Mr.Floods Party is by Edwin Arlington Robinson and was published in 1921. The poem is about Old Eben Flood who is a lonely old man who goes out one night to drink and starts seeing double, he sees himself twice and sees two moons. However, he is not an alcoholic.
The reason why its the best out of the others is because the way he pursuits the literary elements. In Mr.Floods Party Edwin uses Repetition and conflict, but the big literary element he uses is setting. Setting is the time and place in which a literary work occurs. Edwin describes where Mr.Flood is and what he sees and does. For example, he says"Old Eben Flood, climbing alone one night. Over the hill between the town below and the the forsaken upland hermitage that held as much as he should ever know... For soon amid the silver loneliness of the night he lifted up his voice and sang, secure, with only two moons listening, until the whole harmonious landscape rang "For auld lang syne". Edwin describes the setting in grave detail whether its obvious or very subtle. Edwin make sure's the reader knows that Mr.Flood is out in the middle of a road that is in between the top of the hill and the town. He also makes sure the reader knows that he is out alone in the middle of the night.
Another reason why Mr.Floods Party is a prize winning poem is by him using repetition. Edwin repeats the word and meaning of being alone and old. Edwin says "Old Eben Flood, Climbing alone one night...Alone, as if enduring to the end...For soon amid the silver loneliness of the night he lifted up his voice ad sang...He raised his jug again the jug regretfully and shook his head and was again alone". Edwin repeats the word alone so many times in the poem to add emphasis and emotion. Edwin even calls Mr.Flood a hermit because he says "Over the hill between the town below and the forsaken upland hermitage". He calls Mr.Floods house a hermitage, which calls Mr.Flood a hermit. Mr.Flood is also considered a hermit because he is lonely and no one in the town has ever talked or been around him.
The last reason is Theme, theme is the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work. Mr.Floods Party's theme is loneliness. In every stanza of this poem it proves that he is lonely. It states "Where friends of other days had honored him, A phantom salutation of the dead. Rang thinly till old Eben's eyes were dim". This makes me believe he was not always alone. He had friends but he out lived them. This whole poem is about being alone. From Mr.Flood being alone this whole time he imagines himself because he is drunk. Although it appears he is an alcoholic, he is however not. Knowing the people who you loved are dead can make someone become alone and become a hermit. Not only are Eben Flood's friends dead but he is going to die too because it says "Old Eben Flood..." Edwin Arlington Robinson says Old Eben Flood to state how old Eben Flood is.
I have so many other reasons why Mr.Floods Party is the best poem out of the others. Even though this poem sounds like a story and was longer than the others and was easier then the rest, it still transcended above the rest. Even though it might sound like i am provincial with this decision i am actually trying to expostulate you from yours. I exhort you to change your decision on which poem out of the 3 is the best but i do understand your reasoning for your choice too. Mr.Floods Party is the prize winning poem out of the 3 but, i would like to see you prove me wrong!
Hi Amelia! There is room to improve in this blog, but overall it was decent. I would slow down while writing your blog so you can catch spelling errors and capitalization and simple mistakes you can catch and easily fix if you took things a little slower. You identified the literary elements in “Mr. Flood’s Party” and explain the setting and repetition welland broke that poem down. Something you can do is also going deeper into the other poems and explain more about how they didn’t compete with “Mr. Flood’s Party”
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ReplyDeleteI liked your blog overall but I think you have the potential to improve.
There are several grammar errors that I was able to spot that are careless mistakes that could be fixed if you reread the blog.
I felt that you misunderstood the assignment in a way because you didn't really go into detail and also did not compare the 3 poems and mainly talked about why Mr Floods Party was the best and thats it. I wish you would have written about why the other 2 poems did not compete with Mr Floods Party.
Dear Amelia, you have a good bas for this blog but there is definitely room to improve. First of all, you I believe that your introduction paragraph ran too long. To add to this, your introduction sort of ran into your first literary element. It felt like when you started your second paragraph, you were still doing your introduction and ran right into your body without starting a new paragraph. Second of all, it would of made your blog more organized if you had a thesis telling us the order in which you will be explaining the literary devices and what devices you are going to be elaborating upon. Lastly, as many other people did, you just talked about Mr. Flood's Party and how great it was. You didn't compare the three assignments like the prompt said to do. To add to this, you didn't go in to very good detail about the poems.
ReplyDeleteHey Amelia. I thought your blog hit the key points for Mr. Flood's Party, but you failed to mention anything about the other poems. You need a counter argument to strengthen your argument for Mr. Flood's Party. I felt you were very surface level and that you could have gone into so much more detail about the poem. I also thought that your writing was very choppy and didn't flow. Try to plan out your ideas, or write down different thoughts that pop into your head as you write. This will help your ideas flow more smoothly. You also NEED to work on capitalization. I understand that some may be typos, but you can not forget to capitalize the word 'I'. You have to proofread. This isn't just you, every blog I have read has major grammatical errors. To add, if you are going to have an intro, have an intro. Try not to switch the topic mid sentence. It might help to separate your writing in sections by using subtitles.
ReplyDeleteOverall, your blog needs some work. Just try to slow down and think. I feel like you have a lot of good ideas, but your rushed to put it into words. Take the time to write it down.
Hey Amelia,
ReplyDeleteTo begin, I believe there is a good amount of improvement you need for the structure of your blog. Just as an example, at the beginning of the blog you just jumped into things by describing a poem rather than describing the prompt in your own words and choosing which poem you liked best. Other than that, I believe you must go more in-depth about your literary devices rather than just talking about the poem you have chosen. You should have included ideas from the other poems proving why the poem you have chosen is best with literary device comparison and examples brought by the text. Also, you were mainly talking about how “Mr. Floods’s Party” was the best without using comparisons from the other poems as you should have. Other than that, you have good grammar and punctuation use, as well as some eye, catching images/gifs that kept me reading. Which leads me to say you have a great base for a blog. With some work, I believe your blogs are going to become better and better.
Hi Amelia, Starting off you had multiple grammar errors that are easy fixes with a quick look through. You didn’t compare the three poems and why they fell short, focusing only on Mr. Floods Party. Also, throughout your blog, you could have gone into more detail about the poems. Overall, your blog was choppy and didn’t have a good flow. Make sure you answer the entire question and give a counter-argument to back up your claim.
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ReplyDeleteAmelia, to start off I think your blog did a good job of hitting the key points for Mr.Flood´s Party, But you failed to mention the two other poems. While reading your blog I did notice several grammatical errors that could be fixed with a quick read through before posting. I also noticed that when you started your second paragraph you were still talking about your introduction. I would slow down and jot down your thoughts so you could organize your writing because it was all over the place, I could tell you had so much you wanted to say, that wasn't being said. Overall, you have some work to do but I can wait to read your next blog. Keep up the good work!!