Sai's Blog Vol. 2

       It has only  come   to my attention  that the last quarter of my high school days are just around the corner.  Now that it is the final chapter of this period of my life, I think I can now properly assess the development and growth that I had experienced in the last 4 years.        I was quite a different person in the 9 th  grade. I just took 2 summer classes which I quite disliked and I didn’t have the best 8 th  grade year. I was still lost  despite my previous experience navigating the school in the summer classes. The most jarring thing by far was the massive  number  of students the school harbored. In elementary and midd le school, I was  familiarized  with almost  all  the students in my respective grade. In high school, however, I met many people who  attended school from all sorts of different environments. The atmosphere was much more akin to a  miniatur...

Poetry, in its truest form, is a combination of words used to paint a series of  emotions in word form. It is not all too different in expressing itself when compared to visual arts.   While such words are only a series of scrawling on a physical plane, we  are able to   transcribe  meaning to them in such a way to project an entire story unto them.  The key feature used to describe such pictures is the use of imagery. Poetry is a lot less restrictive than other forms  of text-based media, as they have the ability of manipulating line spacing and the ability to incorporate rhythm.   All these combinations create the ability to transcribe text into a vivid story, a symphony of feelings and emotions that are  wafted into the reader’s senses. A great thing about poetry is that you don’t need to be skilled in visual arts to create a story or picture you want to  describe . You are able to create poetry just by injecting your feelings an...

                                                                            The  pencil jots glyphs   i n the hurry of its owner   c hurning into a flame   In the aftermath .   Paper turns into  ash   It desires for its next  test   Why must it all go away in the pursuit?   One thing I learned a lot about in how poetry transcribes itself as a message is its use of structure in communicating its message across. I alwa ys thought that there was little point in needing the seemingly arbitrary breaks in lines when I read the poem, but it  greatly contributes to the tempo of the essay. Such measures give a buildup of tension that can shift throughout the poem, in order to perhaps drive the message forward . The ending is especially important in how ...