21 Emily Dickinson Poem

I’ll tell you how the Sun rose –

A Ribbon at a time –

The steeples swam in Amethyst

The news, like Squirrels, ran –

The Hills untied their Bonnets –

The Bobolinks – begun –

Then I said softly to myself –

“That must have been the Sun”!

But how he set – I know not –

There seemed a purple stile

That little Yellow boys and girls

Were climbing all the while –

Till when they reached the other side –

A Dominie in Gray –

Put gently up the evening Bars –

And led the flock away –

Emily Dickinson

20 Mythologic Poem

For Zeus (Some Say Poseidon)

by Edward Alan Bartholomew 

That statue of a god, with godly state,
whose clenching fist and arching back expand
to free the thund'rous trident from command,
will hold his step and ever warn and wait.

That statue of a god dares uncreate
that Sculptor of a god, Whose waxen hand,
in image of Himself, prepared to stand
those ankles, feet, and knees that spell his gait.

Gouge out his eyes and skyey senate seat;
his absence reassures Us, Men, the stellar
blanket warms but nameless moons and stars;
that fire that rises from an earthy cellar
lends itself and names it solely Ours,
so that Our liver is Our own to eat.

19 Myth in Poetry

The word myth come from the Greek word "mythos" which means speech, thought story and myth of unknown origin. Myth is the story which is characterized by magic figures sometime beyond the truth itself about the past but have historical significance to particular society mostly the characters are not human being.

A myth almost always:
Features gods and goddesses
Tells about heroes
Explains natural phenomena

Myths Quotes
“Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.” 
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?” 
― John Lennon

18 Another Symbol

The cross, the principal symbol of the Christian religion, recalling the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the redeeming benefits of his Passion and death. The cross is thus a sign both of Christ himself and of the faith of Christians.The symbol of the cross is found in paintings, statues, artifacts, jewelry, and more. A friend of mine is really religious and have the cross almost everywhere in the house, she wear a necklace and have about 6 tattoos of the cross.   

17 The Dove symbolism

A white dove can have different meanings to different people. When you see one it might symbolized freedom.  They can walk on the earth and swim in the sea as humans. Many cultures believe that they are a symbol of eternal life; the link between heaven and earth. It can be a religious symbol too. The Dove is generally thought to be a symbol of peace. It is also symbolic of love. A pair of doves is believed to be a symbol of love and fidelity. Im sure we all have seen this, a pair of Doves are often released by couples on their wedding day as a symbol of purity and to signify the beginning of their new life together. They also do it in funeral.

16 What is symbolism?

What is symbolism? Symbolism is everywhere; symbolism exists whenever something is meant to represent something else. Symbolism is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature. It is the use of an object, person, situation or word to represent something else, like an idea, in literature. Symbols are meant to be universally familiar so that the author's message is more readily understood. As a matter of fact, we are familiar with the universal in everyday life: flags, road signs and even logos.
For example the logo of a dove immediately reminds people of peace, because doves, by nature, are peaceful. What about a national flag, is symbolic, because it expresses something larger than itself: the culture of a country. So, symbols deliver complex ideas and concepts in a highly recognizable way.

15 Psychological Crtisism

Psychological criticism is an approach to literary criticism that interprets writings, authors, and readers through a psychological lens. The focus is on the expression of the unconscious in the work, looking at psychology in the narrative itself as well as in the author. Critics think about the symbols in the work and what they might mean. They also evaluate the psychological state of the characters, and examine their motivations and actions with an understanding of psychology in mind.

An example of psychological criticism would be contemplating a fictional character's past in order to understand why he killed his mother
psychological criticism can play a role in psychotherapy.

14 Critical Perspective

One of the goal of Critical Perspectives is to develop students' powers as critical, creative and active  thinkers. This is actually what we are doing in this class. Too many students including me cannot communicate what they think and feel, stumbling over words and searching for the correct phrase that just won't come. It is quite dificult focusing and just putting the correct words for a paper. Critical Perspectives helps train this technique through the writing and reading assignments.The key to success in Critical Perspectives comes from finding and maintaining a balance between free thinking and organized thought.

13 The Tone in a Story

I will talk a little about the tone in a story. The tone in a story can be joyful, seroius, sad, formal or informal.  One trick that may help you figure out the tone of the story that you're reading is to imagine a key scene from the story as a movie. The music that is playing in the background, do you imagine something dark and moody, light and peppy, somber and thoughtful? Well music is a tool often used in movies to emphasize tone. For example, a story with a dark, ominous tone will probably have more negative descriptions than a light, happy comedy. Now we have an idea of the tone in a story.

Examples of the tone in everyday speech

1. Father: “We are going on a vacation.”
    Son: “That’s great!!!”
– The tone of son’s response is very cheerful

2. Father: “We can’t go on vacation this summer.”   
    Son: “Ok. Great! That’s what I expected.”
– The son’s tone is sarcastic in the given response

12 Wikipedia Article

We still working with the sandbox and getting everything set up to plug it in Wikipedia. Right now we are inserting a piece of the original story then revised it. I am almost finished working with my sandbox. I hope I did it right, if not, well at least I accomplish something new that I haven't worked before. It is been quite of a new experience also a little challenge. The reason why is working with the cite, the reference and all the symbols, you must put it right in order to show what it is in the original page. Another challenge was trying to write facts not opinions and I did a couple of mistakes saying "I think" "I believe". Glad that the professor give us a template to follow.
Good Luck Everyone!

11 Gender Criticism

Gender criticism examines how sexual identity influences the creation, interpretation, and evaluation of literary works. Purpose of gender criticism is to criticize gender as we commonly conceive of it.Gender criticism could be the deficiency of female authors until into the 20th century and historically female education has been inferior to that of males. Gender distinction has historically been everywhere. Even the public bathrooms that you visit exhibit the sign that children are likely first to relate to gender. Things has change in the past years where the roles of men and women in marriage have changed over time and is an equal sharing of chores and other duties.

10 Women Writer

I want to focus on the Puerto Rican women writer. When I was in school in Puerto Rico I remember 2 women writer and they are Julia de Burgos and Lola Rodriguez de Tio. I used to do projects about them, looking for information and pictures. Back then was fun doing this, but without realizing the real importance that they had and their contributions as a woman writers. I am proud of my little Island.

Julia de Burgos-  was a poet from Puerto Rico. As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. She was also a civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers.She published three books which contained a collection of her poems.

Lola Rodriguez de Tio-was the first Puerto Rican born woman poet to establish herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. A believer in women's rights, she was also committed to the abolition of slavery and the independence of Puerto Rico.

9 Wikipedia Itself

Oh Wikipedia I have to be your friend for the whole semester, sorry to say this but after the semester is over I have to say; bye... bye... Wiki for a long time!

Working with Wiki it is a little complicated, especially all the symbols, signs, the references, the cite, any little error because of a letter or number it marked it wrong. I started working with my sandbox, I plugged in some information which was fine but the cite was complicated, it kept saying something is wrong, it was some numbers and I fix it but it did not work. I would ask the professor to help me with that problem. Wikipedia is not my favorite thing to work with, but what makes me happy is that I am trying new things and I am learning, that is all it matters. Now I can say, I was part of the Wikipedia and I edited an article, thanks to the professor :)
Good Luck everyone!