When considering how to go about the  two "2nd task" poems assignments, I attempted to maintain as much of the individual paragraphs' integrity and detail as possible all while trying to limit the number of words used to tell the stories. I tried to condense as much of the speech as possible and present what was important in a way that was more rhythmic and concise. As I began to work at this, I found that both paragraphs broke quite naturally into stanzas which each emphasized different elements of the stories being told.

I also shortened or lengthened certain lines based on what I felt were key ideas or details that I though should be points of emphasis and what I felt were not as much. For example, most of my stanzas in the poem about the witch have a single line with only the name, Peggy Clevenger. I did this because I thought that her name was good thing to continue referring to as the poem progressed. If I were to do a third edit I would attempt to include her name in all stanzas to add some consistency. Likewise in the poem about the blueberry harvesters I intentionally sought to place emphasis, through the construction of the lines, on any reference to berries. This technique for me was a way to enhance the natural repetition of certain words or phrases already in the paragraphs.