One student's journey to becoming well-read. Recommended for those who want to major in English or improve their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.
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The next time you encounter your eccentric neighbor or a particularly difficult-to-comprehend, seemingly absurd "literary" short story or poem, think of the time spent deciphering your experience as a brain boost of sorts.
The human mind craves order....
To Autumn by William Blake
O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainèd
With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'st rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
And all the daughters of the year shall...
It's been three weeks into my classes now, and we've coincidentally started a poetry unit in English. Although I've dipped into the subject during my Introduction to Poetry course, I still feel I can gain more insight by studying more poems.
Here's a...
My Garden by Sappho
I’ve a garden, a garden of dreams,
Where the cool breeze whispering sways
Softly the apple-sprays,
And from leaves that shimmer and quiver
Down on mine eyelids streams
A slumber-river.
Translated by Arthur S. Way...
