The nice thing about poetry is that it can mean whatever you want it to mean and that meaning can fit with anything that is going on in your day to day life. The poet that I have chosen is Rickey Laurentiis‚ he is twenty-seven years old and was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. After looking through his poems the one that stood out to me the most was “You Are Not Christ”‚ not because of the name but because of the meaning. The poem goes…”For the drowning‚ yes‚ there is always panic.Or peace. Your
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The Comparison of “First Poem for You” by Kim Addonizio and “With Eyes Closed” (“Con los Ojos Cerrados”) by Octavio Paz Is love really blind or just an obsession in the mind? In the sonnet written by Kim Addonizio; titled “First Poem for You” and “With Eyes Closed” (“Con Los Ojos Cerrados”) written by Octavio Paz are similar to one another‚ as they describe their intense love for someone or something both created in darkness. However‚ both poems may describe different kinds of love. Love described
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The ‘First day at School’ takes us through the vast stretch of a child’s mind on his first day of school. It voices the feelings of the child; his unknowing mind of the perplexing new world and how that has aroused a sense of anxiety and insecurity inside him. The poem also lets us delve into the child’s misapprehending of his new phase of life; his misinterpretations and how he had gotten the wrong idea. With that many qualities are conveyed to portray all this. In this poem it proclaims to have
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Dare You To Move" Welcome to the planet Welcome to existence Everyone’s here Everyone’s here Everybody’s watching you now Everybody waits for you now What happens next What happens next [Chorus] I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened before Welcome to the fallout Welcome to resistance The tension is here Tension is here Between who you are and
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The song “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim Mcgraw is about a conversation between a man and his best friend who was dying. This song was written to explain how everyday should be lived to its fullest because any day could be your last. A man who just learned that he would soon die and was asked by his friend what he thought about it. His reply was that he did things that he wanted to through life like bull riding‚ skydiving and climbing the rocky mountains. These were all things that he had put
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‘In Paris with You’ by James Fenton Learning objectives: - AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. - AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading activity: 1. What do you associate with Paris? For example‚ you might think of the Eiffel Tower‚ fancy restaurants‚ or the Stade de France. Try to
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In just sixteen words‚ “You Fit into Me” creates an unsettling image with the description of a fish hook lodged in an eye. The implications of that image range from the simple‚ like two incompatible personalities‚ to the disturbing‚ like an abusive relationship. But the most overt implication is a sexual one‚ and when paired with such painful imagery‚ it suggests that the poem is about continuous sexual abuse. The first line‚ “you fit into me‚” is physical through the use of the verb “fit.” When
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sculpt you as an individual? Would they compel you to do the same actions to your own loved ones‚ or show them love and compassion‚ which your life had lacked? Poets tend to write pieces of literature as reflections back on their personal lives‚ describing situations that 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
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First Death in Nova Scotia Commentary by Luiza Karakhanyan First Death in Nova Scotia is a short poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Elizabeth Bishop published relatively few poems during her long life. This poem arises from her experience as a child living with relatives in Nova Scotia. The poem is vividly conveying the image of innocence of the persona. It is very important how it relates to the personal experience of the poet. Elizabeth Bishop shows how a child struggles to cope with the understanding
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harryMcArthur 5A The poem First Love by John Clare is written about the poet’s feelings of unrequited love for a wealthy farmer’s daughter‚ Mary Joyce. The poet uses various unusual effects in the poem to convey this sense of loss‚ providing deep insights into his mind in a seemingly simple and brief piece. Combined with words which reflect the mood in each verse‚ these make it a very powerful poem. An unusual form of contrast is used in First Love to create a powerful effect. The use of limited
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