{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"21474781","dateCreated":"1268397214","smartDate":"Mar 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alfitzgerald","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alfitzgerald","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257388564\/alfitzgerald-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/epiphanybritlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/21474781"},"dateDigested":1532389431,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Coleridge","description":"What is your "albatross?"
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\nThink about the symbolism of the albatross in the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and analyze your life. Explain your response.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"21542497","body":"I believe one of my albatrosses is the fear of failure. I have always been scared of failure, especially in my academics. When I first started my online calculus course, I failed my first test and I had a horrible, horrible breakdown. I kept thinking that I would never be able to get out of the rut I had just created by failing a test. When I got my first B on my report card in 8th grade, I thought I would be more worried about it, but I wasn't as worried as I thought. I think I am beginning to overcome this fear of failure through experience, but it is still something that hangs over my head.","dateCreated":"1268578212","smartDate":"Mar 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ndalhouse","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ndalhouse","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251156790\/ndalhouse-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21552645","body":"I would say my albatross is decision making. It is the hardest things for me. When it comes down to the simplest things like what color shirt to get, I constantly have to get second opinions because I am not sure. I would say that this albatross made it super hard to make a decison on college for me. Should I go to UNCW in January and then go to Craven in the fall or should i just go to UNC Charlotte. I had the hardest time becuase I didnt know which would be best for me. I ended up consulting like 5 people before I acutally made my decision. Yet, these types of decisons are so hard for me. I always second guess my self and i end up changing my mind multiple times before my mind is made up. Therefoer my albatross would be my hard time making decisions.","dateCreated":"1268606016","smartDate":"Mar 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"erinhannan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/erinhannan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1255388971\/erinhannan-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21553953","body":"My albatross is probably my tendency to procrastinate. Ever since I was in elementary school, I have always managed to leave things until close to the last minute. Even if I start something way ahead of time, I never finish it until about the night before it is due.I have tried to get better about it, but it always seems to creep back up on me and I always seem to end up procrastinating.","dateCreated":"1268609109","smartDate":"Mar 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hannahradford","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hannahradford","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251338589\/hannahradford-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21554711","body":"I have many albatrosses, one of which is my emotions. I have two extremes. I am either pushing everything out of my mind ignoring the problem or I am extremely emotional and can't get over the problem. Alot of the time I go into my "ice box" and don't show any emotion at all. The day my dad left for Afghanistan I didn't cry at the airport, I have cried over it many times since then but that day I couldn't. Then other days I could cry extremely hard over the fact what I wanted to wear that day is dirty. I wish I could get my emotions in check.","dateCreated":"1268610455","smartDate":"Mar 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"macmcgath","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/macmcgath","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1254183368\/macmcgath-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21554995","body":"My albatross is organization. It is something that I have dealed with my whole life. For the most part, I can have some horrible organizational skills. My life is unbleivable busy sometimes. I have learned over the years though to work on it. I have gotten much better in some areas of organization, but I know I have miles of work to do in other parts of my life. The important thing though is that I know that organizational skills is my albatross and I will continue to work on it.","dateCreated":"1268611049","smartDate":"Mar 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"derekrichey","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/derekrichey","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251158057\/derekrichey-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21555871","body":"My biggest albatross is staying focused. Im always thinking about doing something elts when i need to be doing work. for instance, when im either in class of doing homework, im always wanting to go outside and work, hang with friends or do something elts that I enjoy to do. I have learned from this albatross on how to stay focused when I need to get work done.","dateCreated":"1268612768","smartDate":"Mar 14, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jglennthomas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jglennthomas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21570071","body":"My albatross is procrastination. I have struggled with it for years and at this time in my life is when I have struggled the most! I have learned in the past that my procrastination is not necessarily a weakness but an area of massive strengthening!! I have also learned that diligence is what gets me through and getting over the fact that I might not want to be doing what I have to be!!","dateCreated":"1268655221","smartDate":"Mar 15, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"elizabethholt","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/elizabethholt","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1264730795\/elizabethholt-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21614415","body":"I would say that my albatross is myself. I am by nature a person of conflicts. I hate being in the spotlight but refuse to blend in. I value art, but have the mind of an engineer. I am constantly at war with myself, and I despise the fact. This is not something I am willing to explain much further, simply because I do not have much of an explanation to give. It is what it is. I hope that one day I reach the day that I am comfortable in my own skin, but for now I will continue to fight.","dateCreated":"1268708367","smartDate":"Mar 15, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"claudiaclippinger","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/claudiaclippinger","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251163274\/claudiaclippinger-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"21285621","dateCreated":"1268139353","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alfitzgerald","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alfitzgerald","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257388564\/alfitzgerald-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/epiphanybritlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/21285621"},"dateDigested":1532389431,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Wordsworth","description":"Think of something (a place, an experience, etc.) that you enjoyed as a child and now enjoy differently as a young adult. If you're having trouble meeting this criteria, think of memory you look on with great fondness. Describe as much or as little as you wish.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"21285793","body":"When I was a child I always enjoyed going to the beach with my family. My parents and I used to go alot no matter were we lived. When I was younger I loved being in the water battling the waves with my dad. We would try and jump the waves or even ride the wave on our boogie boards back to shore.
