Steven Herrick’s verse novel “By the River” is very successful in conveying the significant ideas about human nature. He uses key themes such as grief, environmental influence and coming of age to explore these ideas. To convey the themes Herrick uses multiple techniques such as imagery, repetition, personification and positive and negative influence throughout his text.…
A. The Employer is of the opinion that the Employee has the ability to assist and benefit the Employer in business and welfare.…
Throughout this poem, Patricia Clark finds the challenging things that appear small; she connects them to beautiful imagery, in a sense, giving hope in a situation where there isn't always. My favorite use of imagery is “Beyond the Lamberton Creek, August slow and flat”. Not a ripple or a rill.” It puts this image in your head of a completely still creek; it is beyond the natural, and it ties into the image of a family who are all so similar that their personalities flow together like a still river, but then you add the “black sheep,” and that’s when it begins to ripple. There is sadness shown through her choices in imagery—not negativity, but sadness.…
Upon reading the poem, imagery can be found throughout the entire poem. For example, in the first two lines you can imagine a doll being put away like a dead child in a chest, you cannot bring a dead child back to life. This is the burial of her childhood only to keep her memories and carry them with her for the rest of her life. Also, the second to last line where she is “wound,” twisted, “like the guts of a clock,” referring to her stomach. She feels a sense of anxiety here. This is her final emotion to conclude the poem. She fears growing up because of the responsibilities she will have to take on, the shame she felt when her period started, will…
The role of family in Steven Herrick’s narrative verse poem ‘By the River’ incontestably shows its impact and importance towards a child's upbringing. The book talks about themes that develop through each poem showing the influence of a maternal figure's death, the family dynamic under the care of a father who has to play both the maternal and paternal role and how parents form the platform on which their child acts and behaves. In Steven Herrick's verse narrative, the impact of a parental figure's death, particularly the mother, is vividly portrayed against the backdrop of the 1960s where the ideal family dynamic often revolved around the presence of a mother figure, and families without such a figure were not merely pitied but often ostracised…
happens to her. Throughout my paper, I hope to analyze the poem, and ultimately gain a…
Awakening from the torment, the pain, and suffering caused by the most traumatizing series of events in my life, I decided to push through and prove to myself that I can overcome anything. Although my head was throbbing from the colossal blow, I managed to convince myself that it was time to find a way back home to safety, but let us focus on how I got to that point. It was the last lesson of the afternoon, an extremely informative one regarding poetry. We had just completed the analysis of the poem, ‘Overcoming Obstacles’ by Gerry Legister and were ready to leave to go and celebrate my friend, Bella’s 18th Birthday. My Mom called me to say, rather abruptly, that she was working late and could not pick me up and drop me off at Bella’s lovely home.…
The life of Jane Kenyon was one full of victories, hardships, and all around love for her creative and poignant poetry that she shared with the world. Throughout the terrible events that plagued her adulthood, Kenyon managed to persevere and do what she loved most, which was to keep writing and inspiring others. Many people who read her poetry are able to catch a glimpse into the underlying meaning that was intertwined into the verses. The purpose of Kenyon's writings was to show the world her best attempt at staying strong even through all the difficult events that occurred in her life. She was able to combine her personal life with her love for her work, just like most great poets do.…
The poem created vivid images for me, I seen a person drowning in sorrow. I felt the heart break that followed throughout this poem.…
The emotions the beginnings of the poem are quite sad she is homesick for her family and homeland. “Poor Erin’s daughter cross’d the main … A lot of servitude to bear” In the first stanza the reader can see that she is unhappy to be traveling to the west for it is for her to become some type of servant. “For still with earnest hope…And from her parents lift the load of poverty severe” she had hope of her family to take care of her when she returned because she saw how hard life could really be and was homesick to be her parents’ child again. The use of the emotions in this piece is what motivates the reader to feel what the author has meant for them to feel for the poem, it brings the reader to look upon their lives and see the resemblance of themselves in the girl that life can be rough and that you are never too old to feel the same fears as a child or youth.…
She is displayed as a bitter, hateful character who seeks revenge, shown with ‘not a day since then I haven’t wished him dead’ and ‘give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon’. This is almost contrasted with her loneliness and sexual frustration explored in the first stanza, with ‘some nights better, the lost body over me, my fluent tongue in it’s mouth in it’s ear then down till I suddenly bite awake.’…
Listening is a very important way in which to establish a respectful and professional relationship with a child. By listening, without interruption, to what the child has to say shows them that you are interested in their views and opions and encourages them to interact with you.…
The poem starts with a morose tone and imagery suggestive of a break-up. The speaker starts with the negative imperative 'don't talk to me about love' which immediately tells the reader that love is a difficult subject for the speaker. The speaker goes on to explain how they get tearful when they have had a drink, punning the phrase 'walking wounded' which is a military phrase referring to…
The 1920s had seen robust economic growth in the United States. Mass-production techniques and the growing availability of electricity allowed industries to increase their output—and profits—dramatically. Employment levels surged, and many workers saw improvements in their standards of living. Consumer demand for new products also drove creation of new loan programs: for the first time middle-class Americans were able to purchase such goods as refrigerators, washing machines, and automobiles by making payments, rather than by paying cash up front. Many people, optimistic that prosperity would continue, borrowed heavily, certain that they would be able to pay back the loans.…
The poetry of Adrienne Rich is indeed communicating powerful feelings such as regret , sadness, fear, desire, desperation ,despair ,constriction , oppression, loneliness, hope and many others. She is challenging us ,the readers using thought provoking images and symbols all throughout her poems ,I will mainly focus on: ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’, ‘The Roofwalker’,’ Trying to talk with a man’ and lastly ‘From a survivor’.…