poetry #4
Neal Chapman
sonnet Vl
Then let not winter's
ragged hand deface,
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distilled:
Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place
With beauty's treasure ere it be self-killed.
That use is not forbidden usury,
Which happies those that pay the willing loan;
That's for thy self to breed another thee,
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;
Ten times thy self were happier than thou art,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Be not self-willed, for thou art much too fair
To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.
Title: the title of the sonnet is just sonnet Vl, i don't think that this title had very much thinking behind it.
paraphrase: i think the poem is trying to tell a girl to not grow old with time, but the poet knows that growing old is part of life.
connotation: in the first two lines when the poet is talking about summer and winter, i think he is talking about time passing in general, and not specific seasons. the last two lines are telling the girl that she is much to pretty for death to turn her body into a home for worms.
Tone: i think the the poet is talking in a deppresed kind of love he is in love with this girl =, but instead of seeing the good parts, all he can see is her dying in the end.
shift: before the last two lines, the poet is talking about what the death would do for him, and how sad it would make him. in the last two lines he shifts to talking about the girl directly.
title: once again the title is just a number.
theme: i think that the theme of this poem is knowing the inevitable. the poet knows that hte girl will die eventually and cannot stop thinking of that point.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
blog post #3
blog post #3
Neal Chapman
If i were to do any day over again it would be this last Friday. after working for 4 straight years just trying to get better, my high school hockey career ended. I always knew it would end, but i can't quite believe it is actually over. The hardest part about it ending is the fact that it could have gone for a little longer, while making school history in the process. Since we were the 4th place in our conference, the team would have to play state powerhouse west valley high school. we had played them 3 times already this year, each one ending with a 8-1 loss. while some people might look at this as a definite loss for the bears, i have always been the kind of person who could see the silver lining. I honestly thought that we could win the game. the first period went good until the last 8 seconds, when west valley scored their first goal. the rest of the game went like this, our team playing solid, except for a couple of points, which the other team would exploit and score. our team could only muster 13 shots to west valleys 46 and the final score was 3-1. while it was much better than any other, i was finished. it took me a couple minutes to fully comprehend that it was truly over. if i were to change anything i would have changed that day, to try and keep my hockey career going. although i know that nothing can be perfect, even if i had one that game, or even won the state tournament, i would still be sad that my hockey career was over.
Neal Chapman
If i were to do any day over again it would be this last Friday. after working for 4 straight years just trying to get better, my high school hockey career ended. I always knew it would end, but i can't quite believe it is actually over. The hardest part about it ending is the fact that it could have gone for a little longer, while making school history in the process. Since we were the 4th place in our conference, the team would have to play state powerhouse west valley high school. we had played them 3 times already this year, each one ending with a 8-1 loss. while some people might look at this as a definite loss for the bears, i have always been the kind of person who could see the silver lining. I honestly thought that we could win the game. the first period went good until the last 8 seconds, when west valley scored their first goal. the rest of the game went like this, our team playing solid, except for a couple of points, which the other team would exploit and score. our team could only muster 13 shots to west valleys 46 and the final score was 3-1. while it was much better than any other, i was finished. it took me a couple minutes to fully comprehend that it was truly over. if i were to change anything i would have changed that day, to try and keep my hockey career going. although i know that nothing can be perfect, even if i had one that game, or even won the state tournament, i would still be sad that my hockey career was over.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
poetry #3
Poetry #3
Neal Chapman
Title: the title of this poem really describes the rest of the poem. Hope really is a living idea and more than just a thought.
paraphrase: the poem is describing hope as if it were a bird, and more than just a thought. it wants to make the reader believe that hope is a living breathing organism.
Connotation: Song birds have always been used a symbol of peace and tranquility. If you watch a Disney movie, song birds are used to try and calm down the watcher. the reader compares hope to a song bird because the bird is happy, peacefull symbol known to most of the world as such.
attitude: the attitude in this poem is lighthearted and blissful. it talks about a bird that never stops singing, which is a good thing in this poem.
