Analyzing poems

Today we were put into groups so that we could analytic poem “The Moon and Yew Tree” by Sylvia Plath. This poem was very difficult, in fact all of her poems are difficult in my opinion. Each group had to analyze the entire poem but only present the analysis of one stanza. This process was harder than I expected because of the difficulty of the poem and also working with other people. I usually do well when I’m working alone because it’s just my opinions and not anyone else’s. Overall I had fun and wish to have more fun tomorrow in class.

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