work / reading

30 minutes studying poetry Saturday + Sunday
1 hour revising draft Thursday
1 hour reading split Sunday
total 3 hours

It has been far too long

It has been far too long, since I last saw

The glow of your eyes and the color of your hair.

It has been far too long, since I last herd

The sound of your voice or the song on your lips.

I wish to see you just once again

You read this somewhere far away

I hope you miss, and do not forget

Me missing you from far away.

It has been far too long, since I last saw

The glow of your eyes and the color of your hair.

It has been far too long, since I last herd

The sound of your voice or the song on your lips.

If you don’t return

I can only hope

That our paths will meet

Once again, somewhere down the road

stanza

enjambment

anaphora

end stopped line

reading/ working times

30 minutes analyzing poetry Monday

10 minutes reading in class Thursday

120 minutes reading  Split  Monday

poem annalization

I must belong somewhere

by Bright Eyes

In the song I must belong somewhere the speaker is a man who does not want to leave a place which he believes he belongs.  Someone him his life wants him to go with them.  He tries to tell the person that he belongs here by giving a lot of examples of things to let remain. 

The poem shows a lot of anaphora with the word leave at the beginning of nearly every sentence.  There is alliteration in the beginning of the song.  The tone is rather sad and lonely, maybe a little regretfully because the guy wants to stay behind.

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Everything-Must-Belong-Somewhere-lyrics-Bright-Eyes/E31E0631960282B548256F98000E8F23

work times

Monday: 1 hour posting discussion 2 posts
Thursday 45 minutes posting 2 discussion posts
Friday; 10 minutes reading city of bones in class
Saturday: 30 minutes posting for ATD

the fire

As I woke up, I could hear the alarm howling at me to get up.  I reached up and turned it off, but the alarm was still blazing.  I tried again, nothing.  Then I noticed that I was sweaty and smelled of smoke.  Smoke?  I threw off the blanket and looked around.  Everything looked normal but I could defiantly smell smoke.  My eyes burned and my head hurt as I tried to think of what to do.

I ran down stairs.  Still no sign of a fire but the smoke was just as thick, hanging over everything like a thick black cloud of doom.  Still with no sign of fire but the smoke I ran to make sure my parents were okay.  They had already left, without me!  I ran outside just as the first flames sprang up from the floor.  I tried to find my parents but couldn't.  Then I remembered that they were sleeping in the basement because of a broken window and it was too cold in their room.  I turned to run back inside as the air conditioner exploded and the whole house was suddenly covered in flames.

1 hour working on draft Tuesday          reviewed draft

1 hour working on draft Wednesday     wrote half of the body

Wednesday 30 minutes reading           Absolutely True Diary of a part time Indian 

1 hour working on draft Thursday       wrote other half of the body

1 hour working on draft Friday.          wrote introduction and went over the body

Monday  30 minutes                         write conclusion and format essay

Total 5 hours

research essay post

I feel great about this rough draft.  I think it looks good and is in correct MLA format.  I am confident in my thesis and my supporting details.  I believe that the draft came together very well.

The body of the essay came easy because that is just taking what I found in my research and putting it into words.  The hard part was the introduction and conclusion.  I feel concerned that my introduction does not do as good a job introducing the topic as I would like.  I feel that everything else worked out great.