WEEK 7 - Shakespeare
I'm really surprised that it took almost an hour to dissect one of Shakespeare's sonnets. I probably shouldn't be because obviously it's Shakespeare that we're talking about, but honestly I never realized just how many meanings one little sonnet can hold and how many ways it can be interpreted. If I may, I'd like to compare these types of sonnets to a pineapple. I feel like at first glance, the poem might be a little rough and difficult to understand, much like the thorny exterior of said fruit. It may take a few re-readings to be able to hack through the outer shell and hit the juicy nourishment that is inside. I absolutely love pineapples, so the experience of coming to a full understanding of what a sonnet or poem is trying to convey is absolutely delectable. The tutorials in which we spend most of the time pouring over only one or two poems are my favorites because I feel like I am able to get the richest meaning out of them. It is so refreshing to hear other people's opinions on the text because it gives the sonnet several new dimensions. If I could sit and pick apart poems and sonnets for a living I think I would, just because it amazes me how many ways there are of disguising a simple theme behind so many beautiful metaphors. Or for that matter simplifying a complicated theme into only just a few lines in such a way that none other but a genius could have summed it up. Every time I sit down to write a poem of my own I feel like I lack the capacity to express myself in a way that would allow people to gain so much information out of so little lines. I think that if I could posess one talent (other than being able to sing well) I would definitely want the ability to be so articulate and expressive with my words that I could produce something even half as good as what Shakespeare manages to do consistently. I have to say that I am entirely inspired by Shakespeare's sonnets and someday, when I actually have free time, I will sit down and try to test my own intellect.