Introduction
I chose the theme friendship for this
poetry portfolio. Friendship is not only a very important and special theme. It
is suitable for all audiences and anyone can relate to it. I have made many
friends through elementary school and new ones in high school. And to me,
friendship is priceless; nothing is better than a good friend who cares for
you, likes, and does what you like and do. Many people might feel lonely, and
when they meet someone, it's like new light has shined on their once dreaded
life. This is a theme I like a lot because it's worth the time and effort
narrowing down such a large topic into something narrower that many people can
relate to. I enjoyed writing my poems most because it was a different sort of
task than what I’m used to. Most assignments are dependent on research more
than one opinion but writing your own poems makes you to think for yourself and
use your own imagination. My least favourite task was the
denotation/connotation chart for the poem analysises. I found them difficult
and lengthy to do since I had to read the poem over countless times.
Reflection
The poetry assignment was an overall
productive and interesting project to do. I worked hard on making my website
and poems to the best of my ability. I am really happy with the work I have
done because I have never thought I could be good at poetry, but on this
assignment, I had a theme that related to me and it eased the hardships in
writing poems of my own. I think my best piece of work is the sonnet I created.
I felt like that was a very good poem and I enjoyed making it the most. My
theme of friendship can be related to by everyone, and all audiences. Everyone
has a friend they would think of when reading my poetry portfolio and I really
do think they’d enjoy it. Whether it’s relating to close siblings, life time
friends, or even pets, they’d feel happy to know that someone understands how
they feel. There’s a lot of emotion and different feelings. From loneliness to
even humor. If I had another chance, I’d work harder on my analysises because
figuring out the real meaning and analyzing other poems and author's feelings
is harder than just reading the poem once. I also plan on dividing my work up
more evenly so I have equal amounts of time to focus and work on it for future
assignments. I want to be able to check my spelling and grammar more thoroughly
so I don’t have those simple mistakes. Also, I want to get more than one person
editing my work so I know my work would appeal to a group rather than an
individual. In conclusion, this assignment was a good mind working project and
I feel like it is very relatable. I plan on doing more work like this because I
enjoyed it and hopefully follow through on my goals for future projects.