The class discussion today was amusing because when it came down to the choice between Frost and Stevens' poems, everyone preferred to research Robert Frost. He is a widely known poet and we all like to feel comfortable with what we're researchin, I suppose. Anyway, the things that are on the internet today, making adaptations to their famous work, includes a vast amount of "creative" ideas. For example, we all did well on finding funny interpretations of Frost's famous words via youtube. My group was able to find a rather poetic video mimicking the actions displayed in Frost's words, however the example we chose did the funny internet world justice by revealing just how far people will go to make something that is already artistic, even more so.
Also, interesting was that every group found something different in relation to the question of which of his works was most popular or most praised. Since all of his poems are remarkable put together, I can see why our sources were confused in picking a certain one that stood out. The thing that I quickly realized though is that everything depends on your search. If we are searching for "most popular Robert Frost poem" we may recieve different results that if we were to search "most praised/accomplished Robert Frost poem.
It was amusing in class. I was surprised that no one wanted to do Stevens' poems, but that just means that we will be able to focus more on Stevens the next time.
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DeleteI thought it was interesting, too, Stevie, that everyone chose Frost! I hope that we will come back to Stevens's "The Snow Man" tomorrow, because it really fits with _Ethan Frome_.
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