Thomas And Beulah: A Poetry Analysis

Poetry Analysis was by far the most difficult essay I have written in any writing class. Breaking down the book Thomas and Beulah to understand what I was going to write about was even more difficult. Reading Thomas and Beulah was fun since I had to think outside the box and put things together. I found myself looking up multiple words because I did not know the meaning of them. As I was figuring out what the poems meant I came across so many different ideas. One thing I did enjoy about this essay was how interesting the poems were and how It had so many different meanings. It took me quite some time to read the poems and gain a full understanding of it. Once I understood the poems, it was time to come up with a Thesis, technical aspect and how it was going to connect. That took some time and some of Professor Vinson’s help. I spend quite some time with Professor Vinson trying to figure out how my essay was going to come together. Once I had an understanding of what my Theme, technical aspect and connection was going to be. It was on to writing.
My first obstacle was introducing my evidence from the primary text. I found myself stuck on this due to how in the poem it was said. I eventually figured it out and once I introduced it, I had to explain it and provide enough explanation as how it proved my thesis. As I put it all together, more and more ideas came to mind. For a while I found myself writing and putting all thoughts into the essay. I provided my evidence, then explained it. When I sent a draft to Professor Vinson he replied saying how I needed to explain how it was going to prove my thesis rather than summarizing my evidence. I than put much thinking into it and just began to correct it. I found myself stressing a lot because I did not want to make any mistakes. I was very careful to cite everything and make sure everything was out together the write