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\nNow that I am older I dont spend much time in the water. Now I like to lie out and soak up the sun. I hardly ever go with my family any more either. I go with friends and enjoy their company instead.","dateCreated":"1268139699","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"macmcgath","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/macmcgath","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1254183368\/macmcgath-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21285923","body":"I'll begin...
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\nWhen I think of my childhood visits to an amusement park, I remember the reckless glee with which I leapt onto each and every roller coaster in the park. I would ride them time and time again without any thought as to my safety; I simply loved the terror-filled excitement as I went up and down, over and under, upside-down and down-side up.
\nNow when I visit an amusement park, I still anxiously await the fun and excitement, but there's a different form of anxiety that rears its ugly head. Now, I'm much more acutely aware of my mortality, which provides even more terror-filled fun as I ride the rides. I continue to love the excitement and fear that accompanies a visit to an amusement park, but my thoughts are different. As opposed to the thoughts of "how many times can I ride this ride today?" of my childhood, I'm now thinking, "how long will this take?" or "has this ride been safety tested recently?" Ahhh...adulthood...","dateCreated":"1268139893","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alfitzgerald","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alfitzgerald","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257388564\/alfitzgerald-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21323799","body":"back in the day my family and I use to always either go to the mountains or go spend a week at Busch Gardens with a group of friends. I really enjoyed this period of my life becouse I really love spending time with my friends and family, time where no one was stressed about work and\/or any other thought but happyness and relaxation. I really use to look forward to these vacations, especially the ones were we went to the mountains because I love the scenery and just being around Nature. these vacations are ones that i will never forget.
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\nNow that I am at the age of 20, my family and I really dont look torwards vacations becouse we are much more buisy and always have stuff to do. This is a heart ache for me because I really miss all of the fun and relaxzation that I had with the family. and because of the economy I stress more about vacations because of money.","dateCreated":"1268176570","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jglennthomas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jglennthomas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21324725","body":"I would have to say that each year my family and I go to Ocean City, MD. Now we go there every June and we stay there for a week. When i was younger I enjoyed going there, going to the beach and going to the rides at night. As i have gotten older i seem to want to go do differnt things like go to the outlets and walk on the board walk. Even though i still enjoy going on vacation, it seems as if I want to do other things then what we usually do. I still enjoy going to the beach and the rides, but i really like to go shopping and do things a little different then i did when i was 10.","dateCreated":"1268177438","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"erinhannan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/erinhannan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1255388971\/erinhannan-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21338011","body":"I don't have a place that I enjoyed as a child that I still enjoy, albeit in a different way, now. The reason for this is that my most fond memories are from Costa Rica. However, I can relate one thing. People. I remember my friends from Costa Rica quite well despite how young I was. My two friends were a French-speaking boy and a Spanish-speaking girl. In short, there was no meaningful verbal communication between us. Still, we got along well and were virtually inseparable. Life was much more simple back then, to the point that not even speech was necessary. We ran around all day doing random, inane things like shoving mud into eachother's drawers (a fact that seems to be quite amusing to my current classmates), but that was all we needed to be happy.
