I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed

To me this poem was about a woman and her new born child. The woman states that she was born a woman and can not help the burdens that come along with that. When she talks about the weight of another upon her breast I think she was referring to breast feeding a child. In the end it sounds like she places the child up for adoption and hopes when they meet again later in life her child will forgive her and speak to her.

The Raven

Poe seems to always knows how to get you thinking and get you interested with his writings. The poem is revolved around a man and his loss of his love. During his time of depression he meats a talking raven which to me represents all that is evil. The man begins to talk to the bird and the bird uses the word "nevermore" a lot. At first the bird interests him but he soon gets sick of the birds precense and insists that the bird must leave. The raven continues to call out "nevermore" and the man always feels as though the bird is close by.

The Sick Rose

I'm gonna start by saying never again will i even think about this poem, I did not like it. From what I read this poem is about a man who does wrongs to a woman and it was not what she wanted. Crimson joy to me meant the joy the man received from violating the woman. The man was the worm and the woman was the rose, the rose becomes sick due to the worms actions to hurt it. Although I am sure the poem can have many meanings this happened to be what I got out of it and to me it is sad.

To His Coy Mistress

The poem is about a man and his struggle to keep his woman. From the things this guy says its pretty obvious he really likes this girl and will do anything for her. He professes his love for her and its everlasting being, but he also seems to not want to wait for her to feel the same. It seems like he wants her to be with him now and learn to love him later. I personally thought this guys sounded like a creep and I don't think it is natural to be that obsessed.

Death Be Not Proud

First off I found the wording of this poem to be very annoying and often had to re-read sentences to understand them. It starts off with a man who is dieing and his reluctance to give up. Even though the man admits he knows death must be faced by all, he refuses to make it a negative thing. He views death not as the end of his being but as a sleep in which starts in a corrupt world and results in a better place. I liked this poem because in the face of death this man refuses to leave this world in a negative way and insists that his death will have a positive outcome.

My Papa’s Waltz

To me it seemed as the the poem was about an abusive father and his son. From the sounds of it the father is a frequent drinker and becomes violent to those around him. When the poem described the young boy being put to bed it sounded like the father used lots of force and did not care about the child's well being. However after doing a little bit of research online reguarding this poem it seems like there are a fair amount of people who view it in an opposite manner and do not view the father as abusive. In the end though the way I saw it was sort of sad and made me feel bad for the young boy.

A Street Car Named Desire

This play was not really something i would study in my spare time but for being as old as it is it was able to keep me awake.  the plot was kind of sketchy for me and I never really understood fully what this was about.  The play went from legal papers to talking about marriage and hookers from what i understood.  the part i did sort of pick up on though is that the main male charecter was just a commoner and the two sisters seemed to have come from a wealthier family. It was never clear why the wealthy female settle for the simplistic townsmen but the beatings he gave out kept me interested enough to watch more.