To Roosevelt

In Ruben Dario's "To Roosevelt" he views president Theodore Roosevelt as a hunter. He uses a lot of 'you' statement in reference to the president. There are some interesting comparisons layed out. For example he states that "You are one part George Washington and one part Nimrod ... You are an Alexander-Nebuchadnezzar" He later goes on to talk about the power of the United States.

T.S. Elliot

For class we read "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock" I found this one to be rather odd. It was odd in how it was written and its rhyming scheme. I found it interesting though when Dr. Reed told us how Elliot likes to incorporate lines/ideas from others into his writing.

Tonight I Can Write ...

Pablo Neruda's Tonight I Can Write has been going through my head a lot lately. I almost feel like my life right now is this poem. What I mean by that is that I have been fighting a lot with my fiancee and I think this time, things might be over. Neruda writes: "She loved me, sometimes I loved her too" With all of the tension going on between the two of us, these words speek deeply to me, because I do love her, I just don't love the  fights. "Love is so short, forgetting is so long." How true are these words? Love can come and go, but the memories of the times together are what lasts forever.