Today in English Class, we began by discussing Transcendentalism, and how it relates to Nature, God, and the Human Soul. We then read poems by Mary Oliver. The two poems were titled The Journey and The Morning Poem. Each of these had imagery and figurative language. There were many metaphors in these poems, and Mary Oliver has many reoccurring motifs in her writing. Our homework Assignment was to write a journal consisting of Images and words which the two poems made us think about.

This class today helped us to analyze the poems which we read. We discussed the meaning and reason for each and every line. Mrs. Flournoy helped guide us through interpreting poems. This will help prepare us to interpret on our own. The homework will help us express the emotions which are evoked when we read this poetry; it will help give us our own views on the poetry. Although we have already gone through the whole poem, this new assignment will help us expand our ideas which we began in class.