After reading the Appendix: Critical Approaches for Interpreting Literature, I find I am the type of person who is drawn towards the reader response approach when interpreting literary works.  I have read the same book at different ages, and it is true, that the way we interpret the wrighting changes with life experiences aquired with age.

I chose the poem First Fig, maybe because these days I can connect with the author when she states "My candle burns at both ends;" I understand her to be very busy and in need of sleep, even so she is able to please all who are in her life.