I enjoyed reading these poems somewhat. I will not deny that I am not a fan of poetry, but I enjoyed the images these paint in their verse. I was able to picture the places they described quite well, with new details added in every line. My personal favorite imagery was that of the first poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." This one gave me a serene image and created a place that I would very much like to visit, maybe even spend the day at. It was a beautiful sight within my mind. Poetry, while I may not enjoy it to the degree of some people, can be beautiful and can give someone a wonderful painting in their mind, one that they can hang in the gallery that is the memory.
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I think it's also important to understand that the picture that is painted isn't the whole picture, but we have to fill it in ourselves. Wordsworth gave us an outline for a beautiful place and we filled in the ideas that we had for this place.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about poetry. I think that these particular poems were more enjoyable than most, because they were relatively straight forward and easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way about poetry. I kind of have a love-hate relationship, but due to the straightforwardness of these, they were relatively enjoyable.
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