This poem spoke out to me in a random moment. The title isn’t the most catchy or the best part about the poem. Follow Thy Fair Sun was written by Thomas Campion, he lived through 1567-1620. The words that were written in the poem are now out dated and not used very often. For example thy, thou, depriveth, thee and shineth. They may not seem like actual words but they are. This poem didn’t make sense to me in the beginning. But for some reason I decided to stick with it, it gave me a feeling that non of the other poems did. I didn’t get the real meaning of the poem until I did the Analysis Questions. It really helped me understand what the poem is saying. I think that the meaning of the poem is to not let bad things in your day/life (the shadow) ruin your “sunshine” so to speak. Don’t let it bring you down even when things look their worst and nothing is going to get better. There is always something to shine down on you to brighten everything up. Don’t give up, its always worth trying and getting up stronger than before and keep going.
I don’t think that I am going to do much while performing except to try to look at everyone. I think that making too many gestures and movements and worrying about how you look just effects the whole performance. When people perform it’s best if they make the gestures with their voice, and that’s what I’m going to try to do. Make people interested just by listening to the words that will flow from my mouth. There isn't much that I can say besides what I have already mentioned. This poem was very well written and every single person, no matter who they are, where they come from, or what they look like, can relate to this poem in some way.
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