Blog 2

The poems for this week have taken a change in their content. Most of them involve war and death and the effects of these things on others. I think the poems were very graphic although with great description it was easier to understand the true meaning of what the author was trying to prove. I think in many cases especially when reading Silvia Plath’s poem “Daddy” I agreed with her statements and understood what she was trying to say to her readers. I couldn’t exactly relate to her experiences involving wanting to be let alone by her father. The poems were uncomplicated in their content and gist.
I believe that in Yeats’ portrayal of rape in mythology he is trying to exemplify the fact that although rape seems unimaginable it is in fact real and undermining. Since Yeats explains how rape could occur in mythology. His impressions of rape in mythology provide insight on how it was possibly not seen in the same way back then. I think it wasn’t seen as terrible in the past as it is now. This poem reveals themes such as fright, insecurity, and desperation for survival. The girl in this poem is very vulnerable. The main themes revolve around the idea of how people act the same in the past to horrible situations as they do in the present.