The poem "Firefly" by
Deena Larsen is a hypertext
that is interesting in its unique arrangement of the poem. The
poem has 6
stanzas
that are easy to read and has different ways of reading the hypertext
that makes this poem go on and on because of the 180 ways that the poem
can be read. The poem at first seemed confusing to me because I
was not knowledgeable on
fireflies
at all. After doing some research and I came to find out that
fireflies are what I was taught as a kid to be "lightning bugs", the
poem made sense and I was able to grasp the message within the
stanzas of her
poem. My interaction with this hypertext was interesting in that
I was trying to fully understand what a firefly was, the reasons as to
why the number 180 was used in the beginning of the poem, and to apply
my research to the poem to be able to accept the poem for what it's
worth and the excellence that is within the hypertext.