I know this is my second blog of the night but I have another thought process I would like to follow...
I was thinking about “Anecdote of a Jar”. I agree with some of my fellow classmates who have just about had it with this poem, but I also think Dr. Pound made a good point today about how it is good to look at one poem with so many theories. I am going to be frank with you, this poem is not one of my favourites. I still remember the frustration that came with the first assignment with it. It was so abstract, yet we were supposed to find meaning from it? Yet we all did it, and we thought we had put the jar behind us.
However, two weeks later it showed up again. This time I followed a similar idea to the first one I had written about and I thought it was a good idea to have us look at a poem from two separate angles. So, I guess I came to terms with the idea.
But on the third time I remember sitting thinking how are we supposed to come up with something new? I remember sitting on my couch trying to write this essay and I was SO frustrated because I kept arriving at similar ideas to the ones I had previously written about. I suppose there is nothing wrong with that besides that fact I felt there was nothing left there to write about. I eventually did come up with something different. I however, came to a unified theme during the psychoanalysis essay. I understand how it’s not supposed to happen, but I felt really good about my argument. Maybe it just didn’t fit with the theory; I guess I’ll have to wait to find out. Regardless, it was this perceived success meat with being told it was not as great idea as I thought it was that added to my frustration.
And then I thought about it. Even though I am ready to say good bye to the jar, I think looking at this poem so many times strengthened our abilities to use the theories. When we use a new theory with a new work, it’s all so new it’s hard to know if we are going in the right direction. But in using the same poem time and time again there was a sense of familiarity. Although we, at least I know I don’t, get it right every time it’s at least a little easier to see where you’ve done a wrong.
So it with these ideas I say thank you and good bye to the jar.
I was thinking about “Anecdote of a Jar”. I agree with some of my fellow classmates who have just about had it with this poem, but I also think Dr. Pound made a good point today about how it is good to look at one poem with so many theories. I am going to be frank with you, this poem is not one of my favourites. I still remember the frustration that came with the first assignment with it. It was so abstract, yet we were supposed to find meaning from it? Yet we all did it, and we thought we had put the jar behind us.
However, two weeks later it showed up again. This time I followed a similar idea to the first one I had written about and I thought it was a good idea to have us look at a poem from two separate angles. So, I guess I came to terms with the idea.
But on the third time I remember sitting thinking how are we supposed to come up with something new? I remember sitting on my couch trying to write this essay and I was SO frustrated because I kept arriving at similar ideas to the ones I had previously written about. I suppose there is nothing wrong with that besides that fact I felt there was nothing left there to write about. I eventually did come up with something different. I however, came to a unified theme during the psychoanalysis essay. I understand how it’s not supposed to happen, but I felt really good about my argument. Maybe it just didn’t fit with the theory; I guess I’ll have to wait to find out. Regardless, it was this perceived success meat with being told it was not as great idea as I thought it was that added to my frustration.
And then I thought about it. Even though I am ready to say good bye to the jar, I think looking at this poem so many times strengthened our abilities to use the theories. When we use a new theory with a new work, it’s all so new it’s hard to know if we are going in the right direction. But in using the same poem time and time again there was a sense of familiarity. Although we, at least I know I don’t, get it right every time it’s at least a little easier to see where you’ve done a wrong.
So it with these ideas I say thank you and good bye to the jar.
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