty. For me to be around positivity and happiness I am lucky. That is why I consider my self rich with happiness.

          I am rich with shelter, healthy food and fresh water. I am lucky to have these essentials to live right in front of me. In poor countries these thing are hard for them to get. I am rich with food, because I have so much of it that I have more than I need. Same with water I have a amazing supply to fresh drinking water at just about any time. Shelter is so important and I a blessed to live in a area where we have houses and we can afford them. That is why I consider myself rich with food, shelter and water.


           Those are the reasons I am so rich in my life. I don’t think people who live in poverty dream of being rich and famous they dream of having food for tomorrow and healthy water to drink, and a safe place to be at night. The word rich will have a different meaning depending on the person. I feel as though if something is rare and I have it in my life, I am lucky and very special to have it. To me that considers me rich!

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