Wednesday, January 26, 2011

One poem I like

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.


My little horse must think it's queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.


He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there's some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.


The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

 Poem taken from, poetry.org
I like this poem because I heard the last four lines used in one of my favorite movie, Death Proof.  Since then whenever I read this poem I hear the voice of the character to who said it and it send a chill down my spine every time.

Monday, January 24, 2011

My first blog

http://www.webterrace.com/shakespeare/sonnets.htm
The link I provided, is a complete list of Shakespeare's Sonnets.  I enjoy redaing them very much, because of not only the form, but how the story is easily followable.  Also I like how Shakespeare deviates from the Petrarchan style of talking about the perfect beauty.