Blog Post 1

After reading the poem "My Last Duchess" I chose to stand by the rankings that I had originally came up with. My top three categories are as follows, authorial intent, a clear understanding of vocabulary, and lastly understanding of traditional literary elements. The reasoning behind this order is that I would be able to analyze any piece literature simply based on what is written within the text, rather than relying on outside information about the author or the time period it was written in. Although the latter still greatly influences an authors writing, you might not have access to any information beyond the actual literature. With that being said, I am looking forward to the intrinsic side of analyzing literature. I find it interesting how the use of vocabulary often can have multiple purposes/messages depending on how it is structured .