Cynacism At Its FInest

1. Write a brief paragraph (about 4-6 sentences) explaining which of the approaches McMahan mentions is the most appealing to you.

I know I had said earlier in class that the most appealing critical approach in reading literature was deconstrustion because it can go beyond the words in the poem and mean something completly different, because I am such an over analytical person but reading over my notes again I think that the gender focus approach is most appealing to me. I say this because most pieces of writing are based on feeling, primary feelings being happy and sad and the primary focus being the relationships between people, whether is be a partner, family,friends, mostly being from the opposite sex who can make you happy or sad, which then inspires one to write.

2. Put your favourite approach into practice in one brief paragraph analysing any of the poems in our text.

The poem I chose was was "One Perfect Rose" by Dorothy Parker on page 357. When first reading the poem you believe it to be romantic and that she was overwhelmed by the thought and love put into this one "gesture", this one "perfect" rose, but as you read on into the second stanza you begin to sense her sarcasm and bitter tone. She has seen it and heard it all before, her cynacism beams. As you read into the third stanza her sarcastic comment of the "unrealistic larger gesture" that she knows she will never recieve shows that it will take a lot more to win over her heart. She has obviously been hurt before and she feels that she is unappreciated, she will be a challange and no one has yet to take part and live up to the expectations.