Shift: there is not much a shift in this poem.
title: looking back at the title, the word hope is used because of how good of the connotation is.
theme: the theme of this poem is hopeful.
Neal Chapman
- Emily Dickinson,Hope
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all,
Title: the title of this poem really describes the rest of the poem. Hope really is a living idea and more than just a thought.
paraphrase: the poem is describing hope as if it were a bird, and more than just a thought. it wants to make the reader believe that hope is a living breathing organism.
Connotation: Song birds have always been used a symbol of peace and tranquility. If you watch a Disney movie, song birds are used to try and calm down the watcher. the reader compares hope to a song bird because the bird is happy, peacefull symbol known to most of the world as such.
attitude: the attitude in this poem is lighthearted and blissful. it talks about a bird that never stops singing, which is a good thing in this poem.
Shift: there is not much a shift in this poem.
title: looking back at the title, the word hope is used because of how good of the connotation is.
theme: the theme of this poem is hopeful.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
poetry anaylais #2
poetry analysis #2
Neal Chapman
Fire and Ice
Title: the title of this poem is supposed to confuse the reader, while adding a little bit of excitement. Fire is a exciting thing to see, but the clash between fire and ice is s spectacle. also fire and ice can't ever mix so a poem with the name fire and ice is slightly confusing.
Paraphrase: the poet is talking about the end of the world in either an Armageddon, nuclear way, or in a slow way such as another ice age.
Connotation: i think the the fire is a metaphor for a nuclear bomb. Robert frost lived during the time of the second world war and could see what the nuclear bomb was capable of doing. I also think that the ice is a metaphor for another ice age, even during the time that frost lived, they knew about the ice ages. he knew that an ice age would be able to destroy a large amount of life on this earth.
Tone: the tone of this poem is that of apathy. Frost does not really care how the world ends, all he knows is that i will end.
shift: after the favor fire line, the tone shifts from a slightly more upbeat tone, to a depressing tone. ice is a slow killer and he knows that if the world were to end in ice, everyone would suffer a lot more pain. at least if the world ended in fire, it would be almost instantaneous.
Title: the more i look at the title, the more i think that the poet is truly trying to confuse the reader. there is now way that fire and ice can be next to each other for any sort of time, one would destroy the other, so putting them together with the word "and" makes it seem like the poet is truly trying to connect two things that just cannot be connected.
Theme: this poem is about the destruction of the earth. this would include the poet and everyone he knows and loves to perish. the thing is, is that he doesn't really seem to care all that much. he just wants to let it happen.
Neal Chapman
Fire and Ice
Title: the title of this poem is supposed to confuse the reader, while adding a little bit of excitement. Fire is a exciting thing to see, but the clash between fire and ice is s spectacle. also fire and ice can't ever mix so a poem with the name fire and ice is slightly confusing.
Paraphrase: the poet is talking about the end of the world in either an Armageddon, nuclear way, or in a slow way such as another ice age.
Connotation: i think the the fire is a metaphor for a nuclear bomb. Robert frost lived during the time of the second world war and could see what the nuclear bomb was capable of doing. I also think that the ice is a metaphor for another ice age, even during the time that frost lived, they knew about the ice ages. he knew that an ice age would be able to destroy a large amount of life on this earth.
Tone: the tone of this poem is that of apathy. Frost does not really care how the world ends, all he knows is that i will end.
shift: after the favor fire line, the tone shifts from a slightly more upbeat tone, to a depressing tone. ice is a slow killer and he knows that if the world were to end in ice, everyone would suffer a lot more pain. at least if the world ended in fire, it would be almost instantaneous.
Title: the more i look at the title, the more i think that the poet is truly trying to confuse the reader. there is now way that fire and ice can be next to each other for any sort of time, one would destroy the other, so putting them together with the word "and" makes it seem like the poet is truly trying to connect two things that just cannot be connected.
