Channels, Fall 2017

Channels • 2017 • Volume 2 • Number 1 Page 17 Section 1: Dalvean Scores According to the chart, it might be expected that Henry Longfellow’s “Loss and Gain” would be the preferred poem, followed by Roethke’s “The Waking.” Conversely, it seems probable that Dickinson’s “I Died for Beauty, but was Scarce” would be the lowest-ranked poem in the next portion of the survey. The remaining poems should rank comparably with less distinctive placement. Poem Score Loss and Gain - Henry Longfellow -2.7 Fall, Leaves, Fall - Emily Brontë -1.3 The Tyger - William Blake 0.5 I Wait - Ezra Pound 0.2 The Truly Great - Stephen Spender 1.0 Those Winter Sundays - Robert Hayden -0.8 Wind on the Hill - A.A. Milne 0.4 The Dream of a Lacquer Box - Kimiko Hahn 0.9 The Waking - Theodore Roethke -2.5 I Died for Beauty, but was Scarce - Emily Dickinson 1.5 Table 1 Section 2: Survey Results Twenty-five students responded to the survey, and as evidenced by the chart, the majority of participants chose Longfellow’s “Loss and Gain.” The other poems were ranked far closer together, with the exception of Kimiko Hahn’s, which fell much lower on the spectrum.