Poetry and Enlightenment

Haolin wrote this paper for WRS 101 class. Students were asked to write a story about a writing event that they experienced at some point in their lives. They were also asked to reflect on the social significance of that writing in terms of what it meant to them, what they had learnt from it and whether or not the event helped shape their writing in any way. Haolin chose an appealing story the time he was asked to write a poem and how relating to Edgar Allan Poe as well as having an encouraging teacher helped him overcome his lack of writing confidence.