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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tram" by Sharon Olds portrays her encounters of her own life as an African American whatever other typical individual. Sharon utilizes many words that allude to her skin shading which is dark so she can be more particular and clear with her illustrations. In the start of the of the lyric‚ we have Sharon experiencing a kid which is the inverse skin shading. " His feet are gigantic‚ in dark shoes bound with white in a mind boggling design like an arrangement of deliberate scars"‚ Sharon is contrasting
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In the poem “On The Subway”‚ written by Sharon Olds‚ two sides of two person that encounter with each other in a subway. It is almost clear as water that the poem talks about two different worlds‚ white and African American. To start off the poem‚ Sharon describes how both worlds clash each other in a subway‚ one who is dark skin‚ and the other a white skin women. The women has a fur coat and a briefcase‚ meaning she has money‚ while the other person has red apparel‚ “as his body”‚ meaning that the
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Analyze: The Girl The poem that I will analyze is from Sharon Olds‚ The Girl. This poem is quite graphic but it describes a life lesson that two girls had to endure. This poem describes a graphic preplanned rape event. The girls were 12 years old‚ it seems that they were at the wrong place and living a wild life‚ and getting involved with the erroneous people. They partied with their supposed best friend‚ this is what I am getting from the poem‚ they were being chased and after being caught they
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Sharon Olds in "On the Subway" writes the poem to contrast the lives of a Caucasian woman and an African American boy. It displays how the narrator realizes the bonds they share because of their fear for each other. She starts off by describing the boy as they face each other. She says he has the casual look of a mugger while she’s wearing a fur coat making her seem like the victim. Here they contrast as him looking like a mugger puts him in the lower class. On the other hand‚ she wears a fur coat
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In her poem‚ "The Race"‚ author Sharon Old’s conveys meaning to her audience and poem through the use of imagery‚ parallelism‚ and tension‚ which complement the structure of her poem and add emotion that appeals to her audience. In order to convey meaning to her poem‚ Old’s utilizes imagery to allow the reader to locate themselves in the poem. Her vivid and descriptive diction add credibility to her imagery. For instance‚ she writes‚ "The jet was full‚ and people’s hair was shining‚ they were smiling
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stay afloat in their heads. Sharon Olds’ happened to be one of these poets‚ who expressed her upsetting past relationship with her father and current relationships with her children through these works of art. In Olds’ first poems‚ she
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Enc1102 Daughters‚ A Mother’s Replacement Sharon Olds explains “the oldest story we have on our planet (line 17)” in her poem 35/10‚ the story of replacement. Mother daughter replacement‚ when the daughter enters the stage of full bodily maturity as the mother’s days fade and she no longer has sharpened looks nor the ability to produce young. At this time‚ the mother is forced to hand over the women duties and believe in her heart that she has lead her daughter down the right path that
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Night”‚ written by Sharon Olds‚ is a perfect reflection of how being in love has a profound effect when in relation to intimacy. Olds compares her experience while being in love‚ to her experience when her feelings for her partner are neutral. Throughout this piece Olds conveys her message with the use of similes‚ repetition‚ imagery‚ and hyperbole. Olds included a variety of devices to convey her message‚ one way was through the use of similes. At the very beginning of the poem Stating‚ “I hardly
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In the poem "On the Subway" by Sharon Olds‚ she contrasts the worlds of an affluent white person and a poor black person. The two people have many opposing characteristics‚ and the author uses literary techniques such as tone‚ poetic devices‚ and imagery to portray these differences. The narrator is the white woman‚ and she realizes how people get "stuck" in places of society based on their skin color. The word "stuck" is repeated twice to stress this idea. The major difference between the two people
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