laissez les bons temps rouler

1. “Winter News” by John Haines (Blog 13)
2. “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost (Blog 1)
3. “Those Winter Sundays” By Robert Hayden (Blog 21)
4. “Happy Insensibility” by John Keats (Blog 21)
5. “The Snow Man” by Wallace Stevens
     This poem has five stanzas with tercets in each of them. The poem has no rhyme scheme at all. The author uses a lot of imagery that reminds the reader of winter like “pine-tress crusted with snow”, “junipers jagged with ice”, “distant glitter”, all of these images sound so pretty and makes me really excited about winter. I think it is interesting though that the poem is entitled “The Snow Man” because there isnt really indigation of a snow man in the poem. Maybe the snow man is the author himself. The last stanza of this poem is interesting and I cant tell whether or not it is supposed to be sad: “For the listener, who listens in the snow/ And, nothing himself beholds/Nothing that is not there and nothing that is”. First of all it is really confusing, especially the last line. I think that the structure of this poem should be stressed syallable, followed by an unstressed syallable. This poem also puts a lot of emphasis on winter wind and how it blows in the same place. I thought that was interesting and it makes the wind sound boring. I really do not think that the author likes winter or, at least in this poem, is speaking to highly of it. Because it sounds like he doesnt like it, it makes me not really like this poem. I just feel that the general overall tone of the poem is a negative one.
6. “Snow” by Jared Carter
     This poem has thirteen stanzas with couplets within them. It follows an AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN rhyme scheme. The poem has a lot of enjambment where the line cuts off right in the middle to make a new line like : “you cannot, nor can I. Snow is the horse/ that would never dream of running away”. Also a line ends and begins in the same line. I think that this poem makes it sound like snow is pure. In the first couple of lines, the author is telling the reader that there are “moments we/cannot grasp or understand”. Then the author goes on to say that snow is not like that. It can not forget because “it has nothing to remember in the first place”. Then the next couple of lines talk about how snow buries things and how things become lost in the snow. My favorite line is “Snow is the horse that would never dream of running away” just because it sounds so pretty. This also makes snow sound so reliable and pure. Like you can always count on the snow to help you forget things you dont want to remember. The last couple of lines also tell you that snow is your guide because you dont need “No moon/no stars to guide your way. No light. Climb up and get in”. When the author says climb up and get in, he is talking about the metaphor where snow is the horse and the horse pulls a sleigh. I love this poem so much  because I think it is so beautiful and I love how he compares the snow to a horse “that would never dream of running away” ahh i love it. I would think that this poem follows a stressed syallable followed by an unstressed syallable but it is really hard to say with all the enjambment.