"The Man He Killed"

In the poem “The Man He Killed” written by Thomas Hardy, the point of war is hidden in there, “I shot at him as he at me/”I shot him dead because-/Because he was my foe. (Lines 7-10)” Basically if you don’t kill the other person, who is trying to kill you, more than likely that person would end up killing you. Hardy has a point; however, I don’t like the point of war. I have family such as dad, uncles, grandparents, and cousins, and I have seen how much they change. I could never image what terrible things they have went through in a war. When we read about wars in history books and even now in the newspapers and on the News, we can only get a tiny glimpse of what is going in a war, and most of the time the things that we hear about may not even be the worst things that are happening.

We Real Cool

This poem makes me think of a group of school rebels. Proud that they dropped out of school to live it up. A poem about a group of kids who think they are too cool for school. Out drinking "Thin Gin", dancing "Jazz June", and staying out late "Lurk late". This lifestyle of sinful living leads to early death possibly "Die Soon"? This poem has meaning no matter what decade. Today it makes a lot of sense when I think about gang life.

JenN

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone

I thought that this poem had a lot of imagery of how he feels about someone close to him passing. It shows that he felt a lot for the person because he doesn't want the love to go away. The person was everything thick or thin. I liked it for what it tells with the imagery because i can see what is going on in my mind and it have great detail of how you should feel when a loved dies and show that you want to be with that person. The last sentence of the poem states that "For nothing good can ever come to any good." Shows that the person will probably never marry or find another soul mate until he passes to find the one that did.

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone

I found this poem to be very moving. I interpreted this poem by someone who has lost somebody very special in their life. They feel like their life can't go on any more and may seem like there is nothing left to live for. There seems to be nothing good that can come in the future because somebody is dead. The use of the word aeroplane was used to mention a plane that is more heavier than a regular air plane and it has fixed wings. This represents the emotion of how the author was making us feel about the extent of the loss. This person that died meant the world to the mourner. I feel like I could relate to this person by loosing a mother, father, child, sibling or spouse. I have only lost my Grandfathers in the past year and they meant a lot to me, but not so much that I felt I couldn't live any more.