Theme: this poem is about the destruction of the earth. this would include the poet and everyone he knows and loves to perish. the thing is, is that he doesn't really seem to care all that much. he just wants to let it happen.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Blog post #2
Blog post #2
Neal Chapman
I was looking for my ring that was stolen from me. maybe i should back up my story a couple of years. I was one of the first 15 beings put down on this land, and i just wanted to be nice. I was not the most popular at first. i was always second, My good friend Morgoth, was always peoples favorite. i wanted to be just like him, everybody knew his name, no one knew my name, i was a nobody. I really wanted to be a famous. with the fall of Morgoth i knew it would be my time to shine. I really wanted for everyone on Arda to know me. I built the greatest tower ever known on this land, I started to get on everybody good side, starting with the orcs, trolls and goblins. they were very receptive, all i had to give them was some land and materials and they were in love. then I decided to try and befriend the humans. the people to the east and south were nice and friendly. i just said 'hey guys, want to extra land to the west, there is plenty of land, i am sure the men of rohan and gondor wont mind". little did i know that the men of the west, the elves and dwarves were going to be such dicks. They did not want to give any of "their" land to the orcs, goblins, trolls, and other humans. they have so much open land, the mirkwoods themselves and almost entirely empty save a few spiders, and the people of rohan have an entire fortress with a complete tunnel system empty. they only use it for running away, something they would not have to do if they would just listen to me. i thought, oh hey, the other creature might like me more if i were to give them some precious golden rings, something to unite all of the races together. i worked with the elven smiths and forged 20 rings, 3 for the elven lord, 7 for the dwarf lords and 9 for the kings of the men. the last one was for myself, just to have something in common with all of the other races. I didn't know at first why they took my rings, but I wanted my stuff back. I assume it was just the elves being greedy. i put in all of the effort into making those rings. i was successful in taking back 17 of the rings and gave the 7 to the dwarves and the 9 to the men an kept the one for myself. the dwarves were greedy as they always were and just saw them as a gold ring. all they wanted was more gold., eventually they became so greedy that they all threw their lives away for gold. the men were the only people that were happy with me. they became my best friends. too bad the damn elves corrupted the humans of Númenóreans to join their side. i was surrounded and had nowhere to run except back to the black tower. the man known as isildur cut off my finger and took my ring. Now i am stuck in my tower, looking for the ring that was taken from me.
Neal Chapman
I was looking for my ring that was stolen from me. maybe i should back up my story a couple of years. I was one of the first 15 beings put down on this land, and i just wanted to be nice. I was not the most popular at first. i was always second, My good friend Morgoth, was always peoples favorite. i wanted to be just like him, everybody knew his name, no one knew my name, i was a nobody. I really wanted to be a famous. with the fall of Morgoth i knew it would be my time to shine. I really wanted for everyone on Arda to know me. I built the greatest tower ever known on this land, I started to get on everybody good side, starting with the orcs, trolls and goblins. they were very receptive, all i had to give them was some land and materials and they were in love. then I decided to try and befriend the humans. the people to the east and south were nice and friendly. i just said 'hey guys, want to extra land to the west, there is plenty of land, i am sure the men of rohan and gondor wont mind". little did i know that the men of the west, the elves and dwarves were going to be such dicks. They did not want to give any of "their" land to the orcs, goblins, trolls, and other humans. they have so much open land, the mirkwoods themselves and almost entirely empty save a few spiders, and the people of rohan have an entire fortress with a complete tunnel system empty. they only use it for running away, something they would not have to do if they would just listen to me. i thought, oh hey, the other creature might like me more if i were to give them some precious golden rings, something to unite all of the races together. i worked with the elven smiths and forged 20 rings, 3 for the elven lord, 7 for the dwarf lords and 9 for the kings of the men. the last one was for myself, just to have something in common with all of the other races. I didn't know at first why they took my rings, but I wanted my stuff back. I assume it was just the elves being greedy. i put in all of the effort into making those rings. i was successful in taking back 17 of the rings and gave the 7 to the dwarves and the 9 to the men an kept the one for myself. the dwarves were greedy as they always were and just saw them as a gold ring. all they wanted was more gold., eventually they became so greedy that they all threw their lives away for gold. the men were the only people that were happy with me. they became my best friends. too bad the damn elves corrupted the humans of Númenóreans to join their side. i was surrounded and had nowhere to run except back to the black tower. the man known as isildur cut off my finger and took my ring. Now i am stuck in my tower, looking for the ring that was taken from me.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Poetry #1
poetry #1
Title: the white fires of venus is a title meant to intrigue. venus is a different world, and anything that comes from there would draw peoples attention. already fires will draw peoples attention, but a white fire from venus will hook some readers who are just passing by.
