Sage Griffee
ELA
miss Harrison
9/26/16
choose one of the poems we have studied and analyze the title.
the young man's song
the title I believe is saying that the poem is a young man's song. almost like saying that a young man in love would say some of the lines he says in the poem. for example in the first line "i am too young" "i am old enough". these might be things a young man in love might say. and later on in the poem "oh love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all that is in it". all of these things he says are things a young man first discovering love might say. so basically the whole poem is a young man's song.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Sage griffee
ELA blog post #2
Enjambment in we real cool,
In we real cool the author uses enjambment in every line break.
I think the author does this to effect the flow of the poem and how it reads.
For example at the end of a line if I'm left with a single word of the next line then I have to read down to the next line in order to complete it. doing this effects the way I read the poem.
The author may use enjambment to surprise the reader with each line.
If this poem did not have eenjambment it would not get the same message across, because at the end of every line you rush to the next to make meaning of what you just read. This can really effect the meaning and tone of a poem.
ELA blog post #2
Enjambment in we real cool,
In we real cool the author uses enjambment in every line break.
I think the author does this to effect the flow of the poem and how it reads.
For example at the end of a line if I'm left with a single word of the next line then I have to read down to the next line in order to complete it. doing this effects the way I read the poem.
The author may use enjambment to surprise the reader with each line.
If this poem did not have eenjambment it would not get the same message across, because at the end of every line you rush to the next to make meaning of what you just read. This can really effect the meaning and tone of a poem.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Out of the Amazon: life on the river
Early on the morning of September twelfth my class group got a tour of the out of the Amazon: life on the river exhibit at the HMNS. This exhibit explored the life culture and lifestyle of 13 different tribes in the Amazon. Some of the tribes had similar believes and lifestyle, including different he
ad dresses and the different roles shaman might have played in that tribe as well as how they made there baskets etc. And each tribe was unique in some aspect.when we were finished with our tour we were asked to go back to a specific part of exhibit that spoke to us and take some field notes and to further explore and research that part of the exhibit and put it in our blog post.
I chose to further explore the role of shamans in tribes. So a shaman is basically the doctor of the tribe. But there are some other roles shamans play in the tribe. I chose to almost compare and contrast two tribes shamans and see what some similarities they share.
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First I will talk about the Yanamamö. The Yanamamö shaman held the duties of healing any person in the tribe that might be sick or is injured. To do this he would cast spells on them, or blow smoke on there body's to cure some sickness. Most of the time these techniques would include powder of some kind of plant or herb. The Yanamamös cosmos consist of four key layers. the first is empty but used to be occupied by gods, the second is almost an earth but with better food, materials etc. the third is home to the sphirits of the dead, the fourth is the almost underworld, it's where evil sphirits are banished, it is the shamans job to keep these sphirits at bay.
Now I will compare the Yanamamö shamans to the shuar tribe shamans. The shuar tribe have two shamans instead of one. They have one shaman that cast spells and is very gifted in magic, it was said that if he wanted he could make anyone die with an almost sphirits dart. That is also how they would explain people dying of natural causes. The second shaman would be used for healing members of
the tribe. The shuar tribes cosmos consist of three layers, the bottom is almost like the essence of nature, the middle is our earth, here is where all evil sphirits live. It's the shaman that is gifted with sorcery that controls these sphirits. The top is the heavens where God would live.
Both of these tribes are very similar but share different believes and there shamans are very different.
On the right: some tools used by a shaman. On the left: a stool used by a shaman, only a shaman can use a stool.
I chose to further explore the role of shamans in tribes. So a shaman is basically the doctor of the tribe. But there are some other roles shamans play in the tribe. I chose to almost compare and contrast two tribes shamans and see what some similarities they share.
(Insert photos).
First I will talk about the Yanamamö. The Yanamamö shaman held the duties of healing any person in the tribe that might be sick or is injured. To do this he would cast spells on them, or blow smoke on there body's to cure some sickness. Most of the time these techniques would include powder of some kind of plant or herb. The Yanamamös cosmos consist of four key layers. the first is empty but used to be occupied by gods, the second is almost an earth but with better food, materials etc. the third is home to the sphirits of the dead, the fourth is the almost underworld, it's where evil sphirits are banished, it is the shamans job to keep these sphirits at bay.
Now I will compare the Yanamamö shamans to the shuar tribe shamans. The shuar tribe have two shamans instead of one. They have one shaman that cast spells and is very gifted in magic, it was said that if he wanted he could make anyone die with an almost sphirits dart. That is also how they would explain people dying of natural causes. The second shaman would be used for healing members of
the tribe. The shuar tribes cosmos consist of three layers, the bottom is almost like the essence of nature, the middle is our earth, here is where all evil sphirits live. It's the shaman that is gifted with sorcery that controls these sphirits. The top is the heavens where God would live.
Both of these tribes are very similar but share different believes and there shamans are very different.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The difference between the speaker of a poem and the poet
The difference between the speaker of a poem and the poet.
The speaker of the poem is the point of view of a person/thing that the poem centers around.
The poet is the writer/author of the poem. Sometimes the speaker is very similar to the poet, but you can't always assume that when reading a poem. Confusing the speaker and the poet will most of the time be a complete disaster. For example if a poet named John Hughes wrote a poem about his marriage from his marriage from his wives perspective, and you assumed it is from his perspective then you would have trouble really understanding the poem. When going into a poem you should never assume who or what the speaker is.
The speaker of the poem is the point of view of a person/thing that the poem centers around.
The poet is the writer/author of the poem. Sometimes the speaker is very similar to the poet, but you can't always assume that when reading a poem. Confusing the speaker and the poet will most of the time be a complete disaster. For example if a poet named John Hughes wrote a poem about his marriage from his marriage from his wives perspective, and you assumed it is from his perspective then you would have trouble really understanding the poem. When going into a poem you should never assume who or what the speaker is.
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