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Introduction
My name is Leslie Marin. My current hobbies and interests are playing tennis, reading, cooking, and taking walks and now trying to pick up the hobby of gaming. I am a part-time phlebotomist and a full-time student currently completing my prerequisites at LaGuardia to eventually be able to get into the nursing program. I am very passionate about being able to help and care for others and interested in how the human body works. Another thing I am extremely passionate about is mental health, learning new coping mechanisms, and how the mind works under different circumstances, or, in other words, psychology. I guess you could see where I’d have a…
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What is one big idea or question that one or both of the poems on the syllabus this week make you think about? How has the poem shaped your thinking about this big idea or question? Are all poems subliminally bringing the idea of souls? Since both poems mention souls in different contexts. Most poems do tell a story but aren’t called stories in that context but poems and yet, most poems I have read in my life have this feeling of emotions in them but at a much deeper level than a story.
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Both Edgar Allan Poe in his poem “Ulalume: A Ballad” and Emily Dickinson in her poem “The Soul Selects Her Own Society” direct my thoughts towards melancholia and the alienation that stems from it. Poe’s narrator in Ulalume struggles with the past and the feeling of having trespassed into a site associated with regret and despair. The sense of involuntary solitude depicted in the poem is not only spatial—the speaker struggles with time and the loss of meaningful relationships. The images of “the ghouls who can only walk through wooded dark” or “one that leads to a funeral” suggest a distanced self-portrait wherein each one’s past encumbered with grief and…
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Le Guin
In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” Le Guin places the utopian city of Omelas with the misery of a single child to explore the ethical implications of societal happiness and the limits of morality. Omelas is depicted as a place of almost dreamlike perfection: its citizens live in harmony, enjoying art, joy, and freedom without the burdens of guilt or crime. Yet, this peace is sustained by a hidden, horrifying truth—a single child kept in perpetual suffering to secure the collective happiness of the city. Through this contrast, Le Guin forces readers to confront uncomfortable questions about the morality of happiness derived at the cost of another’s suffering.…
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“Ulalume” By Edgar Allan Poe had me reflect on the concept of grief. The poem itself may have been heavily influenced by Poe’s own grief, as the poem was written only a year after his wife Virginia Clemm had passed. I recalled my own experience with loss, and how I have felt for weeks, or even months. At some point, the pain disappears into the background and becomes forgotten. Only, it resurfaces when reminders of who we lost pull the pain to the forefront once more.
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Both poems were wonderful in their own right. Edgar’s poem about grief, sadness, and love was quite pretty in my eyes, as I adore the fall and its characteristics. In his poem, it shows how in everything he sees, it fuels his sadness or makes him remember his lost person. However in my mind, I realized we think differently. Whenever a loss like this occurs, I always try to paint them in the best way possible; the autumn leaves being my sister’s favorite season, or even the desolate winter air is my family’s favorite season since they get to stay inside haha. It also ties into Emily’s poem, albeit different…
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “Ulalume” and Emily Dickinson’s “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”
One big idea that both Dickinson and Poe’s poem is that they raise questions about how we choose our companions. Dickinson emphasizes in choosing who to let in and limiting the power of choice while Poe’s reflects on emotional turmoil tied to memory and loss. These poems shaped my thinking by focusing on while connections can be deeply enriching, they can also come in sorrow.
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In “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”, one big idea that stood up to me is how important it is to choose who we let into our lives. The poem shows that the soul picks who she wants to be around and then closes the door on everyone else. This made me think about how we all do this in real life – we decide who gets to be close to us and who keep out. This poem changed how I think about this because it shows that it’s okay to be selective. The soul even ignores an emperor kneeling for her, which made me realize that not every person…
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Exploring Inner Worlds in Poe and Dickinson
The poems “Ulalume” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Soul Chooses Its Company” by Emily Dickinson make us think about a person’s inner world and their limits in society. In “Ulalume,” Poe describes a journey through a dark forest, symbolizing sadness and loss. The narrator keeps returning to the place where Ulalume, his lost beloved, is buried. This shows how grief deeply affects us and guides our actions, often without us realizing. Dickinson’s poem talks about how the soul chooses its own company and isolates from others. This makes us think about the importance of personal choice and unique human connections. The soul finds peace in its chosen circle, highlighting…
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “Ulalume” and Emily Dickinson’s “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”
One big idea that both poems make me think about is self- isolation, confinement, and the need for human desire or relationship. In “Ulalume”, Poe narrates being drawn to a grave which shows his interest in darkness, death and isolation. This raises questions about our human condition, what might drive us to seek solitude, how it shapes our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. Dickinson’s poem, on the other hand, asserts the soul’s autonomy in selecting its own society. Her deliberate choice to shut out the world and preserve her inner space tells the importance of self-preservation and individuality. Despite both poems shaping my thinking about the…
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