Blog #4: Reflections

So far, I kind of liked the class. I learned more about the Internet and more about poetry literature. Also, I learned more about the literary terms, like symbolism and tone. Many things I learned about copyright, that you have to cite everything that you use in a essay. That I most of the time didn't know about. Also, I made friends in the class. In the class, we discuss many things, and go deep into a poem.

Blog #3: Tone and Symbolism

Rough Draft

I chosed a poem that considerly gives a identity of what vampires really are. It was written by Maeve104, who is no different than me or you. The name of the poem is "Wingbeats from the high balcony." This poem is mostly about vampires as endangered species, and also how they try to blend with the people, so they wouldn't get caught. I chosed this poem because I like vampires and would like to meet one if there was a chance. A vampire is a person who hides from people, so no one knows that they are vampires. They are also secretive since they are wanted for experiments in science and medicine.(www.vampirewebsite.net/index.html). In this poem, he is also described as a creature of the night, since vampires come out only during the night and sleep during the day. Same thing with the bat. He uses his fangs as a weapon to suck blood from his victims and sometimes make them immortal as he/she is.
A vampire is a creature that looks into the night and sometimes cannot be spotted quickly by a human eye. He has enhanced senses, which he uses to stalk his prey. They are not only smart and intelligent, but also fast and strong. They have double of what is called human speed. People would seemed to realize that vampires are around them, but not for long; people would see them and seconds later, they will disappear, without being seen or spotted. They will turn into bats and fly out of sight, into the night. During the day, you actually will not being to see them since they will be recharging from the night before. They would be in their coffins, sleeping, like the dead would be until they're reborn again.
People would never think of vampires as people, actually, they would be creatures that were not understood by the society. That's why most of them hide beyond reaches of humans, which are abandoned churches, empty cemeteries, rooftops and other places where they can be safe. But, there are vampires in the world who are just humans, who consider themselves as vampires who feed off human blood for nutrients. This poem also talks about a man or a woman getting bitten by a vampire and what they felt while being bitten. They experience it as cold, fearing and something strange. Vampires have no life since they are immortal, and they can be doing everything they want in their life. They fly, bite by using their fangs, and making the other people into the wings of night. Vampires can make people(normal humans) forget about what has happen to them, their own memories of a specific date.
The tone is the what the writer is trying to show through emotions or feelings. This poem contains feelings of a vampire, a creature that is always hunted by society. He is not free; he is always hunted by people who hate or fear him.
Symbolism is when the writer uses symbols or terms that would stand for something else. For example, in the poem, the writer uses the symbol bat for vampire. He does that since the vampires move freely throughout the world and couldn't be stopped. Also, a bat flies solo, just like a vampire. The writer uses the fangs, which would symbolize for eternal life. Since vampires drink blood for their victims, blood gives them more life, and also more power. Blood is like a power to them.
In the conclusion, this poem tells us many things. One thing is that vampires were not understood for hundreds of years, and were thought as monsters or dangerous creatures which had to be exterminated or killed off. Another thing is that the writer uses is a good comparason of a bat and vampires. He did that since vampires and bats move throughout this world and freely during the night. No one tells them what to do and how to live their lifes.

The website for tone- www.frostfriends.org/tone.hmtl
The website for symbolism- http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/lit-terms.html.
Paragraph 2-3, see Blog #2

Blog #2: Poem

I will be using Vampires as my topic since I love vampires and sometimes wish to be one(just kidding!!). I googled poems about vampires and found this website: http://www.elftown.com/_Vampire%20poetry . I used the picture from
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Vampire-Art-vampires-353501_600_600.jpg
I chosed the poem "Wingbeats from a High Balcony" because it is represents a vampire as a bat in the night. He searches for a victim to be bitten in the night and make him feel stronger.
He is also described in this poem as a creature of the night, since vampires come out only during the night and sleep during the day. Same thing with the bat. He uses his fangs as a weapon to suck blood from his victims and sometimes make them immortal as he is. He makes them as he is, the creature of the night. He will be searching for his bride, whoever it might be. A vampire is a creature that looks into the night and sometimes cannot be spotted quickly by a human eye. He can smell human flesh from a mile away and if he is hungry, he will be stalking you. Vampires are not also smart and intelligent, they are also fast and strong. They are double of what is called human speed.

People would seemed to realize vampires that they are around them, but not for long; people would see them and seconds later, they will disappear, without being seen or spotted. They will turn into bats and fly into the night. During the day, you actually can't see them since they will be recharging from the night before. They will be in their coffins, sleeping, like the dead would be until they're reborn again. People would never think of vampires as people; actually, they would be a creatures that are not understood by the society. That's why most of them hide beyond reaches of humans, which are abandoned churches, empty cemeteries, rooftops and other places where they can be safe.

The poem also talks about a man or a woman getting bitten by a vampire and what they felt while being bitten. They experience it as cold, fearing and something strange. Vampires have no life since they are immortal, and they can be doing everything they want in their life. Life for them is everything. They fly, bite by using their fangs, and make the other people into the wings of night. Vampires can also make people forget about what has happen to them, their own memories of a specific date and also changing their identity.

Blog 1: About me

My name is Maria and I came from Kiev, Ukraine with my parents. I started school here and for me it was kind of hard at first. Then, I got it. Now I live with my parents and my 7 year old brother. My dream is to become a doctor, so that I could make this world a better place to live in, so that people wouldn't have health problems in their lives. Most of all, I want to become a ER doctor, and help people that are in need of help. I would be graduating from LaGuardia Community College with a Radiology Tech. Degree and continuing up the medical field. My parents want me to become a teacher, but what I can't stand is when people don't pay any attention and that kind of pisses me off.