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The purpose of this padlet portfolio is to:  reflect on my learning and development as a poet and critic. I will also make arguments about how I have met certain learning objectives using artifacts of my work from this semester!
The final post is a link to the modernist poems I wrote throughout the course, inspired by the poets we studied that I found the most compelling!

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Reflect on effective close reading skills.

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Reflect on effective close reading skills.

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Two artifacts from my work this semester that I feel best demonstrate my ability to read poems closely and interpret the works based off the poetics made by the author are my following annotations:
"Furthering my analysis of this stanza, I also think that it further alludes to the infidelity of the speaker. I see this stanza as them saying that they knew their partner was going to cheat on them, so they did it first. Going back to my original comment on how this stanza subtracts from the poem if removed, I think that's meant to show how the speakers partner planning to cheat means nothing. When talking about apologizing, this attempt to make it seem like the speaker is not the only one who thought of cheating changes nothing in the situation."
"I think that the juxtaposition between the "scented pinks" and the "bark" and "coarse weeds" is a way that this poem resists tradition, specifically in the way that the speaker expresses a need for the latter. You would think that someone would prefer the smell of pink flowers over bark and weeds, sort of like a tradition. In the rejection of idea, tradition is being resisted."
I feel that they both show my ability to interpret a work based off the poetics of the author because I am analyzing specific choices that they made, a disposable stanza and juxtaposition of diction, and connecting it to the larger purpose of the poem.

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Reflect on increased analysis and synthesis skills. 

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Reflect on increased analysis and synthesis skills. 

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One artifact from my work this semester that showcases my ability to unpack a poem in small parts if the following annotation:
"This stanza, and the one following it, I think are more examples of a theme of hopelessness. To me, these stanzas give an almost pleading vibe. Like the speaker is just pleading to whomever to leave the fruits and the flowers to grow on their own without interference. To just let them cling, to let them yellow, to let them become tart. Or else they will all become bitter. I think that such meaningful pleading is an indicator of hopelessness, like their pleads fall on deaf ears. I also believe that the comment about how coaxing only makes bitter fruit is very interesting in context of H.D's relationship with her father. It's like she is pleading to her father to stop trying to "help" her and to just let her "test her own worth." It is clear that her father did in fact do nothing but make her bitter towards him"
I am using H.D's diction and flower imagery, synthesized with my prior knowledge on flower imagery and knowledge gained from the video lectures on H.D's relationship with her father to come to the conclusion that she is making a statement on the nature of her relationship with him.

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Reflect on your understanding of the philosophies governing the Modernist movement as well as your ability to note these patterns or themes in  Modernist poetry.

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Reflect on your understanding of the philosophies governing the Modernist movement as well as your ability to note these patterns or themes in  Modernist poetry.

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the artifact that I have chosen to prove my ability to make a connection between the works of criticism/poetic theory we read (by Pound, Stein, and Hughes) and poems written by Modernist poets is the following comment I made on the padlet responding to Pound and regarding in A Station of the Metro:
"After staring at these two lines for what felt like forever, the only thing that I could come up with as far as theme goes (and I couldn't even find a specific word for it) is the idea that perhaps imagism can be perceived in different ways, which sort of goes against the idea but....... I think the relation between the two lines is that the more "literal" first line is what one person considers their reality with crisp language, and the more "metaphorical" line is what another person considers to be reality with crisp language. It all depends on context and what you perceive to be true in any given moment. If you take away the slight context of the title, or any other background info, either line of the poem could be concrete imagery."
Here I am clearly discussing how I think the imagist framework influenced in a Station of the Metro, specifically mentioning how imagism can blend the line between concreteness and something more metaphorical to make the statement that a poet intends to, particularly the concept of time in this instance.

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Reflect on your awareness of best brainstorming, researching, drafting, and revising practices to ensure effective and ethical literary scholarship.

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Reflect on your awareness of best brainstorming, researching, drafting, and revising practices to ensure effective and ethical literary scholarship.

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As a reader and writer, I think that I am most confident in my close reading skills and being able to write an idea down, if that makes sense. I think I am good ant interpreting something and attempting to explain that interpretation. I really liked the conclusions that I made about Sheltered Garden and H.D's need for control even if it isn't pretty, and This is just to say and the speakers attempt to justify cheating, though I didn't exactly explore this in my critical essay. See the following quote from one of my annotations:
"I see this stanza as them saying that they knew their partner was going to cheat on them, so they did it first. Going back to my original comment on how this stanza subtracts from the poem if removed, I think that's meant to show how the speakers partner planning to cheat means nothing"
If my thesis had worked to serve this a little better, I would have written an entire critical essay on this interpretation alone.
Which I suppose leads me to something that I struggle with: conciseness. I feel like I have so many ideas and interpretations that it makes it hard for me to stick to a very specific line of analysis, so sometimes my essays might be all over the place and lacking in spaces where I feel I cannot delve into an idea as much as I want.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BPCMLMPF3ZwlpWYVLifrBuQYzLMmzixluLvhNzscWes/edit?usp=sharing