Commentary on Piano and Drums In the poem‚ Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara‚ we see a comparison between the primal‚ old world and the more developed new world. Okara compares the two through the representation of the two eras in musical form. Throughout the poem‚ as we experience the two different music forms‚ the poet‚ Okara displays the various allures that the two different societies have on him. The old world displays itself as a very rugged but simple time‚ one that speaks to the primal man
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PERSONAL SPACE Still I Rise While taking the class Women in Contemporary Literature we read‚ discussed‚ and analyzed a number of historical works‚ poems‚ and essays by women authors of the present and past. The work that impressed me‚ and touched my spirit the most was a poem written by Maya Angelou entitled‚ "Still I Rise". This poem is in essence an autobiography of‚ and personal extension of Ms. Angelou’s soul. Moreover‚ there are many lines‚ words‚ language choices‚ and word choices that demonstrate
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John Eseo ENG 2000-02 The Theme of “Poetry” In Marianne Moore’s “Poetry‚” the speaker expresses her deep feelings on poetry. She resents poetry and does not find it enjoyable; however‚ she finds that poetry can be very useful or have its own type of importance and significance when done correctly. At the start of the poem‚ you can already sense her dislike in poetry. The speaker of the poem immediately expresses her bitterness towards poetry in the first line when she says‚ “I‚ too‚ dislike
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“Sonnet 83” by William Shakespeare conveys the indescribable beauty of a person using punctuation‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. The word “painting” as used in the first line of the poem is a type of poetic imagery that means praise or poetic flattery. This accompanied with “painting set” creates a much more elegant image than simply writing the word praising. Imagery and figurative language is more heavy and emphasized in the last two lines of the quatrains. The last line of stanza one for example
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The poem that I chose for my Performance Task is Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare. This sonnet shares deep emotions as the speaker reflects upon the past. It expresses in writing the process of being reminded of former times and individuals who were once very close to the heart. This feeling is something that we all have experienced at one time in their lives. Symbolism is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. In this poem symbolism is a key figurative
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The poem Father and Child written by Gwen Harwood involves a devilish young girl misusing her father’s gun without permission to shoot an owl. The poem starts off with the time of day “Daybreak” and “the household slept”. This tells the audience the start of the poem took place at dawn. “A horny fiend‚ I crept out with my father’s gun.” A horny fiend states that the poet feels somewhat evil and devilish. The poem takes place outside the supervision from the poet’s father stating “Let him dream
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This poem‚ like Before You Were Mine‚ is autobiographical‚ but more obviously so. Mrs. Tilscher is a real person‚ who taught Carol Ann Duffy in her last year at junior school. The poem is about rites of passage‚ the transition (move or change) from childhood to adolescence and the things we learn at school‚ from our teachers and from our peers. Duffy also associates the oppressive feeling we have in humid weather with the physical changes of puberty. Leaving primary school for the last time is like
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The author of the poem desperately tries to recall the first moment she encountered the love of her life‚ but the details of their meeting have become foggy. In the entirety of the poem‚ it is suggested that the importance it would carry was not yet known to her. Rossetti is distraught by the fact that she was not able to see the impact the moment would bring in the later years of her life. “If bright or dim the season it might be/summer or winter for aught I can say.” The second verse in the
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Sonnets and songs share number of things in common. One example is that they both rhyme at the end of each line. Today’s songs don’t usually rhyme‚ unless if the songs are under the genres of hip-hop and rap‚ but most of the songs from the 60s‚ 70s and 90s do rhyme. One of few differences between a song and a sonnet is the way it appeals to the audiences or the readers and the kind of language that is used in these two different two pieces of writing. The song ‘I Will’ by The Beatles and ‘How do
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‘Harry Wood’ Pun – explain both meanings 1) What evidence is there in the first stanza of Harry Wood’s struggle for survival? Harry Wood’s struggle for survival is clearly revealed in the first stanza through the use of the pun “digging his way out of poverty” as he literally worked hard in the “mines” and metaphorically worked extremely hard to earn money to climb the social hierarchy from the bottom of social class “mines” to a reasonable position “foreman’s place” 2) What does the
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