Friday, June 4, 2010
Dorothy Wordsworth Thoughts on My Sick-bed (p293-294)
I really enjoyed this poem. It provided me with insight into how people should view life everyday. Although in pain in suffering, she was able to capture the beauty of life around her. She recognized the small things that one would normally not recognize in our busy every day lives (lines 11-12). With anxiousness and excitement she observed the things around her (lines 13). I think that the fact that she may have been in her last days, her senses were awakened like they had never been before. She was seeking to experience things that had never been (line 14). Everything around her seemed to be filled with life with dancing and singing (lines 17-20). One thing that really stuck out to me is that she did not talk about in pain or suffering that she was experiencing. In fact, one would not even know that she was ill except for reading the title. Instead, her vivid imagery of beauty consumes the reader. I find it amazing how she was able to escape her bedridden body, her room, and her house to experience the life outside through her memories (lines 45-52). I think this is how life should be everyday. We should not wait until the end of our lives to try and capture those things that we’ve passed by in the previous years. Life has become so busy, and we go by everyday not realizing the beauty of things that are in front of us. It makes we wonder, what would my memories comprise of if I were on my sickbed.
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Trenae, I couldn't agree with you more. The present is definitely a gift and often we take it for granted. Her ability to escaped the physical and live through memory was definitely inspirational. All of your points are well taken.
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ReplyDeleteThis post is stronger than your two previous ones because you focus on Dorothy Wordsworth's message and means of communicating it, rather than the plot of the poem. You could make the post even better, though, if instead of gesturing toward passages from the poem (as when you cite lines 17–20 and 45–52) you had actually quoted and analyzed them. Don't assume your reader has the poem memorized or nearby, so when you refer to part of the poem you should quote it. Also, don't assume that when people read the lines they all notice the same aspects you did, so when you quote a passage you should remark on what you see as significant in it, and talk about specific words and images. This practice should make your subsequent posts much more successful.
This is very true. I like the way you emphasize what Dorothy Wordsworth wrote, and then apply it to everyday life. We really do need to live in a more aware, and more excited sense in a day-to-day basis. You never know which will be your last!
ReplyDeleteI like to read and see how people have similar thoughts on this work and yet be able to write how they fell about it differently. But I agree with your post as well that people should never take their life for granted and they should notice the small things around them.
ReplyDeleteYou made a valid point, one would not actually know that she was ill if it were not for the title. The way that she vividly describes life, nature and her surroundings seems like she is actually experiencing movement and new experiences on a daily bases.
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