The fact that I found most interesting about Billy Collins was that he struggled to find his own unique genre and style of writing. I found this fact quite interesting because usually authors have a pretty good idea of the style they may want to use when constructing their poetry. Additionally, I found this fact about Collins interesting because when Collins was trying to "find" his style, he needed to steer away from his humorous style that he would've normally used when writing. I also find this fact very interesting because even though he was still questioning his style, he was continuing to publish and sell his poetry. Finally, this fact catches my attention because I'm left wondering why he published his work when he was questioning his style.
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11/1/2014 09:00:24 am
What I found most interesting about Billy Collins was the fact that he had struggled so much with, and had been so hard on himself while trying to discover his personal style of writing. Because of his sense of humor, you would think he'd had used it to his advantage in his poems early on and created a witty style of writing through that rather than trying to find inspiration in the works of others.
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Jenna Berg
11/2/2014 01:30:52 am
I found it very interesting that Billy Collins struggled to get his own style of writing. It was interesting that he tried to write more heavily emotional work rather than his natural gift of humor.