Hash Cullen Compare And Contrast
D.C. Lynn compiled his fifty-seven poems into a book and put the title as Fancy, Motion & Imagination. This book has three sections: “Fancy,” “Motion” and “Imagination.” There are nineteen poems in each of the sections with different length and theme. Two of his poems (“Breakfast Blue” and “Hash Browns”) lead to the artistic study, but they are located in separate section. “Breakfast Blue” is in “Fancy” section while “Hash Browns” is in “Imagination” section. There are some similarities and many differences between “Breakfast Blue” and “Hash Browns” in terms of form and content. In term of form, there are few similarities and many differences to consider in these two poems. “Breakfast Blue” and “Hash Browns” are similar in pattern. Both
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Both of the poems are free verse and confessional poems, and they have the same theme. The theme of both poems is breakfast, which is very personal. However, these two poems have completely different connotation. The allusion in “Breakfast Blue” is very simple while the allusion in “Hash Brown” is very complex. The main allusion in “Breakfast” is Picasso’s Blue Period. Pablo Picasso was the twentieth century famous Spanish painter. Blue Period of Picasso was the period (1901-1904) that he was so depressed because his friend, Carlos Casagemas committed a suicide in Paris and he still lived in the poverty. During this period, Picasso painted all of his arts in blue and blue-green shade ("Pablo Picasso's Blue Period - 1901 to 1904."). Conversely, “Hash” has three main allusions. First allusion that is found is Nightwood. Nightwood is Djuna Barnes’ novel, which is about the homosexuality between women. Djuna Barnes was an American writer, who was born in New York. Robin Vote, who wanders through the other characters’ lives and tries to get away from what make her unhappy, is the main character in this novel. She had three lovers. Her first lover was man, but the second and third lovers were women. (“Excerpt: Nightwood”). The next allusion is “Nighthawk.” “Nighthawk” is Edward Hopper’s painting in 1942 that depicts about people sitting the downtown late at night.
Both of the poems are free verse and confessional poems, and they have the same theme. The theme of both poems is breakfast, which is very personal. However, these two poems have completely different connotation. The allusion in “Breakfast Blue” is very simple while the allusion in “Hash Brown” is very complex. The main allusion in “Breakfast” is Picasso’s Blue Period. Pablo Picasso was the twentieth century famous Spanish painter. Blue Period of Picasso was the period (1901-1904) that he was so depressed because his friend, Carlos Casagemas committed a suicide in Paris and he still lived in the poverty. During this period, Picasso painted all of his arts in blue and blue-green shade ("Pablo Picasso's Blue Period - 1901 to 1904."). Conversely, “Hash” has three main allusions. First allusion that is found is Nightwood. Nightwood is Djuna Barnes’ novel, which is about the homosexuality between women. Djuna Barnes was an American writer, who was born in New York. Robin Vote, who wanders through the other characters’ lives and tries to get away from what make her unhappy, is the main character in this novel. She had three lovers. Her first lover was man, but the second and third lovers were women. (“Excerpt: Nightwood”). The next allusion is “Nighthawk.” “Nighthawk” is Edward Hopper’s painting in 1942 that depicts about people sitting the downtown late at night.