"How do you like them apples, Mr. Peterson?"

To start this off...let me set the mood: I'm an idiot. I'm taking AP Literature Analysis this year (AP basically means it's a college class I get college credits for...so it's a fancy schmancy way of saying "English") Well...I didn't do too hot first semester...like at all; I got a big fat D. Yeah...I cried over it a lot, because I felt like the hugest imbecile who ever walked this Earth. (I just haven't been putting enough effort into it.) So I am getting my rear in gear; it's my senior year...I cannot afford to throw away my GPA like that because college is just around the corner (AAAAAHHHH!!!) so I have to maintain an A this semester to get that D up...so I'm going to have to work ridiculously hard. It's doable...especially since I'll have to do it in the fall (Did I mention AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH?!?!? I'm freaking out about college!!!).

So, we had this unit where we researched a poet of our choice...I chose Christina Georgina Rossetti because my teacher told me she was similar to Emily Dickenson, whom I ADORE!! So, I came to found that I'm now head over heels with Christina Rossetti's work; Emily has definitely been replaced (LOOK HER UP!! SHE'S FANTASTIC!!) So, we researched, then took a small break from that, and analyzed poetry in class. Our teacher gave us poems like Ozymandias and Georgia Dusk that we would analyze and then discuss the next day. We were taught all about enjambents, caesuras, assonances...and how to recognize them; all that fun stuff...THEN!! Came our actual assignment.

We had to select a poem from our poet and analyze it, then share it with the class. I chose "A Bruised Reed He Shall Not Break" by Rossetti because I didn't quite understand it the first time I read through her most of her poetry (no exaggeration, I read her stuff for hours). Well, after hours upon hours...and a couple hours after that, I think I got the gist of it (of course with help of Momma Sippy to help sort out the information in my head). I was so proud of it, that I took pictures of it...seriously; you have no idea!! I feel so good about this, and I really hope that this catches my teacher's attention and shows her I'm not a D student; that I have potential to be smart...

I worked diligently and I'm happy to say it paid off...and I wanted to share my analysis with you!! So...here are the pictures I took:





After I posted, I realized that the pictures are extremely small, and I don't know how to make them bigger...I just urls so I can't really drag them by the corner and make them bigger...sorry about that..it's also on facebook if you want to check it out.