The Tone of the Poem - Assignment Example

Long and squat but not unsightly seen: The dappled grey set off by silver sheen Of window shades and -frames which nicely set The sun in its reflective silhouette.   Inside the doors arrayed along its front, Like glistening warriors ready for the hunt, A world of brilliance equal to the sun Awaits the scholar’s careful attention.   Each book contains a million gracious worlds, Which shine and flicker as the page unfurls; Their dull appearance is known to be a lie, Just like the building where they all reside.     Location 2 – The campus administration building itself is okay to look at, but it is separated from the rest of campus by parking lot after parking lot.  No matter which way you go to get there, the trees cannot hide these expanses of concrete and the various cars parked in them.     Concrete Mirage Endless concrete mirrors the sun, hot this summer noontime, sending up shimmering waves of heat.   This looming specter of a building, an oasis for the eyes, surrounded by grey sands,        by imagined pools of blue,        by fertile green trees  and golden palaces, and shimmering waves of concrete heat.  Project #2   Poem 1 – Wilfred Owens, “Dulce et Decorum Est” (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dulce_et_Decorum_Est):  The tone in this poem is angry, but not out of control.  It shows a very stark realistic view of the problems with war and tells its readers that they need to stop pretending like war is a glorious thing that everybody should support.  It is written in a fairly traditional form and every other line rhymes.   Counter-Culture Growing Counter-culture books and mind-bending shows Replaced the electronic games of kids, And this perhaps is how our living goes, As we grow up we go back to the midst Of ages past before we were alive When drugs and rock made energetic men, And so we wish that we as well could strive As counter-culture icons way back then.     Poem 2 – E.E. Cummings, “My Sweet Old Etcetera” (http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-sweet-old-etcetera/): The tone of this poem is more whimsical, but also kind of depressing.  It is also an anti-war poem, sort of.   Read More