Blog 2

As I read more and more poetry that was written in the confessional style i am struck by how well the authors are able to reflect actual thoughts and feelings that could be reflected by the people reading the poems. The taboo and often shocking topics blew the collective minds of the Americans who for the first time could read a poem and not have to conjure up dreary and dated images of Greek mythology; instead they could bring to mind the cheery thoughts of abortion, suicide, depression and other personnel dramas that until this time had not been much covered in American poetry. While Robert Lowell was a extremely influential originator of this version he was by no means the only figure writing in this style.

Several women also contributed to the field. Plath and Sexton are both exemplary examples of this. Both wrote poems dealing with issues related to women. Topics ranging from masturbation to menstruation are covered in the poetry. I am of the opinion that this form of poetry could also be somewhat considered a form of written psychological help. Often people use this form of poetry to write and reflect on everyday occurrences or even to help focus on a life trauma. It is a healthy practice to think critically about those issues that give a person the most stress. Unfortunately the confessional poets have a bad habit of committing suicide. This could be due to the rather manic state of mind that these poets wrote under. Extreme bouts of euphoria coupled with debilitating depression commonly happened to these writers.

Iron Man is a movie that I recommend viewing to anyone reading this blog. While being widely unrealistic it still provides that much needed entertainment factor. I wonder what the poets of the confessional style would say to Tony Starks antics. Like when he makes his original Iron Man suit. In the movie the director shows his building of the suit in several stages. However most of the time he is shown using old school metal working tools. Then this weird doctor opens up his chest in order to implant a device to keep metal shards from reaching his heart and killing him. Tony somehow turns this into a device to “power” his body with more energy. Using his vast scientific knowledge Mr. Stark is somehow able to make his first suit and then use the suit to escape from and then destroy the holding facility.

Another movie I watched tonight is a superhero movie as well. Except this superhero movie involves a giant green man who you would not like when he is angry. If you guessed The Hulk then you have guessed correctly. This is the Edward Norton version of the movie, not the piece of crap CGI movie they made back in 2005. The Hulk is always a pretty cool hero though, always warning the bad guys to back off before unleashing the awesome fury of the green mean machine. All in all it has been another great Sunday night/Monday morning, good football, good movies, and now a finished blog entry.