1. 50 words -- Record a brief summary of the readings of this week / class assignments. (Be specific so you can use this as a reference later.)

In this week's readings it discussed the inclinations of personification, apostrophe, synesthesia, and comparison. It focused on how each one of these are to be used and how they add abstract view to poetry. Though important these are not to be used to take the place of music as discussed in the previous chapter. Using these inclinations is a way to escape ordinary sense in order to expound on what is really being said in the poem. For example, in comparison, saying something like i love you as long as the world is here, is maybe truly illogical but it becomes the truth when a person feels this way. Personification and Apostrophe can help us interpret these such uses of language. Because personification and apostrophe help with our disconnectedness to written words, it's abstractions that it gives helps an overall meaning of a poem. Poets tend to use personification and apostrophe for "sheer drama", emphasized in the book. In particular personification brings more of our surroundings into a poem that is not necessarily directly known to us.

2. 100 words -- What thoughts / ideas / questions are sparked by this weeks reading / assignments? What are you working on/writing about? What have you enjoyed? What struggles have you faced with the work?

While reading this week's reading some thoughts about synesthesia have sparked my interest. The example in the book of the elementary teacher giving children the words night and la noche (night in Spanish) and then asking them which one is darker was quite interesting. Using words to express a different sense is something I really never thought of. It can be used as a great tool in incorporating it into my poem. I think it will bring an element of abstraction but, in a more detailed way. With the homework assigned this week and from the teacher's feed back of the poem I wrote called "The lines in my note book" I felt it difficult to use words that use images that show thing rather than words that just tell reader about them. I really have enjoyed using these types of inclinations because they are some that I am familiar with and can use in my poems. They are easy to remember while in the process of writing any type of poem. Most of my poems for this weeks work have topics that are broad so that I can really take whole to these methods and incorporate it in different and unique ways. I don't really feel that I struggled with the work, I just have to keep improving on building on the techniques so that they become stronger and more pronounced in my poems.



3. 100 words -- Address any or all of the following. Try to address different questions each week. What are you learning about:

• about inspiration?

This week I feel that I am learning about inspiration. Using things such as Comparison (similes and metaphors), I feel gives me a start to what I want to write about. With choosing just one word such as Love and comparing it to the constantly flowing seas in a sunset view, opens up the reasons as to why I feel a particular way. With Synesthisia simplifies can help bring these two thoughts together by maybe using unusual words that compare the two. For example, nature smelling love from the comparison of Love and constantly flowing seas in a sunset view. Becoming inspired I feel is the first thing a person need before one even start to write. Using this chapter will inspire me to at least incorporate all of these inclinations to increase the intensity of my poems. Being inspired brings out the creativity in the way I write. Without using these different artistic process i feel that my poems will be so elementary or lack of a better word STATIC and not DYNAMIC.