Courageous poems

We have been reading Anne Sexton's poem, "Courage" and Rudyard Kipling's poem "If". Both poems deal with the theme of courage. Which poem appeals most to you and explain why. Consider what the poet says and how each poet expresses his/her view.



Out of the two poems If and Courage, Courage is the one that stands out to me. One thing that I really like about this poem is how much personification it used. The first time I read the poem I thought it was about drugs then as i looked into it more i realized it was about abuse and hardship. My favorite thing in this poem is how he sees courage as a fire within. The repetitive in the If poem i do not really like. It just felt weird because if was used so many times it got kind of boring.

Assignment #2 IF

In Kipling's poem If he uses the terms man and son I do not believe that it was sexest or anything like that. I think the was simply implying it to all humans because that poem is a lesson for not just men but for women as well. And the way he uses the terms man and son makes us realize that it is and elder telling his child a life lesson, then we read the poem as more of a conversation.

Cristy's shot of Intelligence

Cristy's shot of intelligence
When Cristy learned how to write it changed his life forever,and his families. Before he learned to write he was just a bundle of compressed muscles that were not good for anything. When he learned to write it was a source of communication for Cristy. It showed he did have intelligence and he proved all the doctors all wrong. After his intelligence was known he then learned how to write and to communicate and then he wrote the story of his life that wouldn't have been the same if someone else ha wrote it.

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