"Daddy"

This peom is from a young lady who was terrifed and hatred her father since a child. She tells how she felt like a Jewish person to him since he was German. She also tells how she couldn't talk to him, she was even scared to speak to him. She had so much hatred towards her father, that she wanted to kill her self to get back at him. This poem showed me just how much hatred someone can have.

"Leda and the Swan"

The story seems wierd to me. I really didnt uderstand some of the text, but i did catch the fact she was being raped by a swan. I looked up more info. about the poem and found out the swan was Zeus, Greek god, formed in to a swan. That was very shocking and made me realize how much power Greek gods had.

"The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake

The story is told by a young boy, whose living a horrible life but sees better after life. The boy explains how since his mother's death life has been rough .The boy was sold by father and now is a chimney sweeper. He has no where to live, so he sleeps in soots. The boy hangs his head low when he thinks about his life but when he sleeps he sees his after life. In his dream he sees his friends and others whose living rough lives going to heaven and if the boy keep his head up and not lose faith he will go to. So when he wakes up he holds his head high because he know life on earth is temporary but life in heaven is eternal. The point the peom is trying to get across is no matter how hard life is or gets never lose faith in God, because he has a better life for you in heaven.