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This semester I choose to read 9 of Edgar Allen Poe stories or poems. I have read Romance, Introduction, Fairy Land, and Fairy-Land. My last five pieces are Spirits of the Dead, Evening Star, The Haunted Palace, A Dream Within a Dream, and For Annie.
Spirits of the Dead is about I think discribes how spirits feel after death. Like this following quote, "In death around thee-and their will/ Shall overshadow thee: be still."
Evening Star talks about a star in the night sky, but I also think it talks about love. These next two lines are the reason I believe it also talks about love, "For joy to my heart/ Is the proud part."
The Haunted Palace talks about a creepy old house and starts to discribe it. "Banners yellow, glorious, golden/ On its roof did float and flow."
A Dream Within a Dream is about a person having a dream within a dream hence the title. "All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream."
For Annie talks about a man's love for a girl named Annie. "Of the love of my Annie- With the thought of the light/ Of the eyes of my Annie."
The one thing Poe seems to do in all of his stuff is discribe them in the weirdest way. Which I think is the reason I love reading his work. He has been one of my ideals for awhile now and all of his pieces amaze me. Well at least the ones I have read so far.
Out of the ones I have read for this class I would have to say my favorite is The Haunted Palace. I love anything haunted and I love it when authors discribe those places. It makes me feel like I'm right there stepping into the haunted place. Thats what Poe did for me and so thats why it's my favorite. And because his work connects to me I give these stories all 5's.

Class This Semester

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Over the semester I have loved going to World Lit. class. All the pieces have been interesting and some have been boring, but that's just me. I would have to say my favorite piece from class would have to be the Women of Baths tale. It's funny and reminds me of mine and my friends conversations. We can talk about anything and everything in my group of friends and be fine. 
There wasn't really any piece I didn't like. All the pieces had my attention at some point in time and kept my attention through the rest of the piece. 
I enjoyed the group discussions. They were fun and always lead to something else. We were free to tell our opinions which I believe is a major part of class. Without our opinions we can't establish who we are so we can't have deep discussions. 
I have learned many things through this class. History about all the places the pieces were coming from, how hard it can be to understand the old language and that the stories you expect to be boring are the exiting ones. I also learned that the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a funny movie and I am considering finding it and finishing it. 

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There is only one thing I think should be added to the class.... Shakespeare. I have always been a fan and I think the class should read Macbeth. We have already read Julius Ceasar, Romeo and Juliet, and I think we read part of Hamlet. So the class should then read Macbeth.