Self-evaluation and Reflecion

<> March 31, 2012

Memories from Yesterday

I choose the poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay’s "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why." because it is sonnet with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba cdecde. I am also proud myself to learn more about this poem because human being are identified in some way with this subject matter.  The speaker’s reminiscences of the numerous love affairs of her younger days and her regret that such lovers were moments of days past that will not be repeated.

I learned many literary terms such as:

• Speaker. The speaker is the personality who "says" the words from which the poem is delivered, it is not the author.
• Form.  A poem can be structured by the number of stanzas, the lines per stanza, the beats per line, and the rhyme scheme.
• Theme. It is the most important part of a poem, because this is the thesis, so we can understand the main idea of the poem.
• Metaphor.  It is a statement that one thing is something else. 

It is also very clear to know about plagiarism that is stole ideas, assignments, or reports from other people. 

In addition, I have learned about acknowledging sources: Is important to know how to start an essay.  A essay have three parts: introduction, body, and conclusion.

Types of introductory:

1. Millay explains,
2. As Millay explains, (in both cases the comma goes after the verb)
3. Millay explains that...
4. In her poem "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why," Millay points out...
5. According to Millay, lovers were very important in her life...

In the text: when summarizing, paraphrasing, and/or quoting the source, put the author's name or the title of the piece in an introductory phrase and the page number in the parenthesis at the end of the summary/paraphrase/quote. It is the easy way to use.

In the Works Cited: we have to use the Modern Language Association (MLA), and we refer to the source, we have to use the first item on the works cited entry.

My experience working with my house members was very interesting because all of us have different opinions about the poem written by Emily Dickinson's "I felt a Funeral..." but when we are talking each other, we understood the meaning of this poem.  So, working as a team is good, because we can build many ideas and at the end everyone agree. However, I like to work independent because I can concentrate myself and have the responsibility to get my work done on time.

What  I learned from reading my House mates' blogs is that not everyone has done.  I evaluated at 10:45 am, and I couldn't find all house mate's blogs finished. However, some blogs of my house's mates are very nice, they followed instructions,and  some  blogs are not.  I am sorry if I am wrong because I am not perfect either, but I think that I followed instructions of my professor Dr. Ximena.