week 12 poetryblog

This is my week twelve poetry blog. There were some poems that I could not find no matter how hard I tried. Here is the list of poems and poets we had to read. To my dear and loving husband by Bradstreet , Memorandum, by Bolton, Before the Birth of One of her children, by, Bradstreet, To An Athlete Dying Young, By Housmann, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, By, Howe, Thinking About Bill, Dead Of Aids, By, Williams, This Is Just To Say by Williams. The first poem I selected was Memorandum By Bolton. The reason that I chose this poem was the nature of the poem. The speaker seems really hate her ex- boyfriend. The speaker mentions how he used to admire famous people and what they looked like. He also only seemed to want to talk about himself and his problems not so much the speaker’s problems or concerns. Her boyfriend did not seem to even take into consideration her feelings , or how he made her feel when he looked at other women and talked about them. The next poem that I chose was To My Dear And Loving husband, By, Anne Bradstreet. This poem is speaking very tenderly about how a wife loves her husband. She seems to love him so much that she idolizes him, you could even go as far as to say she puts him high up on a peda-stool as if he can do no wrong. I would expect this type of writing from a seventeenth century puritan because they were god fearing people and lived to obey God. I think her devotions are expectant on the rewards she will receive in Heaven for following Gods commandments here on earth. That she believes in eternal life, and that they will live forever in the presence of God. The next poem selection I made was Before the Birth of One Of Her Children. In the beginning of this poem the speaker seems to not care much about her life she has no children, friends or anyone who really cares about her. She seems to wish death upon herself as if she has no reason to live. She felt worthless here on earth and longed to be in the arms of god the father where she would feel loved. The fourth poem I picked to write about was To an athlete dying Young , By A. E. Housman. I think this poem is written in a fathers view about his young son who won a race at a young age. The poem keeps mentioning the runner being shoulder high. The father seems to be proud of his son even in death and continues to speak his name and accomplishments so that his son will not be forgotten. The fifth poem I choose  to write about was the Battle Hymn Of The Republic , By Julia Ward Howe. This has always been one of my favorite hymns growing up . It speaks such truths and glorifys our lord  God and Jesus. This poem tells of the battles we as Christians must fight. But we are never alone. Our father is always with us fighting right beside us. This poem has always been comforting to me because it reminds me that God is always with me and that he will never leave me nor forsake me.