and sound. Joy Harjo uses figurative language to relay the message of the poem. “Remember the suns birth at dawn.” (L4) This personification is saying not to forget how the sun rises. It also means don’t take for granted that you have another day to live and express yourself. “Remember the plants‚ trees‚ animal life who all have their tribes‚ families‚ their histories. Talk to them‚ listen to them. They are alive poems.” (L14-16) This personification says to remember mother nature because without
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but in reality they got very home sick. These guys and sometimes women were on the sea for years. No family on the ship just a bunch of guys for a couple years raiding and killing. In the Exeter Book‚ there are two very prevalent themes of three poems; The Seafarer‚ The Wanderer‚ and The Wife’s Lament; sadness and suffering. In The Seafarer‚
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The great German Lieder use the versatility of a piano and beauty of a poem to set an intimate mood for its audience. Scenes the poem paint are the crux of the lied. Supernatural elements injected into the verses bring the power of the unknown; that is what makes Schubert’s "Erlkönig" stirring. The German poem by Goethe opens with a father clutching his feverish child‚ riding through a windy night. But the child sees a forest spirit‚ the Erlking‚ beckoning him to death. His father tries to placate
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Animal spirits are said to be able to change into human form. He continues the poem by:Here he is implying that within him is an animal‚ and this animal is Coyote. The animal and Ortiz are one in the same‚ which makes Coyote and Ortiz one in the same as well. The closeness of the two described here shows Ortiz’s familiarity with
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POEM ANALYSIS In the poem “Monologue for an Onion” by Suji Kwock Kim‚ the onion metaphor is the centerpiece of the poem. The onion represents the poet‚ and the person she addresses (the reader assumes) is her lover. The onion metaphor is used to convey the message to this anonymous lover that she is by nature heartless and that he should stop trying to unearth a hidden core. The author is trying to dissuade her lover from further fruitless digging which only seems to cause him distress. The speaker
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Many famous poets such as Robert Frost and William Shakespeare wrote about love whether it is tragic‚ cheerful‚ or indifferent. Poetry is a way to express emotions with art forms such as allusions‚ imagery‚ and personification. In this particular case‚ love is the common subject poets write about. Although love is most associated with happiness and lustful feelings‚ it can also fade away‚ be hurtful‚ and sacrificial. In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd‚” a nymph is a fairy‚ a character that
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In these two poems‚ Cheng expresses worries about the way people neglect the importance of the environment and how the progress of industrialization is insuppressible‚ not even nature is spared. “Report to Wordsworth” is a negative view on mankind’s harm to nature‚ the causes and results of pollution; it was written with a tone of desperation and Cheng’s attempt to seek help from Wordsworth to inform him about the problem with the world today. “The Planners” highlights the importance of preserving
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may backfire and hurt us. It’s a fear that comes naturally because we all know that we are too trivial to gain control over the world. In the poem “The Story”‚ Karen Conelly examined the confrontation between insignificance and vastness and conveyed the idea that human’s deepest fear is the fear of being consumed by things he does voluntarily. The poem is highly metaphorical and symbolic. The story‚ on the surface‚ really is about swimming in the ocean alone. However‚ as we readers examine further
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ICCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE POETRY COURSEWORK In the poems you have studied a recurring theme is that of ‘loss’. This can take many forms: death; identity; hope or loss of innocence Discuss the poets’ treatment of any aspect of the theme of loss in at least 6 of the poems you have studied. A minimum of 3 poems should be taken from the anthology. Poems for discussion: In detail - Prayer Before Birth (Louis MacNeice) - Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) -
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death Onomatopoeia “BOOM” This is an onomatopoeia because it imitates the sound of a gunshot. This helps the poem become more lively and interesting by this use of onomatopoeia as you can hear the gunshot which correlates with death. Furthermore‚ this bluntly states the theme which is that drugs kill people and helps the theme become more impactful. This also helps set the mood of the poem which would be frightful as when you hear the “BOOM” you will imagine a gun shot. Allusion Explicit “Drugs
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