Major Jackson is the 48-year-old award-winning, American poet of “Mighty Pawns”. Jackson who was born and raised in Philadelphia joined the Dark Room Collective in the early 1990’s to help give exposure to writers of colour and their struggles (“Major Jackson”). His poem “Mighty Pawns” was published in 2015, and can be found in the award-winning book “Roll Deep” (“Major Jackson”). “Mighty Pawn” is an informal poem, shown through the lack of punctuation, and stanzas; questioning the contemporary literary theme of traditional beliefs in crisis. With the use of symbols and imagery poet Major Jackson, shows that intelligence can be found anywhere, regardless of…
The goal of the poem, Towhoitmayconcern is to blatantly point out that Sonia’s memory is going to stay in the memory of a man. There is a certain type of figurative language used to describe Sonia and her persona. “A full moon...shinin down on ya” means internally intelligent and light (Sanchez 71). Sonia is filled with light that a man does not see in her currently. It will be too late when he finds out she is the light he is looking for. “Git yo/self-fattened up man…ima gonna stake you out grind you down” and “leave greasy spots all over your soul” (Sanchez 71). She means that she is going to fill him up with her presence and leave splatters of her soul intertwined with his. Her existence will linger as the rays of the sun reflecting on the moon.…
Reginald Rose has been a juror before, and he has used his experience to write a play in which he portrays the case of a murder of a boy’s father being put into the hands of people that do not take their responsibilities seriously. One of these characters includes the 7th juror. The author’s use of idiom suggests that in a democracy, there are often citizens that don’t take their role in a democracy seriously. When the writer states, “He’s a bull, this kid. Shoooom. A real jug handle”, (Rose, 2-5)., Rose is conveying his perspective through the 7th juror. The juror’s lack of interest in the case illustrates that there are people in a democracy that have a serious and important role but do not care, and only slack off. Holbrook has a similar…
‘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.…
The wounded heart now enormous tune of sorrow, Skunk breath a force to linger tomorrow. Saint unreal a body-less per poster, Bound by force that will never divide as greater. Benevolent a flaunt of no remorse, Unmistakable tone unruly of course. Patch up the hole in your britches; water new soil, Be thankful thieves ravishes in turmoil.…
1. Does the horse think, or is the writer using this to postpone his thoughts…
The speaker of this poem is going through an identity crisis. They are dull and don’t see themselves having a personality. They see women in beautiful saris in the beginning of the poem and revel in how exotic and interesting they are or appear to be. Simultaneously they are conscious of their own bland way of life…
When Questioned, "Why do you not like talking about the war and things that happened back then?" Telly Robbins, a Vietnam veteran answered "I don't want my kids or wife to know of the things I had once did, I don't want them to think of me as a monster. I also do not want to relive things that happened". While he explained his feelings, fear and sadness could be heard mixed in with his voice, this sadness was egregious, even though it was almost ephemeral and could not be noticed to the hoi polloi. A man, who is a human felt as if he had become a monster because of the war, not only the war though, the things that he had done to innocent civilians', and his fellow soldiers.…
By the stream & o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright;…
Nothing about life is easy; you work, you try, and sometimes you fail regardless of your efforts.Some people believe in reincarnation, others in some form of an afterlife, and some believe you only have one life. Believing that you’re only able to live one life could benefit the person because they take that idea and they accept it. In that acceptance they choose to live everyday as if it were there last, so that by their last breath they can say they had a good life, even with the many struggles and heartache. Most people live with the belief that we only have one life; although life is a gift with endless possibilities, it's…
What Saves Us and The Way of Tet by Bruce Weigl are two poems that find the small pockets of beauty in war amidst all of its’ ugliness and elaborates on that beauty with Weigl’s powerful and eye opening writing techniques. Weigl writes with painstaking care and every syllable, adjective, and break is surgically placed here and there to evoke specific emotions from the reader. Bruce Weigl approach to writing is captivating and pure.…
Respondent Hoeper was a pilot Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp having been employed with the company for an unknown amount of time. When Air Wisconsin stopped flying from Hoeper's home base on aircraft that he was certified to fly, he needed to become certified on a different type of aircraft to keep his job. After Hoeper failed his first 3 attempts at the certification process, Air Wisconsin granted Hoeper a fourth and final assessment. Hoeper failed to do well on the final assessment, and in anger, began raising his voice,…
Calcium can be viewed as the most notable change because of lead’s ability to replace calcium in many of the intracellular regulatory procedures. Calcium is an intercellular mediator that acts either as a signal or a secondary messenger for many functions of the submandibular glands. This decrease in the absorption of calcium is believed to cause the destruction of the mitochondria which causes rapid energy depletion and impedes transportation. This will stop cells from their normal function and lessen the amount of saliva produced.…
Throughout the course of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator encounters many stages of internal and external conflict. Psychologically, the aforementioned conflict is enhanced by three systems of the human psyche which inhabit the mind of every individual: the id, ego, and superego; each of which are factors in decision-making and morality. Characterization of the narrator of the story initially presents one character; however, throughout the progression of the text, the three aspects of the mind begin to appear as individual characters. The division of the systems is demonstrative of the psychological separation and opposition of the fragments of the mind. The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is physically and…
The Hippy era was a time in United States history when massive changes were made. Boundaries were challenged and crossed in literature and art, the government was confronted head-on for its policies in Vietnam; and the cause of civil rights was embraced by the young. This was a time of growth not only as a country but for people as individuals. People were standing up for their personal right to do what they felt they wanted to do. This was a time of change for the civil rights movement and women's movement. The two poems that I have chose center on the civil rights movement during the 1960's and how it affected people.…