This week we studied a poem called "The Ballad of Burmingham". It was a very good poem because of the irony and structure in it that helped bring emotion to the reader. I just finished my POW on this poem and I feel that it may be my best POW yet.
I like how we elaborate over the poems in class because I get to hear different opinions on the poem. However, I'm concerned that when we take the AP test and we can't have other people's opinions that I may not know what to write about. I think it would be good to practice writing POWs relying only on the information we have in our own heads and in the poem once we get closer to the actual test. But for now I enjoy sharing opinions because it helps me open up my mind to different concepts on analyzing poems.