Eng. 113-102, Poem: What does Poem Mean to Me

             When I hear the word poem, or when I think of a poem, a song comes to mind.  I've been told many times that songs are poems.  None the less, many people loves music so an easy way for me to enjoy poems I listen to them as a form a music.  Poems and sonnet to me are a way for us to express our emotions like really express our emotions, because when reading a poem there is usually so much energy and excitement used.

              I am not good with poems.  I tried writing poems many times to the point of an overkill.  I've tried writing poems from middle school through to high school, and even now in college.  I have friends who are natural at putting together words and expressing their emotions using words than I do.  Being creative with my vocabulary isn't something I can do rite off the top of my head.  Friends I know are able to compose lyrics/ poems with a deeper meaning than I could, and I spent more time than they did.

              Poems are one of the most popular way for me to really express how I feel, but I might not be to in touch with my emotions as others are.  My choice of words and vocabulary isn't the greatest, none the less I do try.  I love songs, that is usually the best way for me to listen to poems otherwise I don't just go and write a poem.

English 113-102, Short Story Formal, "The Chrysanthemum" Ze Vue

         In "The Chrysanthemum", Elisa lives in a time where women where still practicing the life of "the ideal" traditional housewife.  She wasn't happy about the life she was living and was very tempting to cheat on her husband Henry with a man in a business suit.  She literally tried to seduce the traveling man not thinking twice about her life on a farm with her husband.  Elisa abandoning her own life alone would have been difficult for her since she would lived on her own.  In correlation to the time period, life would have been difficult to move out and live on her own.

          The time period seemed to be around the early 1900's to mid 1900's, so during that time women were subjected to follow a mans order, or for better words be the perfect housewife.  Her sinful actions of lust would have caused her marraige at the moment but it wouldn't really matter when she isn't happy about her life.  The shock that she didn't just leave and instead stayed with her husband planning affairs behind Henry's back.  Elisa should have just walked out and left her miserable life behind. 

          I'm coming from a guys view, but if I was unhappy about my life I would change it for the better, and of course it takes two to make a relationship work.  If a marraige gets to a point where no matter how much your spouse is giving you and you still don't have anything left for that spouse then you might as well divorce and start again.  I am young but still, I would start again and find a more exciting life for me inspite of my spouse decision. I would not want to be on a sinking marraige my whole life and then decide that my current marraige isn't enough for me.

                                                              Works Cited

Steinbeck, John. "The Chrysanthemum." Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. Longman, New York. 2011. 411-417. Print.