paraphrase: this poem is about a guy struggling with loneliness and depression. he feels ike he is on another planet and people are staring at him like he is different.
Connotation: this poem uses the fact that people look at other planets like their weird. he feels weird, different, isolated like a other planet. people stare at him as if he were another planet and for away from their own lives.
attitude: the authors attitude is a very sad, depressing, lonely tone. he writes the poem like he is searching for someone out there. for the last paragraph the author switches to slightly more upbeat. thankful for what he had.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19654
Title: the white fires of venus is a title meant to intrigue. venus is a different world, and anything that comes from there would draw peoples attention. already fires will draw peoples attention, but a white fire from venus will hook some readers who are just passing by.
paraphrase: this poem is about a guy struggling with loneliness and depression. he feels ike he is on another planet and people are staring at him like he is different.
Connotation: this poem uses the fact that people look at other planets like their weird. he feels weird, different, isolated like a other planet. people stare at him as if he were another planet and for away from their own lives.
attitude: the authors attitude is a very sad, depressing, lonely tone. he writes the poem like he is searching for someone out there. for the last paragraph the author switches to slightly more upbeat. thankful for what he had.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19654
Monday, January 13, 2014
new years resolution
new years resolution
Neal Chapman
#1 stop procrastinating
I am really bad at leaving things till the very last minute. i will always leave my homework till the last day, and even sometimes the morning before. it is something that i have always wanted to change but never have really gotten around to it.
#2 graduate
I have already been accepted into my dream school and applied for housing, so the only thing i need to do is graduate. trying to force myself to do the work and make sure i don't fail any of the classes i need will be hard. i have already been tempted to not show up to class.
#3 take up yoga
Every time i have done yoga i have liked it. i always feel better after i am done, but, for some reason i have never found any time in my schedule to do so. i have always wanted to put yoga into my regular schedule but i have not really had a regular schedule.
#4 explore my spirituality
I was raised religious and went to church of the first about 9 years of my life. After awhile my family stopped going. getting back in touch with god and my spirituality is a big deal to me.
#5 swim with sea turtles in Mexico
I have never been to Mexico, and i have always wanted to swim with sea turtles so this seems to be a good fit. going to other country's and experiencing different cultures is something that i like to do. i also like to dive and i have always wanted to be able to swim with sea turtles.
Neal Chapman
#1 stop procrastinating
I am really bad at leaving things till the very last minute. i will always leave my homework till the last day, and even sometimes the morning before. it is something that i have always wanted to change but never have really gotten around to it.
#2 graduate
I have already been accepted into my dream school and applied for housing, so the only thing i need to do is graduate. trying to force myself to do the work and make sure i don't fail any of the classes i need will be hard. i have already been tempted to not show up to class.
#3 take up yoga
Every time i have done yoga i have liked it. i always feel better after i am done, but, for some reason i have never found any time in my schedule to do so. i have always wanted to put yoga into my regular schedule but i have not really had a regular schedule.
#4 explore my spirituality
I was raised religious and went to church of the first about 9 years of my life. After awhile my family stopped going. getting back in touch with god and my spirituality is a big deal to me.
#5 swim with sea turtles in Mexico
I have never been to Mexico, and i have always wanted to swim with sea turtles so this seems to be a good fit. going to other country's and experiencing different cultures is something that i like to do. i also like to dive and i have always wanted to be able to swim with sea turtles.
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