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\nThings are much different now. I am more mature, more restrained. I still enjoy interacting with my friends, but I cannot do so in the way that I used to. Now I have things holding me back, especially my pride, my dignity. Granted, the passage of time is also responsible for some of the changes. For example, shoving mud down my friends drawers is most certainly not socially acceptable at my age. However, most of my loss is at no fault but my own. I miss the carefree human interaction, but I am happy with what I have now. The past is the past. It is the present that matters.","dateCreated":"1268190484","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"claudiaclippinger","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/claudiaclippinger","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251163274\/claudiaclippinger-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21338979","body":"When I was a young child, I remember not having a job. Every day all I had to do was finish my homework, then I could go hang with friends or play pick up games for just about every sport. I did not realize it fully at the time, but I had the easy life.
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\nNow as a young adult (and since the age of 12) I have had some form of a job. I now look back to the days when I did have have to worry about an idiot boss or if I had to work with the slow guy that day. The lessons that I learn from a job are great, but my memories of a day when I did not have to attend a job were awesome.","dateCreated":"1268191845","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"derekrichey","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/derekrichey","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251158057\/derekrichey-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21352553","body":"When I was younger, my family would always take these awesome family vacations. The destinations differed- the beach, the mountains, Disney World. The first time I went to Disney World, I was in 4th grade. Although I wasn't a little kid, I can still remember being so amazed by the castle and the rides and all the characters that were walking around. Every thing we did, I can remember enjoying endlessly. The second time we went to Disney World, I was about to become a sophomore. While I still had fun on the trip, things were different. I was concerned with keeping up with my friends via texting and instant messaging. The rides at the park were still cool, but because I was older I was able to see through the dressed up characters walking around the parks, as well as some of the special effects on the rides that were designed. While I still had fun and it was still a good experience, the second time I went back to Disney World was nowhere near as "magical" as my first experience.","dateCreated":"1268229846","smartDate":"Mar 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hannahradford","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hannahradford","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251338589\/hannahradford-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21360701","body":"The first memory that comes to mind is going out to eat. When I was really little, I always thought it was a wonderful treat to go out to eat. My mom and dad always took me out to eat if I got all A's on my report card. It was a great chance to get out of the house and enjoy some time with my parents. Nowadays, when we go out to eat, I don't think of it as highly. It's something that happens alot now so it's not as big of a treat. I do, however, love going out to eat late at night and coming home and relaxing. The thrill of going out to eat has definitely gone down since I was a little kid.","dateCreated":"1268236804","smartDate":"Mar 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ndalhouse","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ndalhouse","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251156790\/ndalhouse-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21360703","body":"The first memory that comes to mind is going out to eat. When I was really little, I always thought it was a wonderful treat to go out to eat. My mom and dad always took me out to eat if I got all A's on my report card. It was a great chance to get out of the house and enjoy some time with my parents. Nowadays, when we go out to eat, I don't think of it as highly. It's something that happens alot now so it's not as big of a treat. I do, however, love going out to eat late at night and coming home and relaxing. The thrill of going out to eat has definitely gone down since I was a little kid.","dateCreated":"1268236805","smartDate":"Mar 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ndalhouse","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ndalhouse","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251156790\/ndalhouse-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21445891","body":"When I was little I remember having to call the house every 10 minutes to check in. Even if I was down at a friend's house, my mom would call my friend's mom and then I would get the dreded "Elizabeth, your mom wants you." Then I would have to go all the way home just to find out that I could play longer! Now that I am older I don't have to do that as much. I still have to check in but it doesn't involve riding my bike all the way home. I can just call now!!","dateCreated":"1268340412","smartDate":"Mar 11, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"elizabethholt","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/elizabethholt","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1264730795\/elizabethholt-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"20996361","dateCreated":"1267622849","smartDate":"Mar 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alfitzgerald","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alfitzgerald","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257388564\/alfitzgerald-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/epiphanybritlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20996361"},"dateDigested":1532389432,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Blake","description":"Which of Blake's poems (or set of poems) do you like and why?