Week 11: Module 5, The Romantics (Discussion 2, Nov. 6-12) - Locked

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Week 11 Question (30 points) Choose another piece, different from the one you chose last week for Week 10: Module 5, The Romantics (Discussion 1, Oct. 30-Nov. 5). The list of poem choices can be found in Road Map Weeks 10-11, pp. 2-3. Do not paraphrase your poem line by line, but tell us what you think it is about. What are some lines from it that you especially like? The Romantics (the first Hippies!) would say we should never analyze poetry: we should let itmove us, let it make us feel. So, how do you feel? See Road Map Weeks 10-11 for specific details on how to set up your post. Make sure you write full paragraphs for both sections.

No more than 2 students may choose to analyze the same poem! If you want to reserve a favorite, create a post with a Subject line and return to it later.

Your initial post should be made by 11:59 pm Friday, Nov. 10. Thorough responses to at least 2 other students' posts should be made no later than 11:59 pm Sunday, Nov. 12.

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Hello! Here is the initial response that you will post on the discussion board. Later, I will respond to 2 other people's responses.The Pains of
Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
seems to be a poem about a love-hate relationship with a substance
that he is addicted to. The poet claims “It
hath not been my use to pray” (2). He does not pray normally and
he
does not want to only pray when he is desperate for help. When
speaking of a time when he was intoxified by a substance, he states
“Which
all confused I could not know / Whether
I suffered, or I did:” (28-29) He can not recall what happened at
all so he does not know if he was in pain or what he caused. About
sleep, Samuel said “Sleep, the wide blessing, seemed to me /
Distemper's worst calamity.” (35-36) He could not sleep because
all he wanted and all he could think about was the substance. The
last line that stood out to me was the end of the poem: “To be
loved is all I need, / And whom I love, I love indeed.” (51-52)
This line may seem like the poet is speaking of a person that he
loves, but he is speaking about the substance he is addicted to. This
poem makes me feel really sad. The poet seems to be so addicted to a
substance that he can't even sleep without it. He doesn't know what
he does or how he acts when he is taking the substance, but he just
keeps wanting more. This poem may be aged, but it re...


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