Discussion of the poems of Nancy Knapp‚ Nellie Clark‚ and Dora William from the book Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. In life have you ever thought that no matter what you do all life is going to do is get worse? Have you ever had something done to you that you couldn’t or wouldn’t tell anyone because you were scared? In the book Spoon River Anthology there are many poems that show life was hard for people. Most of the people in Spoon River Anthology believe that they only had one
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This poem talks about a path of neglect that a man followed that led to the destruction of his red apple tree. The narrator put too much of his time and attention on his other marvels to not put it into the apple tree as well. Therefore his red apple tree‚ though thought to be inevitable‚ died and filled the narrator with regret. A regret that appears to haunt the author‚ and fills him with sorrow. One of the literacy devices used in “Neglect” is imagery. Towards the beginning of the poem‚ the
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The Drifters ‘Drifters’ is a poem about one woman’s refusal to abandon hope‚ in spite of overwhelming hardship. The family has to move from place to place‚ as the father needs to move by the demand of his job. Despite Dawe’s use of causal language‚ if you read carefully you would be able to see the seriousness of what he is saying. The narrative structure adopted in this poem is third person limited. In the wife’s point of view‚ this is effective as a wife wants a family more than husband
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Song Vs. Poem Words have much meaning‚ people have known this for generations. Throughout those generations people have found many different ways of getting these words with meaning spread out. The two ways of giving people this information will be discussed throughout this essay to show the differences and similarities between a song and a poem. The reason to compare the two are to see how the message is delivered to the audience and what the message is in the song and poem. The song that will be
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Poems have the ability to pick at one’s heart strings and reveal strong emotions. In The Whipping‚ the reader experiences what life is like for a young boy. “The old woman across the way / is whipping the boy again [...] (Hayden 1).” Robert Hayden‚ author of The Whipping‚ has captured a horrible event in a graceful way. This poem will be judged based upon its form as well as its aspects of foreshadowing. It is important to also consider The Whipping’s ability to flow smoothly. There are some key
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Title of poem means A question asking the general who is this person. Paraphrase parts of the Poem I’m irrelevant. Who are you? Are you irrelevant too? Then that makes two of us. Don’t tell anyone. They tell everybody. How sad it is to actually be relevant. How popular they are. Like the sounds of a frog. To talk about someone. The whole year round. To a certain extent. Connotation of some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values The poem is constituted
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A sonnet is described as a short lyric poem. But before well known sonnets of such poets like Shakespeare‚ the word sonnet used to simply mean little song. Over the centuries there have been different types of sonnets. Some of the most known sonnets are the types labeled as the English (Shakespearean)‚ Italian‚ and Occitan Sonnet. One of the most modern types of sonnets is known as Free Form. Most sonnets will follow its conventional form. This poem will consist of 14 lines with iambic pentameter
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Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound Comment: I am surprised when I saw the “poem”. I didn’t know it’s allowed to only have two lines. But I think it is pretty though. Simplicity and brevity is always beautiful. I like how he used the word apparition. Given that he’s in a transport station‚ faces appear and disappear from your sight as they hurry around. I think it’s the perfect word to use. Fun fact: In the poem‚ Pound describes a moment in the underground metro station in Paris in 1912; Pound
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The poem‚ street gangs‚ emphasises to us that unpredictable nature of street gang members. The members of the gang lash out at anyone‚ even the innocent‚ if given the chance‚ evident through this poem. They use others as mere ’scape goats’ to their dysfunctional mentality and overgrown egos. The belief that they are “superior” in comparison to other individuals‚ which is their justification to their actions and why they believe they have the right to exploit others for their own gains. The moral
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Melissa Hoang 3Poetry#1 Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Alone” is the real reflection of how his life had been. The poem is about how Poe led a life much different from those of the same age around him; and how he could never fit in. It is a clear representation of his feelings of sorrow that he went through due to being the “odd one out” or a “misfit”. The first few lines of the poem emphasize on how he missed out on his childhood since he never really got a chance to live a normal life‚ “From childhood’s
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