https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6 Each small group should post 2 TQE's for potential whole class discussion. en-us 2021-11-16 14:06:34 UTC 2022-01-18 16:47:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f41f.png https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899569896 One thing we noticed about the poem and questions is that readers were meant to take the poem very literally. A lot of the questions we got wrong had correct answers that were much more simple than the figurative answers we tried. Taking the answers very literally correlates to the theme of the poem because mirrors reflect what they see and are very literal objects.

]]> 2021-11-18 13:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899569896 skylarimple https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899580218 On question 33, we recognized that human vanity was a theme in the poem, so some of us chose B, even if we didn't believe the poem was satire. ]]> 2021-11-18 14:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899580218 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899582258 We discussed how this was a specifically difficult poem to analyze and answer questions on. For Jack, number 24 was very hard. I chose E, and the correct answer was A. My thoughts behind choosing E were that I also thought III was part of the answer as I thought the word also meant 'keep from expressing or showing',, but now that I look at it, I realize that it is only I and II, not I, II, and III. My next question was number 26, which I thought was a very hard question. I chose D, 'the mirror and the woman', and the correct answer was B, 'the mirror and the pink wall'. This question could have gone many ways, but now I understand why it was incorrect.]]> 2021-11-18 14:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899582258 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899590340 One thing we realized was that the entirety of the poem was at the perspective of a mirror. One of our group members saw a transition in the poem and believed when they started calling the mirror "lake", they were actually talking about a lake. That caused some confusion on some of the questions, like 32, that related to the reference of the lake.]]> 2021-11-18 14:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899590340 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899590803 We didn't realize that the poem was about aging until met with the idea on the quiz. Before, we'd previously thought of it as more self-reflective in the past, Owen thinking of it as the present and of self, and Sophia thinking it as the two-faced nature of humanity. However, upon deeper reflection, we realized that it was about the idea of aging and the woman gazing down to think of her past, a young woman, before returning to the present. We realized that rather than a perception of self it was one of aging. ]]> 2021-11-18 14:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899590803 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899591344 The mirror is personified throughout the poem, as it also focuses on the woman. While answering the questions, each option needed to be taken into thought because the shift from the mirror and woman may have been misleading in the poem. In question 31, we assumed that the mirror did not perceive the back of the woman's body while she turns away, when looking at line 13. Although, the mirror did not empathize with her and felt a need to reflect her "faithfully", which likely confused us as the poem did say that it is not cruel, but is truthful.]]> 2021-11-18 14:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899591344 skylarimple https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899592142 On question 32, we thought there was a deeper meaning, but there wasn't. The question was more literal than we thought. ]]> 2021-11-18 14:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899592142 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899602949 On question 29, all of us got it wrong in two different ways. We assumed it to be more because of the changing of the objects, both in the fact that candles and the moon change, as well as in the fact that the reflection changes, the moon and candles supposedly being liars because their reflection is also not to truth. We didn't take it as literally, the answer having just been a result of it's lighting. Now, we realize more of the literal meaning of the poem rather than supposed hidden perception. ]]> 2021-11-18 14:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899602949 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899633766 Similarly to a lot of people here, we noticed that the poem was meant to be taken a bit more literally than we were led on to think. For example, in question 32, the "[H]er face that replaces the darkness" doesn't refer to her presence or the metaphor of dark feelings, but to her literally turning on the light in the room.]]> 2021-11-18 14:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1899633766 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906131937 On questions 31 and 32, I did not think into it as much as others might have, but I just thought of the basic answer that I believed to be correct, although both were incorrect. After seeing the correct answers for these questions, I was able to put it together and it made more sense than what I had originally chosen.]]> 2021-11-22 13:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906131937 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906138898 When I read the poem I think I may have went to deep with the poems meaning and thought its main idea was more so about individuals and how they view themselves, rather it was simpler than I thought it would be. ]]> 2021-11-22 13:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906138898 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906143002 I also agree with most of the class when it came to over analyzing the questions, I also found myself over thinking them and trying to find some sort of hidden meaning whereas it was more so literal and not as deep as I thought it would be. ]]> 2021-11-22 13:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906143002 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906144471 On questions 25 and 29, which I answered incorrectly, may have confused me into over analyzing it rather than just seeing the answer to the question that might have been clearer. I was generally able to choose the most basic answers instead of overthinking them, which may just be how my mind works, although these two questions along with 31 and 32 did get me to really think about them and overlap my ideas for what I could connect back to the poem and choose the best answer.]]> 2021-11-22 13:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906144471 francescatoews https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906149517 I agree with Evy. I think the mirror doesn't have an opinion because it said it is "unmisted by love or dislike"]]> 2021-11-22 13:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906149517 francescatoews https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906157619 I think the mirror might have feelings for the wall as it says "I think it [the wall] is part of my heart", whereas it doesn't say anything like that about the women at all only that it reflects her faithfully ]]> 2021-11-22 14:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906157619 francescatoews https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906178991 I think the use of "the eye of a little god" is meant to show how a "god" in the typical sense would not view her through her own eyes and biases, but simply as she is]]> 2021-11-22 14:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1906178991 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1908432860 On question 32, I had overthought my answer and selected a more theological idea. I had thought that the mirror had felt emotions towards the woman, where in reality, it just watched her grow throughout her life, becoming more and more unhappy with herself.]]> 2021-11-23 13:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1908432860 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1908441303 While reading the poem, I thought it was much more metaphorical than it truly was. This was reflected in my answers, even though the poem displayed aspects of personification of the mirror, it was just to detail it more. The mirror never had emotions towards the woman. The sadness that the mirror had seemed to feel was only a mere reflection of not only the woman's looks and insecurities, but her emotions towards herself as well.]]> 2021-11-23 13:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1908441303 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1919284946 I agree with the class in regards to overanalyzing the poem, as a number of my answers were incorrect because they assumed a more symbolic interpretation of "Mirror". ]]> 2021-11-30 01:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1919284946 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1919402526 I also agree with Tighe, because I imagined the poem as a critique of wider society rather than an examination of individual social interactions as it seems was intended.]]> 2021-11-30 02:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1919402526 https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1998445331 The mirror is personified in the poem, and it focuses on the woman herself. Each option needed to really thought out because the shift from the mirror and woman may have been misleading in the poem.]]> 2022-01-18 16:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jmurphy43/hmf4y7vvltngckp6/wish/1998445331