As I look back on my blog posts, I learned that I would summarize and analyze too much where I would repeat myself. However, I feel with each post I was able to successfully navigate through the canticles and make connections between various cantos. For example in blog post six I am able to discuss the different emotions between Dante and Virgil and identity the theme of Canto 24.  For my final paper, I hope to use all the skills I learned with blogging, which include being short and to the point, strong analysis, incorporating quotes when needed from The Divine Comedy as well as a thoroughly explained thesis. One blog post I feel proud of is the most recent: blog post 8 when I talked about the Garden of Eden, rather than spending hours on details I wrote the most important facts from that canto and a short analysis. I was also able to relate blog post 8 to the MET museum and a work of art which I feel is an important skill to have as a writer; being able to connect ideas even though they are different which is also part of the final paper.  Although it still has been difficult for me, I’ve been trying to stick to one topic rather than several because condensing my writing to one single idea is much better than several scattered ones. I’ve noticed that I write too many ideas not only for this class but for other writing intensive classes as well. I feel my strong point is that I am able to explain ideas thoroughly so someone else reading my work isn’t confused but I overelaborate to a certain point. My favorite blog post was the blog post from the MET, it was interesting to see different types of works of art face-to-face rather than on the computer and being able to relate them to Dante and the text was a fun interactive way of combining various works to get one main idea.

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