1. Dreamers
2. Nineteen-Fourteen: The Soldier
3. Echo
4. First Poem For You; On The Lawn At The Villa
Part Two:
I liked Dreamers because it is about a soldier missing home and I can empathize for him.
I didn't like First Poem For You because it was about a woman's love, I'm not a girl.
I am most interested in studying Dreamers.
I am debating about joining the army, and if I do I would miss home. Also I can really feel for the soldier who wrote that poem.
Part Three:
Physical Presence and Voice and Articulation because I have a very big voice and I have no problem showing I am not nervous on the stage (even though I probably will be).
Dramatic Appropriateness and Level of Difficulty because I do not read or listen to poetry very often so I don't know where appropriately dramatize and I don't think the poem is particularly hard.
Part Four:
I watched Forgetfulness recited by Jackson Hille. This performance was successful because of his posture and dramatic appropriateness. The tone of his voice matches very well with the tone of the poem. The next poem I watched was Writ On The Steps of Puerto Rican Harlem recited by Stanely Andrew Jackson. This was a very successful poem because of the difficulty of the poem, but also the Dramatic Appropriateness.
Part Five:
All in all I am nervous for the competition, and I know I'm not the only one. I think the competition will be fun, yet nerve-wrecking. I feel I will do semi-well, hoping for at least a B. The people from Poetry Out Loud really put a lot of work into this website, and it payed off. Whenever I do poetry in the future I will remember and look back to this website.
