In society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars
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WW1 poetry 1) The first poem‚ “Who’s for the game”‚ is written in 1915. 1915 was the second year in world war one‚ and thereby the beginning. Therefore‚ England needed as many young men as possible. At least Jessie Pope meant that. Around 5 million soldiers was the total number of the British army during the whole war. At the beginning of the war‚ the British army consisted entirely of volunteers‚ and they had quite a smaller army than France and Germany. This might be why Pope wants to get
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“Australian poetry gives us insight into the human condition.” Discuss this statement with reference to at least 3 poems. Human condition encompasses the unique and inevitable features of being human. It includes all aspects of human behaviour‚ irreducible part of humanity that is inherent and not dependent on factors such as gender‚ race or class. Human condition also includes concerns such as the meaning of life and anxiety regarding the inescapability of death. The techniques used in the poems ‘Five
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Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning
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Poetry Annotations in Paragraphs Theme: Drugs only leads to a life full of hardship‚ immense misfortune‚ and ultimately 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
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Pablo Picasso "My mother said to me‚ ’If you become a soldier you’ll be a general; if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead‚ I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." Pablo Picasso “The world today doesn’t make sense‚ so why should I paint pictures that do?” Pablo Picasso “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. ”Pablo Picasso “It is the man who challenges and denies who stirs other men to think for themselves. That is the chief
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Debra Marquart uses her poetry to explore ideas of identity and projection. Specifically‚ how people tend to project their own stories and ideas onto passing strangers. When interacting with or observing a stranger there is no context to what they were doing before you crossed paths. Marquart’s poem is clearly not talking about herself when she creates these interesting backstories for a person she has no understanding of. This is exemplified by the statement‚ “I think of the one to whom bad news
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Stage 2 English Communications- Poetry Analysis Speech By Josephine Donnan Gary Turk’s poem‚ “Look Up”‚ Robert Frost’s “Stopping By The Woods On a Snowy Evening”‚ and Edgar Allen Poe’s “Alone” all contain the theme of isolation. Although the theme is the same‚ the poems display it in different ways‚ and express it through different writing styles‚ language devices and poetic structures. “Look Up” is a spoken-word piece that talks about society’s current obsession with the Internet and social
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Through the use of metaphor and allusion‚ Cullen allows the readers to put themselves in his shoes. Through his poetry‚ the reader is presented with the struggle and the underlying true message- the harshness and cruelty towards the African Americans- the reality of racism. 2. Does the speaker’s attitude toward God or our sense of that attitude shift or change over the course of the poem? If so‚ how so? Where does he (and/or do we) end up? The first twelve lines of the sonnet portray the paradoxical
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Drury 1 Caitlan Drury Poetry Analysis for “Sunshine” By Matisyahu Many songs use different literary devices to communicate a message out to the audience. One of those songs is “Sunshine” by Matisyahu‚ which displays symbolism‚ imagery‚ figures of speech‚ tone‚ and theme. Others might not enjoy the song because it gives mixed signals. Although that is true‚ there are much more reasons to why someone would enjoy it. “Sunshine” by Matisyahu is an effective song because the artist uses a potpourri
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