Dr. Julie, this is a late entry due to difficulties posting on the blog

Dear class,
Here are my poetry responses, enjoy

"Dulce et Decorum Est"

This was the best poem I have read in this class. It is very detailed explaining the dark and awful lives lead by the men fighting trench warfare in WW1. I like how the author describes trench foot and the use of the weapons that killed others to save these men's lives. When the gas enters the trenches, the trench becomes a whole new world. It is like the trench becomes a mystical sea drowning the men who cannot put on their gear quick enough. Those who do not survive are thrown aside and the war moves on.

I feel like William Butler Yeats writes about the same subjects in all of his poetry. His writing seems a bit primitive and you need to read up on a lot of background information before you can understand any bit of what he is saying.

"Dover Beach"

Dover Beach sounds beautiful, especially if you can see France on a clear day.  I feel like if you cannot find joy in such a wonderful place you are a very miserable person or are in a period of extreme depression. The author hears roars in the waves and sadness in such a natural place. I wonder what has caused him so much pain.

"To an Athlete Dying Young"

I think the author tries way to hard to make rhythm and rhyme in this work. He rhymes similar to how a young child would at the first discoveries of poetry. The deeper message in this work I do happen to appreciate. When you skim over the surface of this poem you think the author is writing about how a sports legend has died. When you really look deeper you notice that this athlete did not die, he just got replaced by another better, younger, and more determined athlete and was deleted from the face of the Earth in the world of sports