The homework assignment I designed was centered on the ”Goblin Market.” In this assignment I created a more modern interpretation of the poem using words and themes that better fit our world today. The original poem has many underlying meanings that were hard to interpret when first reading. My goal was to bring these connotations to the surface and expose the truth behind the “Goblin Market.” The assignment consisted of three steps: 1) analyze and distinguish the meaning behind the poem find a modern or more current way of bringing forth these meanings 3) re-write the poem in my own words.
The first part of this assignment was to find the true meaning behind it. Since we discussed most of the poem in class I was already equipped with a pretty good understanding of the sexuality of this poem and the raunchy connotation. But I wanted to take it a step further. I went through each stanza and looked for words and phrases that I could manipulate and write in their true form.
After analyzing each part of the poem I wrote down each phrase and turned it into something everyone would understand today. Instead of a hidden meaning I wanted my poem to express everything they couldn’t back in the Victorian Era. Listing all the new meanings actually lent its self well to becoming a poem. I only needed to edit a minimal amount.
The last part of my assignment consisted of the actual construction of my poem. These steps including making a list of the phrases and then more delicately going in and tweeking them to flow and be structured in the way a poem should be. Finally I went through each line of the original poem and compared it to the new modern version. I wanted to make sure that every point that was made in the original had its very own place in mine.
Katie Ramstad
