‘The Waking’ is a contemporary jazz piece written by American vocalist, Kurt Elling, and features Theodore Roethke’s 1954 poem of the same title. Released in 2007 on the album Nightmoves, Elling uses musical techniques to enhance the message of Roethke’s poem. However, in order to understand the reasoning behind the devices Elling has used, the meaning of Roethke’s poem must first be discussed.…
A great deal of literary works are written with the purpose of telling story. A narrative poem simply tells a story from the perspective of a narrator who does not reveal their personal thoughts or feelings. A prime example of a narrative poem would be Out, out, by Robert Frost in which the story of a little boy losing his life with a detached narrator.…
As I read pages 136-137, I realized that Amir had always been externally comforted in times of trouble. When encountering a problem with Assef, Hassan would defend Amir. Now, with Baba’s illness, Soraya is there to comfort him. I notice that he’s never been comforted by his own state of mind or conscience. As for me, I like to be alone in times of struggle and problems. This passage is a window for me because I don’t rely on the comfort from others.…
Much like poetry, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” Music and poetry are two platforms in which artists from the beginning of time have chosen to circulate their ideas, feelings, and opinions. Although different in popularity, these mediums are alike in various ways. Nonetheless, not every song you hear on the radio can be properly analyzed using procedures that you would follow to evaluate poetry. A song has to contain certain literary elements essential to poetry, such as the song “From Eden” by Hozier, in order for it to be analyzed. Hozier is recognized for his sentimental lyrics and use of poetic elements to add musicality and rhythm to his music. Through symbolism, repetition, and…
Think about the major Puritan beliefs as you re-read this poem. What philosophical beliefs about God and the purpose of human life are reflected in Bradstreet’s poem?…
“Into the Great Wide Open” details the upcoming of a great rockstar named Eddie. Eddie met a lady & moved into a place with her. She had taught him some chords on the guitar. “The sky was the limit (Breakers 1).” The rockstar had no idea what was in store for him. The rockstar had create a song that had hit the charts after it was released. Soon after he was living the great…
When observing a note that was written by a injured McCandless which would desperately plead for anyone to “SAVE ME’”, how would the reader feel after knowing that he seemed “at peace, serene as a monk gone to God “” in his final moments?…
when they weren’t even able to sleep comfortably. Rats are also embraced in the animal world as being not only smart but very secretive. and was happening during the early stages of World War perspective. "Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day." Without such strong images, the poem would probably the individuals of war, the pressure to attend war, the circumstances on arriving home, the effect of war as a whole and war being against nature. Owen strongly increases the impact of his poems. By being persistent with his beliefs and finding new ways to get these points across he is effective in his writing. In the “Exposure” examines the sensations of soldiers slowly freezing to death in the trenches of World War I in a poem of war. The persona of the poem adopts the identity of all the soldiers as they huddle against the wind and snow on the war front waiting for something to happen. As the cold sets in, sentries and ordinary soldiers watch confusing flares in the frontline fortification from which they have withdrawn for the night. Both authors embrace a very sensual aspect of both poems as they both consistently bring up the painful struggles of a human in time of war within the war its self. And opposing his contradicted opinions on what’s wrong and what’s right. a honest yet emotional aspects in his words, while Brooke distinguishes reality from fiction. In my personal perspective I believe both authors do a incredible job in grasping the reality, the moment and the second for their…
Thomas, expresses his thoughts on how old dying men should not give up and just accept their fate of death. Instead he persists that they fight back and “rage, rage against the dying of the light”(line 1). He wants them to put up a struggle and not just simply roll over and take what is given to them. This poem meant a lot to me as I have a dying grandfather and Thomas has a dying father so I understand where his emotions are coming from. Also how he wants his own father to put up a fight with death, my grandfather is doing the same as he has had two open-heart surgery’s and still refuses to live in a home. Although death is inevitable Thomas wants the dying men to rave against…
Not very many songs compare to Bob Dylan's timeless "Like A Rolling Stone". He explores areas that most conventional lyricists and composers do not touch. Bob tells us many of life's lessons in a mere six minutes and nine seconds. The divine Bob describes life before and after the fall from fame and fortune by telling the stories of multiple persons, speaking to them in conversation. The theme of this song is loss, whether is it loss of social status, money, or trust for humanity.…
The Great Gatsby Imagine falling in love, with the beauty of innocence, mangled with the wisdom of experience. It would make you strive to be better than anyone thought you could be his external drive only he could see Imagine having anyone your heart could desire. Anyone to be won. All the money you could aquire.…
Nature is beautiful in every aspect, but as nature changes with every season, beauty and innocence in human life is much the same as the years progress. Robert Lee Frost uses nature in such a profound approach; every aspect of nature can someway correlate with any characteristic of life. Whether it is the beauty in nature signifying the joy and happiness that every person experiences, or it be the traumatic losses and disappointments that may lead to ultimate failure or destruction, Robert Frost illustrates life, love and loss in the most natural and beautiful way feasible. His style is uniquely his own, and his themes are ones that many people can relate to on countless levels, which is what made Frost so popular during his lifetime, and has continued four decades after his death.…
This poem initially appealed to me, because it was short and concise. As I read and analyzed the poem I really liked the theme and the repetition of the poem. “the tide rises, the tide falls”, was a repetitive phrase in the poem. The phrase indicates the theme, that the tide will always rise and fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the author of “The Tide Rises The Tide Falls”, may have been conveying an allusion that there are some things are constant in the world. I also liked that there was a rhyme scheme.…
Robert Frost's poem Out, Out, effectively uses multiple literary devices to create coherence and a deeper meaning. This poem is an example of Frost's work that illustrates rural life and colloquial speech, which he was famous for writing. The poem is set on a farm and focuses on a young boy completing his chores, only to be distracted by his sister which leads to is death. Robert Frost's Out, Out, illustrates the commonality of death through the uses of rural imagery, personification, and a somber tone and detached speaker which are simple recurrent devices in literature. By analyzing Frost's use of common literary devices and form in his poem Out, Out, one recognizes the hardships associated with farm living,…
The poem “Out, Out---“ by Robert Frost is a narrative poem describing when a boy was doing a man’s job and sawing wood. When the boy was told it was time for dinner, he cut off part of his hand. This poem seems to be very shallow and to be only about this boy dying but its really more of that. This poem constantly takes the blame off of the boy for causing his death and puts it onto other people.…