How can we explore what poetry and short narratives reveal about identity, power, and perspective?

Although, I haven’t started this project quite yet. I am still able to make an assumption about how we can take text from poetry and learn about how identity, power, and perspective is related to me and the author. I will plan on answering this question by applying my own worldview into consideration while using critical thinking to make reasonable judgments on the poem. 

What focus strength do I want to improve on?

I want to work on my critical thinking skills by applying agency. I will do this by questioning and understanding the text in the poems. I will demonstrate agency by taking my own time at home to read up on poems so I can get an extended understanding on how they are structured.

I will improve on my Communication skills by explaining my ideas and provide evidence in discussions. I will use Self-Regulation to prepare discussion points mentally before I arrive to class. This will allow me to take agency and be more prepared for discussions which is something that I wanted to accomplish on my VMV. 

What I want to do this project:

This project, I want to explore my writing skills and deepen my understanding on how I can write and analyze poems that are meaningful. I will be using all the core competencies I mentioned previously to move from a proficient understanding into a extending perspective and final product. 

I will do this by finding different ways that will help me stay committed. Such as reminders on Things for deadlines and weekly reflections on my VMV to assess my progress in relation to my goals. This will allow me to become a more productive and extending learner. The extra work will develop my work ethic and my GRIT.

I enjoy poetry and writing so this is why I want to get the most out of this project. I believe that without a deeper meaning or passion towards a subject, the project will be somewhat meaningless because you don’t care about the final product. Already, we have read poems as a class and I have enjoyed reading the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe because it is very deep and uses many old English terms that I wasn’t familiar with. What I liked about this poem is that it evoked many emotions and made you feel like you were experiencing the emotions of the character. It was confusing and it made you use your imagination to determine what was going on. I interpreted it as a dream and I thought the raven was questioning his sanity. I hope that many of the other poems we read will be as intriguing as this one and I aspire to evoke emotions in my own poems like Edgar Allan Poe does.

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