True Love

Melissa and Darius has been together for five years. Melissa is a great listener, reliable, emotionall strong, open-minded, idealistic, and humorous. Darius share some of her same qualities except he is a pragmatic guy, hard worker, very good communication skills, and an affeciate guy. I believe that their qualities stengthens their relationship because they have some opposite characteristics such as Darius beening pragmatic and Melissa idealistic. This keeps balance in the relationship and also keep the relationship interesting.

People say that opposites attract but can only stay if they work at it which is why it's great that Melissa is a greater listner and Darius a great speaker. So this way niether one of them misunderstand or misinterpret each other. Poor/Lack of communication is the cause of most relationship disasters.

To be able to make your partner laugh is the start of a healthy relationship. Partners who can make each other laugh tend to be more capable at decreasing or de-escalating conflicits when they arise. In my opinion this is why their relationship is so strong.

Sonnet 292 by Petrarch

The eyes I spoke of once in words that burn,
the arms and hands and feet and lovely face
that took me from myself for such a space
of time and marked me out from other men;

the waving hair of unmixed gold that shone,
the smile that flashed with the angelic rays
that used to make this earth a paradise,
are now a little dust, all feeling gone;

and yet I live, grief and disdain to me,
left where the light I cherished never shows,
in fragile bark on the tempestuous sea.

Here let my loving song come to a close;
the vein of my accustomed art is dry,
and this, my lyre, turned at last to tears.

Summary

In this poem the speaker explains the lost of love. In the beginning he is reminiscing the old ways; like the color of his loves hair and her smile. He speaks of her past and character. After introducing her he goes on to mourning her loss. Finally at the end he just break down; this is where states he would never be the same without her (alive). Very dramatic.


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Critic's Corner

I would have to agree with Mr.Quinet that everyday incidents can be poetic. Everything in our day could be potential poems because of our feeling towards them; whether it is eatting a plum, argueing with a friend, or just falling down on the ground.

If you have the creativity you could turn the simple process of going asleep and waking up into a poem. Life itself is poetic so I find it very difficult to not see that the everyday incidents of it to be the same. What makes something poetic is the strong metaphysical hold it has on your psyche, whether it's a good feeling, relaxing, or heart break.

I find the simple task of breathing very poetic because of the way my chest expand to such a vast proud mound when I gently inhale and slowly shimmer down to the petite statue that is myself. Every incident in life affects you emotionslly and physically they all tie in to make up who you are and how you react. What you is a reflection of you and that's why it is poetic.

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Real Life Education

The top three characteristic for a successful SPA alumnus is to be assertive, mature, and dedicated/ passionate about everything they do and accomplish. These three characteristics are important because they are the foundation to a hardworking individual. Being assertive is important because you're not aggressive with your tacts, but you get your message across more gently without being passive either. This is important when trying to get something you need or obtaining something from another. Dedication and passion is important because you have to be committed to what ever you do. With committment comes passion. If you are dedicated to something, you work harder to keep and improve it. These traits will help you maintain what what ever you get. And maturity is the foundation of assertiveness and dedication. Without maturity you will not make it in the world. People don't like working with immature people, so getting a job will be nearly impssible for an immature person. Once you have gain maturity you have the most important trait in life.

These characteristic are somrtimes obtained from parents teaching you these things, but sometimes they are picked up from peer influences. There are very few case in which these characteristic  just came naturallly. These characteristic, usually,are traits that you grow into after time and life experiences.

I possess all three characteristic but i have obtained they all different ways. I am a nautrally assertive; nobody every taught me how to be it it`s just part of my natture. Matutity was fouced  upon me from a very early age  because of life experiences, and dedication is a trait my dad constantly installed in me. I believe passion is a trait that everybody has so by default it is natural, but there have been cases where my reers, parents, and life have taught me passion for different subjects

Writing Quickwrite

The problem is that we need to teach ourselves how to think critically and apply this information, and after that we we will be able to write it down. The quote is saying we could learn how to formulate the ideas in our head and gather the insight, putting it on paper or in words will come easily. If you could think it through, then you can write it down.

This relates to me because once I actually think out the process I can write ideas out easily. The hardest and most important part of learning how to be a good writer is actually learning how to be a good thinker. Once I get my outlines completed and my thought process has been fukfilled, structuring it in ink is easy.