William Stafford and Randall Jarrell There are two poetry writers that have wrote very good pomes and have quite a few that are popular. To compare and contrast two‚ it would have to be “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford and "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" by Randall Jarrell. These two authors have a different way and style they write there poems‚ that is why it makes sense to look at these two really close and really see how they write and how they get the message across. Both
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however this is what makes us who we are this‚ being an unchangeable part of our history we can only see how it affected the people around it. In the poem Ball Turret Gunner and the Sweetheart of the song‚ the main characters both come to realization that you are disposable and they you can be easily replaced. In the poem the ball turret gunner‚ the main character tells a story in the third person about how he got all this training and he was told how he would be protected and then on his first time
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Randall Jarrell’s poem “A Lullaby” has both a glaringly bleak and starkly literal tone; it evokes despair about war and human society altogether. Set in an unclear place and time‚ the poem tells the story of a soldier who has sacrificed everything to fight for his country‚ and describes his insignificant life and death with a series of increasingly abstract similes. The speaker’s dismal tone‚ clear from the first few lines‚ makes a grand message about the baseness of war‚ and shifts the reader’s
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Randall Jarrell‚ poet‚ critic‚ essayist‚ and former Poet Laureate of the United States‚ was born in 1914 in Nashville Tennessee and attended Vanderbilt University in that same city. There‚ Jarrell received his BA and MA studying under John Crowe Ransom and Robert Penn Warren. His poetry is influenced by W.H. Auden and Robert Frost and often uses what poets call “the common dialogue of Americans.” He passed away October 14th‚ 1965. The speaker of this poem is going through an identity crisis. They
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The themes in Death of the Ball Turret and Dulce et Decorum is that war is over glorified. Wilfred Owen and Randall Jarrell shed light to the aspect of war which many people overlook – the struggles of every soldier. When people think of war and soldiers they think of pride‚ uniformity‚ and coordination. However many people neglect to tell the horrific details of war. Owen depicts the endeavors of a soldier as they fight a tireless battle with fatigue as they “marched asleep” (5). The message in
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for America. One of the best tools was through sensational poems. Prominently‚ ‘Flander Fields’ gave the readers a sense of obligation to accomplish the mission of the dead soldiers and more‚ the wish of anyone in the country. ‘New Georgia’ by Randall Jarrell‚ on contrary‚ is a personal story‚ in which encourage any type of person to join the armed forces for either glorious fame or mentally relief. Although each poem has distinguished words styles‚ tones‚ both drive citizens to enroll in the military
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A Close Reading Essay of the Poem: “Mail Call” By Randall Jarrell In Randall Jarrell’s poem; “Hope”‚ the poem reads‚ “The spirit killeth‚ but the letter giveth life” (1). A letter maybe only words and thoughts on a piece of paper to some but to others: like the soldiers in “Mail Call‚ a letter is a sense of hope but only if the letter contains something good. In the poem‚ “Hope”‚ Randall Jarrell tells how one goes about living their life day by day‚ never changing. He refers to week as a hand
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officials‚ but the voters of this country.” Franklin D. Roosevelt Randall Meechum woke up in his bedroom and sat up sluggishly. He was an average white man of 27 years of age‚ with light brown hair and blue eyes. He looked like someone who fit in perfectly with his surroundings‚ not really sticking out in anyway‚ yet he constantly felt out of place in his society. Some people have probably felt out of place once in a while‚ but Randall felt like he hadn’t belong in his own country for years. Now‚ he
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Background Information and history: The piece “Glory to God in the highest” was written by Randall Thompson in 1958. Thompson is known for his work in music education from writing textbooks to chairing the music department at Harvard University for five years (Forbes). Born at the beginning of the 20th century‚ he grew up in a educationally focused family. This renowned composer began his educational journey studying at a few of the most prestigious universities in the United States. With his
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the effectiveness of the improvised shuttlecock gunner as an instructional material are systematically presented‚ analyzed‚ and interpreted. Table 1 on the next page presents the data of the level of quality of the improvised shuttlecock gunner as an instructional material in terms of durability‚ firmness‚ stability‚ and safeness with the average weighted mean and descriptive equivalent. Table 1 Level of Quality of the Improvised Shuttlecock Gunner as an Instructional Material in terms of Durability
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