Growth as a Poet
My poem during this project changed many times before my final product. At first my poem was bland and wasn’t very deep. As I progressed I added more personality to my poem; I added more of my self in the poem. This didn’t make my poem just better, but it made it so I could be proud that I wrote this piece of poetry. Making this happen though was not just a single step process though. I had to refine my work and change many small things. The three main changes I made to my poem are the poem style, added more symbolism, and making a theme.
The first change I made to my poem was the poem style. I had my poem as a sonnet. Very quickly I realized that writing a sonnet was very hard and didn’t fit how I wanted to reflect my idea. So I decided to do a free verse poem. This way I could make my poem into a rap/song and add the affect of music to it. Once I changed the style there was much more soul and feeling to the poem. The poem when read had a more unique style made for how I read. I could read it with a normal pace then speed up when the poem got more intense. Making it have a bigger impact on each person when I got to a faster part. Also with the unique way of saying it I made my poem more like me and unique.
After changing the poems style the next thing to do was add more symbolism. Before I changed my poem, I had no symbolism. I had one little line at the end that wasn’t even that complex of symbolism. It was just me using olive branches to represent peace. Because I wanted to have my poem be deciphered, I made lots of symbolism in my poem. After that though I realized that I had made to much symbolism in my poem. So I cut it down and after a lot of trimming I got the right amount. I had some symbolism around each 2 stanzas. This made my poem have a complex edge to it and yet was not too hard to understand. Making it just right for the message I was trying to get by.
The last change that I made is something that put the bow on the present. Through my poem I kept saying myth and fairytale at the beginning and at the end. So with the suggestion of Lori, I added a myth theme to my poem. This way I could include more comparisons and have a cool and unique them to my poem. I had also added to my poem the tale of Perseus. This was a good example because it was an impossible story. Making a good comparison for my topic, peace. By the end of adding this to my poem it was very strong and I felt confident about my poem.
The first change I made to my poem was the poem style. I had my poem as a sonnet. Very quickly I realized that writing a sonnet was very hard and didn’t fit how I wanted to reflect my idea. So I decided to do a free verse poem. This way I could make my poem into a rap/song and add the affect of music to it. Once I changed the style there was much more soul and feeling to the poem. The poem when read had a more unique style made for how I read. I could read it with a normal pace then speed up when the poem got more intense. Making it have a bigger impact on each person when I got to a faster part. Also with the unique way of saying it I made my poem more like me and unique.
After changing the poems style the next thing to do was add more symbolism. Before I changed my poem, I had no symbolism. I had one little line at the end that wasn’t even that complex of symbolism. It was just me using olive branches to represent peace. Because I wanted to have my poem be deciphered, I made lots of symbolism in my poem. After that though I realized that I had made to much symbolism in my poem. So I cut it down and after a lot of trimming I got the right amount. I had some symbolism around each 2 stanzas. This made my poem have a complex edge to it and yet was not too hard to understand. Making it just right for the message I was trying to get by.
The last change that I made is something that put the bow on the present. Through my poem I kept saying myth and fairytale at the beginning and at the end. So with the suggestion of Lori, I added a myth theme to my poem. This way I could include more comparisons and have a cool and unique them to my poem. I had also added to my poem the tale of Perseus. This was a good example because it was an impossible story. Making a good comparison for my topic, peace. By the end of adding this to my poem it was very strong and I felt confident about my poem.