Response to a Poem

I was actually moved by the poem Fairy-tale Logic by A.E. Stallings. I have not read any fairy tales since I was a child and it reminded me of why I loved them. I miss stories of witches and wizards, good vs. evil, and love unconditional. Yes we have stories like those still but fairy tales are written in such an innocent, wonderful way.The line "You have to fight magic with magic. You have to believe" (9) just touched me deep inside. I wanted to go sit down and take with me a copy of Grimm's fairy tales and get lost in the stories. This poem was your typical poem as well and I mean by rhyming and was straight forward. I have never been the type of person

who liked poetry that was confusing and full of hidden meanings. I think we all have different types of poems or stories that we just don't understand or that just reach into us and makes us feel like it was written especially for us. This poem was that way for me.

Summary Vs. Analysis

When it comes to summary vs. analysis it seems very simple. Summary is just basically telling someone what

the story is about. No guess work is involved and no opinions are needed. As an example one of my favorite

books is Blood Trinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon, by looking at the book on her website you are given a quick

summary of the novel, http://www.sherrilynkenyon.com/book/blood-trinity/ . Now if I were to explain what I

believe the author is trying to get across to me through this story that would be an analysis. I believe in Sherrilyn's

story she is showing us a strong female lead character who doesn't necessarily follow all the rules to fight evil. An

analysis to me is very opinion based and doesn't need to tell someone all the facts of the story.