Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Exploration Two from Chazz

Displaying photo.JPGHi my name is Chazz Hines, and I am a graduate from Olentangy Liberty High School. I plan on majoring in either Biology, Biochemistry, or maybe even Psychology. I hope to one day become an Anesthesiologist or a General Surgeon. The fun fact that I wrote down on the first day of class was that I enjoy making YouTube videos and Vines. I love surprising people with my sense of humor and spontaneous personality at times because most people think I'm super quiet. I also very much adore the color blue, singing, netflix, pizza, blogging, staying up late, tumblr, writing, being weird, and chipotle! But that's enough about me. 




The Author that I chose to learn more about in detail was Frances Harper. She was an African-American abolitionist, poet and author. One thing that caught my interest of Harper was that she began her career at a very early age, and published her first book of poetry at the age of 20. She was an incredibly strong supporter of abolition, and woman's suffrage. She often read poetry at public meetings, and she even gave a speech before the National Women's Rights Convention, demanding equal rights for all, including black women -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Harper

My reaction to the poem Bury Me in a Free Land was that it was very well written. The poem was pretty deep, and you could clearly feel what the author was feeling. This turned out to be my favorite poem because I could actually picture the scenario in my head as I read the words of the poem. This is the language that spoke to me. I could actually feel the emotions from the poem and understand what the writer was trying to say, or the point that they were trying to get across.I noticed how the writer was sharing the poem like she was buried underneath the ground, and how it would be if she could hear the different things that was going on outside of the tomb. She was wallowing in the altercations that were caused by slavery. She wished that she could be somewhere free, somewhere that slavery didn't exist. 
 

A word that I felt drawn to inside of the poem Bury Me in a Free Land, was the word "trembling". This word appeared throughout the poem, and it left me wondering why it was used so much. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, trembling can be described as an involuntary shake, typically as a result of fear, anxiety, excitement, or frailty. It can also be described as a state of extreme apprehension, a feeling, a movement, or a sound. The word trembling was first introduced in the 11th century from Medieval Latin, and is derived from the Latin word tremulus. The author of this poem may have wanted us as the readers to understand the story, and pick up on the fear that the people outside of the grave were experiencing. Maybe this was another way to pick up on the emotion of the poem.



Sentence:  The leaves were trembling beneath my feet as the fall air swept past peacefully.

7 comments:

  1. In the paragraph where you described your reaction to the poem, "Bury Me in a Free Land" I liked how you brought up the emotional aspect of her words. The emotion that you feel while reading her words is intense because you almost feel like you're standing in her shoes watching all the action take place. Her words are very very powerful, and i agree with you 100% about the emotions that stem from her poem.

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  2. Hi Chazz! I also read the poem Bury Me in a Free Land. As I was reading it, I too could feel the emotions. I could imagine how the people could have felt. I didn't think of how she could almost hear things going on outside of the tomb as if she was underground. I like that. I see that you like chipotle and netflix. So do I, but then again who doesn't?

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  3. I also read Bury Me in a Free Land. While reading your third paragraph, it shows exactly how I felt about the poem too. Her emotions displayed are so strong and passionate and I love your sentence "she was wallowing in the altercations that were caused by slavery."

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  4. Your paragraph on your reaction to the poem that you read was really interesting to me. I liked it because I did not read this poem, but they way that you described it was so good that I would be interested in reading it. You make the author seem like she is a really good writer and will make me feel the emotions that she is trying to get across to the reader easily. You did a really good job!!

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  5. Hey Chazz! The first thing I noticed when seeng your blog was the sentence you created at the end, and even though it is only a short sentence I thought it was very beautiful and poetic! I can already tell you are a very creative and talented person! Look forward getting to know you.

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  6. While reading this poem too, I also noticed her emotions were displayed as pretty deep, and how you could clearly feel what she was feeling just like you mentioned. Your writing style also made this blog easy to read. Good job!

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  7. Your first paragraph made me laugh because I myself enjoy doing all those things. I'm not much of a Vine person, but I do enjoy watching all the Vine videos with my Chiptole bowl. I'll have to look around and find you.

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