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Seriously.

Fuck poetry.

Rough introduction I am working with for a poetry analysis in my literature class. Thoughts are appreciated. I am trying something a little different here. Not going so structured and rigid as I do with most of my academic papers. I still have the thesis at the end, but the text prior to the paragraph should be a little more jazzed up than a lot of my other stuff.

A lone statue stands in the desert, a sign of a ruler from ages prior. It is worn down to just the legs and the head. Separated from each other, the head lies in the sand with a sneer of “cold command”. A traveler describes this sight, and the words of the ruler presented at its base; “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works ye Mighty, and despair!” (Shelley 590). This is the literal interpretation of the poem “Ozymandias”, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817. On the surface, it is simply a second hand description from a traveler of a statue in the desert he once saw, but as with many poems, there is more to it than can be inferred from a literal analysis. In the case of “Ozymandias” a deeper interpretation on the nature of legacies can be inferred through textual evidence and historical context.

This would be the second time in this literature class where I have focused on the historical context of a work. Prior to this, the discussion was about the writings of Langston Hughes during the Harlem Renaissance.

I think this double major in literature and history is a good idea, as I seem to naturally move toward that direction.

Digging through my archives a bit. This paper was done for a History class last year. Got a great grade on it, and was asked to revise it for an Honors conference, but never got around to it. It is a bit dry to read through, but I thought it would be good to share regardless. Probably a lot of minor punctuation and grammatical errors, as my work always seems to have a lot of them. This is probably the paper that got me interested in the honors program, as the instructor is the head of the Honors society for the campus.

Ultimately, I love the subject, as history rocks, but I feel as though my execution is lacking. I hope maybe, one day, to make this much more interesting to read. To those of you brave to slog through it now, however, I give you my thanks. The essay here is presented as a direct paste of my Open Office Document, which I believe was the Final Draft. It is presented without annotations.

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Where am I going with this?

I have decided I want to get serious about this whole “blogging” thing, as I seem to have some sort of gift for writing (at least according to others) and I don’t really ever sit down to do some serious writing. Maybe this generalized blog would be a good way for me to take the plunge and practice the craft. After all, if I want to write for a living, I need to actually write when I have some time to, yes?

Not sure what posts will be about, but I’m sure I’ll figure something out. I’ll try updating once a day as well. I guarentee you at least for a little while, the posts will be either about my comic, my education, or World of Warcraft, as I am very set in my ways at the current.

Perhaps a little fiction too, if I am so inclined. Hell, might as well post some of my essays for the heck of it.

The world is a big canvas, and my goal is to make my marks on it.

Or at least draw mustaches on every single person I can.