ARLT 101 Art Of Poetry Essay 1 Paraphr
John Kwag
ARLT 101- The Art of Poetry
9/19/14
Essay #1: “ My Grandmother's Love Letters” - Hart Crane
Paraphrase: The night is clear and empty, but still memories linger throughout this soft, rainy night. There is plenty of time to ponder upon them, even to open up the letters of my grandmother that have been long stowed away in our dingy attic, where they have become soft, discolored, and fragile. Memories are delicate, a persona has his or her own special meaning attached to each one, making it difficult to sincerely understand what something meant to another. I stop and I think to myself, “Am I truly recollecting the events that my grandmother experienced, is it really bringing me back to that time?” Unaware of what the answer is I continue traveling through my grandmother's memories creating my own history, unlike hers as the rain taps on the roof.
I chose to paraphrase and analyze Hart Crane's, “My Grandmother's Love Letters” because it spoke volumes to some of the thoughts that I have had in the past. When reading Crane's work I was strangely transported to the times that I would think about my grandmother, and the life that she lived. As I continued through the poem the diction that Crane uses in order to create the mood of the environment drew me ever closer to his words. Often times it is when I am sleepless during drizzling or even pouring rain that I am sitting there thinking about the individual members of my family. I have never had the fortune of meeting my grandfather's and having lost my “mother's mother” three years ago and my others health rapidly deteriorating, thoughts of their past's have been near and frequent to me recently. By bringing me back to those sleepless moments, Crane's words made me feel a sense of warmth and comfort, ones that I would have when my I would walk into the homes of my grandmother's knowing that a kiss, hug, and dinner would be awaiting my arrival. In addition to how Crane sets the environmental mood, the way
ARLT 101- The Art of Poetry
9/19/14
Essay #1: “ My Grandmother's Love Letters” - Hart Crane
Paraphrase: The night is clear and empty, but still memories linger throughout this soft, rainy night. There is plenty of time to ponder upon them, even to open up the letters of my grandmother that have been long stowed away in our dingy attic, where they have become soft, discolored, and fragile. Memories are delicate, a persona has his or her own special meaning attached to each one, making it difficult to sincerely understand what something meant to another. I stop and I think to myself, “Am I truly recollecting the events that my grandmother experienced, is it really bringing me back to that time?” Unaware of what the answer is I continue traveling through my grandmother's memories creating my own history, unlike hers as the rain taps on the roof.
I chose to paraphrase and analyze Hart Crane's, “My Grandmother's Love Letters” because it spoke volumes to some of the thoughts that I have had in the past. When reading Crane's work I was strangely transported to the times that I would think about my grandmother, and the life that she lived. As I continued through the poem the diction that Crane uses in order to create the mood of the environment drew me ever closer to his words. Often times it is when I am sleepless during drizzling or even pouring rain that I am sitting there thinking about the individual members of my family. I have never had the fortune of meeting my grandfather's and having lost my “mother's mother” three years ago and my others health rapidly deteriorating, thoughts of their past's have been near and frequent to me recently. By bringing me back to those sleepless moments, Crane's words made me feel a sense of warmth and comfort, ones that I would have when my I would walk into the homes of my grandmother's knowing that a kiss, hug, and dinner would be awaiting my arrival. In addition to how Crane sets the environmental mood, the way