Frankenstein

This is sad to admit but I've never read Shelley's Frankenstein before. As strange as it may sound, I was never assigned to read it in High School and this is the first time in college I've had to read it or even familiarize myself with it. I'm looking forward to reading it though and hopefully I will like it or at least appreciate it as much as so many of my classmates do.

Depressing

I enjoyed reading Lord Byron's poem "When We Two Parted" but it was so sad! I don't know why, but I seem to enjoy the sad, depressing poems more than the others. It's the same with "chick flicks" except that I can't stand sad endings. I don't care if the entire movie is sad but if the ending is sad I won't watch it again and I'll probably complain about how horrible it was.
I feel much more strongly when I read Lord Byron than I do when I read Shelley's poem. I think it might have something to do with making me aware of how lucky I am to have a wonderful husband and a happy life. I haven't lost someone like the person did in Lord Byron's poem, maybe I like to be reminded of it.

Mr. Blake

I thought Blake was rather depressing to read, especially his "Songs of Innocence and Experience." It almost seemed like he was making fun of children and their innocence. I also thought it was interesting that while his poems are complex in their structure they are easy to read and fairly easy to understand. I commented in one of the forums that reading his poems seemed like listening to a nursery rhyme. Here he is writing these poems about innocence with an almost sarcastic tone while the structure is shaped to appear innocent. Maybe it's just me but I thought this was pretty ironic.