#6- How Unpoetic

The first thing that came to my mind is summer. Everyday when I wake up I look out the window hoping that it will be a sunny day out or more warm than it has been in the last 4 months. Living through the Minnesota winters is pretty hard for me because I am for sure not a winter person at all and I absolutley hate coldness. All I wait for is summer, all the time. When it is cold and gloomy outside it almost makes me moody, sad, and lazy. When it is hot out and sunny I feel energetic and not lazy at all. The summer is always on my mind because I will have a job then and then I will be able to have more money for myself! With more money comes new clothes and bigger and better things! The other thing that I love about summer is that I get to go up to my cabin in Brainard. The best thing about my cabin is that I can go swimming, skiiing, tubing, jet skiing, and bascially jsut sit back and relax (tan). Another thing about summer that is awesome is that it is always warm! I am a weird person and for some reason am really cold blooded. In the winter I sleep with about 6 blankets , slipper socks, a heater thing in my bed, and sweats on. When it comes to summer I dont have to worry about wearing layers of clothes jsut to stay warm. Instead I sleep better because I am always warm! One thing that I really love about summer is that you get to drive with your window down!! This is the best thing ever, i seriously just love it so much. Lastly, the thing about summer is that on summer nights, everynight is like a weekend night because there is no school so you get to go out everynight and wear tank tops and shorts!

#5- Poetry Critique

Say

By:John Mayer

Take all of your wasted honor

Every little past frustration

Take all of your so-called problems,

Better put 'em in quotations

Say what you need to say [x8]

Walking like a one man army

Fighting with the shadows in your head

Living out the same old moment

Knowing you'd be better off instead,

If you could only ...

Say what you need to say [x8]

Have no fear for giving in

Have no fear for giving over

You'd better know that in the end

Its better to say too much

Then never say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shaking

And your faith is broken

Even as the eyes are closing

Do it with a heart wide open

Say what you need to say [x24]

1.) There are many reasons why I selected this song to write and reflect about. First off, I love John Mayer and I like how he connects some of his songs to how he is feeling, like most other artists. I feel like in this song, John Mayer is obviously trying to express that he or somebody he knows couldn't stick up to somebody greater than them and "say that they need to say". The title of this song clearly fits with the main idea because the song is talking about saying what you feel and saying it in a way that you can release all the frustration that you may have been holding in. Towards the end of the song I feel that he changes his thinking about a little bit and is trying to express that when you life somebody you should open you heart up to them and basically "say what you want to say".

2.)  In This song, John Mayer doesn't use that much in the way of poetic devices.  But John does shows a numerous amount of consonances.  For example, when he relates the words head and instead.  Also the words broken and open rhyme too.  I like the imagery that John uses when he wrote "Even if your hands are shaking. And your faith is broken. Even as the eyes are closing.  Do it with a heart wide open".  From this you can picture a man who is nervous or week to say what he feels is on his mind and maybe has really been bugging him by how he shakes.  You can also see a man who is sad when he closes his eyes.  All of these poetic devices influence the poem because they allow the listeners/readers to formulate what this person in the song is going through.  From reading/listening to the song one can come to the conclusion that the person in the song is probably shy, has a past history that affected him, and maybe becomes nervous to "say what he needs to say".  This song gives me a happy feeling because I feel as is John Mayer is trying to tell those people who don't stick up for themselves in a certain situations to do what you think is right and speak your mind if feel hurt.  

3.)  I think that the tone at first starts off to be a mad tone because the song talks about being frustrated and dark pasts ("shadows").  Towards the end of the song, the tone changes to a happier and more confident tone when they finally realize to "open up their heart" and say the things they feel bothered them in the past/present.

#4-Writing Territories

1.) I would describe myself as a very descriptive writer. When I talk about a character or introduce the setting of a story I like to include lots and lots of detail. I could probably write for a whole page describing what the character is like and their interests, etc. Preferably, I enjoy reading novels over plays and short stories. I like reading novels better because there is usually more story within in compared to a short story where it is short and to the point. Plays are not my favorite types of writing to read because I don't like the format of how they are written. I would prefer to write a short story over a play, poetry, or a novel because they are easier to write. I don't ever write stories unless it is a school assignment. Adventure stories interest me the most because you can go many ways with that. I feel with adventures you can go on and on with different types of excitment for that character.

2.) The writing territory that I am going to write about is Summer. Summer is by far my most favorite season of all times. I don't know what I would do if summer wasn't a season because I just love being outside when it's so nice and sunny out. Summer is important to me because it is the time period were I make money working and it is the time when I can relax whenever I feel like it.  This summer is an important summer because it is going to be the time where i prepare for college.  I will have to plan out when I'm going to bring to college and it is basically a big step in my life.  Also, this next summer will be my summer to say goodbye to all my friends until the holidays come up again.