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.
I spend hours after hours putting this essay together.
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
way. I wanted to organize my essay in a way that it can flow and transition smoothly. When I came onto the secondary sources it consumed most of my time. Finding a source that fit the requirements, connected with my thesis and how it proves I was right was challenging. I spend a lot of time looking over different databases, looking into multiple reviews and interviews. I came across what connected with my thesis and decided to use it. Then I got stuck again on introducing my information. After over thinking it, I decided to just put everything together how I knew was right. Once everything was formed it was on to making sure it all made sense. The way I organized my essay made me very confident because I was able to understand it very well when I read it. What consumed most of my time in this essay was understanding the book, breaking down the poems and making sure that I understood correctly what was going on. Writing this essay consumed a lot of time in different parts. Most of it was when I was putting together all the sources, and explaining it properly to connect with my thesis, and reassuring it all made sense. My works cited page was very easy to put together. It took no more the 10 minutes to put it together. With the help of Purdue owl I knew exactly how to put it all together. Overall I put multiple hours and time into this essay. I learned multiple things I did not know before. I now have a better understanding of how to introduce evidence into my essay with confidence. I understand much more how to connect my thesis, technical aspect, and how it connects outside of academics. I now know exactly how to look for secondary sources. I find it easy now to research, and look into a topic, and gaining information outside of the primary text. Besides this essay being so challenging, I now know exactly how to take on an essay when multiple outside sources come into play. I feel confident now moving forward with what I learned writing this essay.