Poem - Assignment Example

...?Your Full Your Teacher’s 28 February Poem Review The Crazy Woman by Gwendolyn Brooks is, seemingly, about a woman who goes against the custom of singing in May, a time for happy songs, choosing to sing in November instead. Whether this is because she cannot sing a song of May in tune, or because she wants to go against the grain is open for interpretation. However, upon closer examination, it seems that this is a poem about a rebellious soul; someone who does not want to follow the rules arbitrarily set by the society. The poem can be taken to be a sort of ode to the women’s liberation movement. It is about a woman who does not follow what is expected, but rather marches to the beat of...

...?Still I rise by Maya Angelou “Still I rise” is a stirring poem which depicts the determination of the speaker to ignore and rise above those who discriminate against her. The speaker is an African-American and has faced racial discrimination, as well as the legacy of being from slave parentage. However, instead of despairing, she gives a rousing dramatic monologue which shows her disdain for this discrimination and tells of how despite all the hardships she will continue to rise above it all. Angelou uses various forms of figurative language in her poem to better convey the message to the reader. This essay will explore some of these elements and see how they add to the poem. In stanza...

...Siegfried Sasson: Repression of War Experience poem Introduction Siegfried Loraine Sassoon,the writer of the poem Repression of War Experience was famous for his writings on the theme of war and its brutalities. His anti-war views were reflected in his poems. The horrible sights of the war were depicted in his poems bringing forth the reality of war and its terrifying effects on human lives. His poem Repression of War deals with the theme of memories of war. He wants to forget the horrible sights he witnessed on the war field but in spite of his persistent efforts these memories haunt him. The poet being a soldier himself expresses his own thoughts about...

...Death in Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” Death is a mystery to all, and no matter how much imagination we put to it, no one can paint a clear picture. This, however, is not the case with Dickinson’s view of death as she illustrates to us her view of death in her poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.” According to her, she personifies death as a gentleman caller who has come to pick her up and take her with him. She sees death as a kind and well mannered suitor as she talks about his “kindness” and “civility” in the way he treated her. During her journey, death drives her slowly with no hurry as though he was a courteous suitor with lots of consideration for her. Dickinson’s use of symbolism and...

...Poem in the style of Dante Inferno The Contrapasso Punishment Contrapasso in his poem presented certain punishments for various sins people committed. He believed that every sin had its price to pay. For instance, when an individual is charged with murder, the person he was submerged in the blood level metaphorical for the blood amount the person he had killed shed when he was being murdered (Lansing, 2000). This was an enforcement of what is called divine justice similar to the retaliation laws in the bible. The law states, “Every sinner should be punished in the same manner in which he or she had sinned.” (Lansing, “Contrapasso” 220). Some of the punishments as presented by Contrapasso were inhuman in nature and that meant... in the style...

...Poem Lecturer: Poem Great political leaders in the modern society are deemed to impossible. This is because findinggreat leaders in the current society is possibly a mistake; thus, great political leaders were found in the past. There are many qualities that are used to define a great leader in the contemporary society such as someone with effective communication skill, confident, capable, integrity, creative, collaborative and many others. However, when focusing on Machiavelli style of great political leader of the classical period, one may find the meaning of being a great modern political leader. In his book of the Prince, Machiavelli provides the wary type of advice of being a great political leader....

...Poem Reading by Vocal delivery of a poem is a complicated task because it requires deep understanding of the text and certain eloquence. While reading for the first time it was difficult to capture the exact meaning of the author and convey it with the help of intonation and voice. I have noticed that making right pauses gives a poem coherency and can reveal author`s message. However, it is not that easy to understand where it is necessary to make all stops after the first reading because logical pauses do not always coincide with punctuation marks. Moreover, it is important to pronounce different words with different loudness to create necessary rhythm, and it is also possible only after...

...Carrier of Ladders: the Judgment of Paris by W.S. Merwin The poem ‘The Judgment of Paris’ by Merlin is a recreation of an ancient Greek mythical story, where three goddesses of Greek places a young prince with an ordinary mind Paris in position that defines the future of troy. It is a position where even intelligent individuals placed under the same circumstances could not be able to make a rational decision. However, the criticality of the decision is because Paris` decision would either save troy or result in war essentially leading to the doom of troy. Therefore, the poem is characterized by stress in the end lines of some stanza, ‘you will forget anyway’, ‘you will suffer anyway’ and ‘you will lose...

... Teacher Analysis of the poem “Introduction to Poetry.” INTRODUCTION Principal purpose of a literary work is to convey feelingsand ideas to readers. Poem is a form of literary writing that conveys feelings and thoughts of a writer in rhythms and sometimes rhyme. In order to convey feelings and ideas, author uses particular tone and diction using symbolic and figurative languages. Participants of literary works are writers and listeners. The above section, in short, describes the gist of techniques that writers use to write a poem. The other side of the coin is a listener; how does a listener should read a poem? Proper use of writing and listening techniques bring the success of birth of a poem. Billy Collins, in his poem... ...

...was the result of a policy of racial segregation existing throughout the nation. Racism was such an intimate aspect of a segregated society. Colored people and especially blacks were expected to act inferior towards the white people. The very fact of being considered an inferior person owing to the skin of one’s color was indeed painful and hurting. The only way left for the African Americans to claim an equal status was to raise their voice against injustice. Thereby, Maya Angelou in her poem Caged Bird is encouraging the African American people to raise their voice against racial discrimination. The amazing thing about this poem is that it happens to be an extended metaphor. The poet has not mentioned...