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Bibliography by Lucas Sparks

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Annotated Bibliography Assignment

 

By: Lucas Sparks Team 1

 

 1. Froehlich, Isabel. "AudioTool." . N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov 2013. <www.audiotool.com>. 

 

Audio Tool is a website where users can create or alter a wide variety of sounds to suit their various audio needs. For instance, a user could choose from a wide variety of provided sounds and edit them together, effectively creating their own music. Or, a user could upload their own audio files into the program and use the AudioTool application to edit it however they like. Both of these facets of the website are useful for our group’s presentation if we decide to bring in an auditory factor to our analysis. The interface is simple and easy to learn which would give us ample opportunity to use it without having to invest too much time learning how to operate the software. This website also gives us the freedom to save the files we create in various formats and move them freely between the application itself and whatever computers we are using to put the project together. Our group was heavily debating whether to use audio in the project because of the amount of time it would require to accurately convey our idea. However, with this program using audio may be easier than previously thought.


2. Frost, Robert. “Birches.” Poetry X. Ed. Jough Dempsey. 16 Jun 2003. 06 Nov. 2013      <http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/184/>.

 

As is the case with many of the poems that our group chose as possible focuses for the project, Robert Frost’s poem “Birches” is brought to life in reader’s minds with vivid imagery.  While an argument can be made that all poems evoke some form of imagery, this poem evokes familiar images in readers’ minds. This familiarity is ultimately what is useful for us in regards to our project because we can take those everyday images and present them to our audience to elicit the most unbiased response. Images such as the “birches bend[ing] to left and right/ Across the lines of straighter darker trees” are simple enough to recreate in a photograph which we would then display to others followed by a survey asking them to analyze the photograph. One thing that we need to be aware of coming into this project using this specific poem is its length. With over 55 lines, if we choose to show a photo for each image presented it may consume an unwarranted amount of our time to recreate appropriately for our purposes. That being said, a poem which conveys such deep emotional ideas as death and generational continuance with familiar images is essentially the type of poem that inspired this project in the first place and may deserve a spot on this project’s roster.


3. Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.” Poetry X. Ed. Jough Dempsey. 16 Jun 2003. 06 Nov.      2013 http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/271/.

 

 

Not to be outdone by the first Robert Frost poem in our list of possible project candidates, “The Road Not Taken” is yet another prime example of familiar imagery evoking a deeper emotional or psychological reaction in a work. Considerably shorter than “Birches,” this poem is one of Frost’s most famous poems. There are several reasons that this poem would be ideal to focus on over the course of the project. Firstly, the imagery is intimately descriptive and would be easy to translate into a photograph. Second, the popularity of the poem actually provides an interesting facet of analysis for our project. The surveys that our participants would take should show a significant lean towards the “correct” interpretation of the poem, but may not be as one sided in our pictorial presentation of the same images that occur in the poem. Lastly, the brevity of the poem would allow us to include more works in our analysis than if we decided to focus solely on longer works. In essence, poems that provide significant images but have recently been confined to one interpretation are prime candidates for our project. This poem unsurprisingly fills all of our criteria with ease, and it is definitely being considered.


4. Goldberg, Dave. "Survey Monkey." . SurveyMonkey, n.d. Web. 5 Nov 2013.      <www.surveymonkey.com>.

 

The single aspect of our presentation that shifts it from the realm of performance into the realm of analysis is the surveys. This website allows users to create their own surveys and can be linked to many different forms of documents. This website has a tried and true user interface that is easy to use and is, most importantly, secure. Because our project will be available online, it would be irresponsible for us to put our user’s anonymous answers up for full view. This website allows us to provide our participants with ample amounts of anonymity. To begin with, they will be allowed to take the surveys without providing any information, only their answers will be recorded. Then, the only information about the surveys that we would provide during our presentation is what the total numbers revealed, not how individual people responded to specific questions. This website is used extensively in the psychology department of UCSB specifically because of the anonymity it provides and the ease of use. Without this website, we would be forced to physically ask participants the various survey questions and could only question so many at a time. With this website available to us, we can focus more on accurately conveying our images to better analyze our audience’s responses; as well as allow any number of participants to fill out the survey at their leisure. 

 


5. Pound, Ezra. “In A Station Of The Metro.” Poetry X. Ed. Jough Dempsey. 13 Jul 2003. 06      Nov. 2013 <http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/815/>.

 

The shortest poem on our list of possible candidates, Ezra Pound’s poem “In A Station Of The Metro” is on one of the extremes of the imagery spectrum. It would be very easy to obtain the image being portrayed because there is only one image present in the poem. However, this puts a great deal of pressure on how we choose to present the image to the participants. While this is a challenging poem for these very reasons, it is also an intriguing self-reflection on our project. It will force us to remain as neutral as possible with our portrayal of the poem. If done correctly, it should be the easiest comparison to draw an analysis from because of the factors described.  However, if there is any leniency towards a specific reading of the poem during our portrayal, there is no margin for error and the results could easily become skewed. All things considered, I believe the intriguing aspects of this poem outweigh the risks in its portrayal. With such a seemingly simple poem conveying so much in a single image, it will be interesting indeed to see how our project creates new opportunities for analysis.

 

 

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