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"21115299","body":"I like "The Tiger". The writer seems to be conveying the type of person that has experienced things. A person who has seen the bad and the worse, "In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes?" A person who has been hardened because of what he\/she has been through. "What art Could twist the sinews of thy heart." That person though has come out stronger and better for it though, "In what furnace was thy brain?" A person who has been to the place where he\/she thought that even their creator didn't care. "When the stars threw down their spears...Did he smile the work to see?" I like this poem because it tells the story of a person who has experienced some unfavorable things yet come out better for it.","dateCreated":"1267757653","smartDate":"Mar 4, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"derekrichey","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/derekrichey","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251158057\/derekrichey-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21133893","body":"I like The Tyger because of its complexity.I liked how it made me think about what it truely meant. I liked that I didn't know what it meant right off the bat. The simplicity of The Lamb was nice but IU couldn't really think about it enough. The questions in The Tyger were puzzling and not knowing the answer right away and that there wasn't just one answer, really intrigued me. The idea that the same God created meek and mild but also strong and fierce is what really interested me!! :)","dateCreated":"1267804168","smartDate":"Mar 5, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"elizabethholt","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/elizabethholt","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1264730795\/elizabethholt-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21134223","body":"Surprisingly, my favorite poem by William Blake was the Songs of Innocence version of "The Chimney Sweeper." This is because I view the poem with a twisted sense of humor. Children are sold into slavery and forced to sweep chimneys. They sleep in soot, they die in soot. They die. However, the children have dreams of angels and 'halcyon days.' They believe and angel will take them to a place of green meadows. However, the only way they will reach this place, in reality, is through death. And so the children have hope because they know that they will one day find comfort in death. That is why I like this poem and find it to be amusing - in a twisted way.","dateCreated":"1267804515","smartDate":"Mar 5, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"claudiaclippinger","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/claudiaclippinger","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251163274\/claudiaclippinger-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21135133","body":"I like the collection of Songs of Experience, at least the ones that we have read. I enjoy these poems because they are about real life things and show that the world is not completely innocent, like the Songs of Innocence. I like being told the truth, not talking around the subject. Songs of Experience tend to explain the point very simply and question life itself. In Songs of Innocence, the poems tend to act like everything is happy and nothing bad can ever happen.","dateCreated":"1267805485","smartDate":"Mar 5, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ndalhouse","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ndalhouse","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251156790\/ndalhouse-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21210261","body":"I like the Songs of Experience. This is so becuase the poems allow you to see that you learn from experience. You live your life through experience and its harder to live it by innocence. The Songs of Experience allow you to put yourself into the poems if you had that experience. Therefore they allow you to learn that you have to experience life for yourself. The Nurses Song, is the example of the mothers experience with her children. Also, the Sick Rose gives you an example of a person who experienced rape that destroyed her. The poem gives you a sense of the horror from this horrible experience. Therefore, i would say that the Songs of Experience are my favorite poems from William Blake.","dateCreated":"1268014519","smartDate":"Mar 7, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"erinhannan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/erinhannan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1255388971\/erinhannan-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21210339","body":"I would have to say that my favorite poem By william Black, is the "Sick Rose". I enjoyed this poem becouse its meaning is desguise really well. at first I thought it was about a bug and a rose. The poem explains a problem that happens throughout everyday. a horrible problem that ruins many peoples lives. but yet its in a poem that takes a while to understand the true meaning.","dateCreated":"1268014638","smartDate":"Mar 7, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jglennthomas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jglennthomas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21210831","body":"The only poem that i liked was "sick rose."
\nIt didn't need a lot of words to make a good issue. It's has simplicity and complexity at the same time.","dateCreated":"1268015351","smartDate":"Mar 7, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"knutebysheim","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/knutebysheim","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251169003\/knutebysheim-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21212719","body":"So far, I have liked songs of experience. They're usually more sarcastic, it seems, and the point of view is easier to understand than that of a little child. Out of all of the poems, I have generally liked the experential poems because of the point of view in them.","dateCreated":"1268018239","smartDate":"Mar 7, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hannahradford","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hannahradford","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251338589\/hannahradford-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"21285873","body":"I really like the poem "the sick rose." It made me think how could he come up with that analogy. It was very creative and I loved how it was like a puzzle you needed to figure out.","dateCreated":"1268139831","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"macmcgath","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/macmcgath","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1254183368\/macmcgath-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}