understanding

Respond to each of the following in a well-considered post in your blog. Limit your selection of detail to a separate poem for each response.

1. Explain how image and symbol reinforce theme in a poem.
2. Explain how facts about a writer's life are relevant to your understanding of a poem.
3. Explain how a poem can reflect a poet's personal psychology.
4. Explain how your own experiences affect your interpretation of a poem.

This exercise is simple: write a poem about a family member meeting a famous person.

The lyrics from K-OS's, "Heaven Only Knows," struck a chord with something we had been discussing in class about "mysticism."

Discuss the following K-OS lyrics based on what we've learned when comparing Western and Eastern Mysticism.

Have a careful listen to a variety of current or classic tunes by a variety of recording artists.

Which artists demonstrate our understanding of Western Mysticism, which are clearly Eastern, are any a little of each?

from Republic, BOOK VII And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: Behold!