"Elegy for my Father, Who Is Not Dead"

"Elegy for my Father, Who Is Not Dead"  by Andrew Hudgins was a bit of a depressing poem.  "He's ready."  This line meant that her father was ready to die and go to Heaven.  Possibly he was very ill, and he just wanted to end his pain.  However, it could have also been because he was going through a depression or something.  Also, the poet writes "world beyond this world," which I took as meaning Heaven.  "He's ready.  I am not."  This shows again that the dad is ready to die.  However, the daughter does not want her dad to die!

"Delight in Disorder"-oxymoron

"Delight in Disorder" by Robert Herrick was a very challenging poem!  I could also tell that it was a sonnet by the fourteen lines.  I really did not understand much about this poem.  However, I noticed a couple of things.  "I see a wild civility."  This is an oxymoron because these two words contradict each other.  This proved to me that maybe the poem was about a crazy situation.  Also, possibly the whole town was crazy.  I really am not sure about this poem; it just really confused me!

"Edward"

Weirdly enough, when I was reading this poem, I kept getting "There's a whole in my bucket" by Goofy in my head.  I think this was because of the structure of the poem.  For example, the speaker kept saying "Edward, Edward", and in the song, Goofy says "Dear Liza, Dear Liza."  This is a link to a video to hear "Dear Liza" if you choose too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeWGD4Q9T4&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL89A0CA535B95D276.

Anyways, this poem was one of the longer ones!  I have a few ideas of what it could mean.  "O I have killed my father dear, Alas, and woe is me O!" "And what will you leave to your children and wife, when ye go over the sea, O?"  These two lines make me feel that the speaker possibly killed his dad, and he is now considering killing himself because he realized the huge mistake he made.  He keeps thinking to himself, though, what will happen to his wife and kids.  He is also thinking about how much he must have hurt his mom by doing this awful thing.

"Death, be not proud"-personification

"Death, be not proud."  This line from "Death, be not proud" by John Donne is an example of personification.  The speaker is talking to death as if it were a person, and they are telling death not to be proud.  "And soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones and souls delivery."  This is another interesting line from the poem.  I took it as talking about the brave soldiers who sacrifice their lives for our country.  "One short sleep passed, we wake eternally."  I think that the speaker looks at death in a more positive way than most people do.  I feel that he saying that the "wake eternally" is when one goes to Heaven and reaches God, and finds complete happiness.

"Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"- simile

"Old age should burn and rave at close of day."  This line is from the poem "Do No Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.  In my opinion, it is one of the most challenging poems of the seven.  The line that started this blog I took as meaning that sometimes a reason for someone's death is just simply old age.  "Do not gentle into that Good night."  I think this line means do not leave me or pass away.  "Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay..."  This is an example of a simile.  It is comparing the eyes to meteors.  I really could not understand most of this poem.  Frankly, I am a bit confused!