Not a lot of students enjoy the readings because they cannot relate to the stories. We are given books that may have been popular in the 20th century‚ but mind numbing in the 21st century. In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”‚ by Francine Prose‚ she shares her opinions on the books that are currently being read at school and how they are being taught. Francine states that “high school is where literary tastes and allegiance are formed; what we read in adolescence is imprinted on our brains as
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I thoroughly liked the poem "Loud Music" because it describes a simple bliss with so much detail that the story seems to come alive. It is simply the perspectives of two very different people and how they react to this loud music‚ or how they can see themselves in the noise. The author uses no restrictions‚ the imagery is animated and loud‚ just like real-life boisterous music‚ you can "witness" the "thick cloud making the water gray and restless"‚ and you can feel the throbbing‚ "hand smacking"
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A comparative analysis of two poems within the same poetic subgenre‚ showing how similar conventions may be used variously Thomas Hardy’s‚ ‘The Ruined Maid’ and ‘Lord Randal’ from the collection of Early modern ballads‚ both are ballads which use similar conventions. Although they are not poems that stick to the exact ballad traditions‚ they carry out many of the traits. Thomas Hardy was known to be musically inclined and his influence in ballad writing came from his various musical talents. In
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from an old tale passed down from generation to generation by Indigenous people. David Bouchard and E.Pauline Johnson are authors who have written their version of this tale. In Bouchard’s poem Qu’Appelle‚ the tone of his narrative poem is personal. Bouchard did not use a consistent rhyme scheme which made his poem sound as if he were telling the story to his readers directly‚ differing from Johnson’s strict rhyme scheme that distanced itself from the audience. Furthermore‚ to create an intimate connection
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He Had Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth
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Poems give insight to the day to day lives of others as well as to the deep underlying meanings hidden all around us. The poem ‘kitchenette building’ is an amazing representation of how the everyday lives of others can be shown through poetry. In this poem‚ Gwendolyn Brooks shows how those in the kitchenette building she once lived in are not given the chance they deserve to live their dreams. Instead they are forced to go with the flow of the lives they currently live. The poem is showing how those
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In the poems by William Carlos Williams‚ have to be some of the most unique‚ of course anyone can say that‚ but what is so unique about them is the if you play an instrumental of any of your favorites songs. William’s‚ poem things start to get really interesting. The first poem that I noticed was really short‚ but boy it has a strong effect that most readers will miss on. In the pome "The Red Wheelbarrow" might be short but so much of it depends all the wheelbarrow because it seems to be the theme
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I decided to write about Jackson Jackson and his epic Journey in “What you Pawn I will Redeem.” The reason I choose to write this passage because I feel this to be inspiring in some way. I will refer to both literal homelessness‚ cultural homelessness as a Spokane Indian‚ and what the title means to me. Jackson living on the cold wet streets of Seattle notices many things in his journey to desired items. Jackson manages to receive money from people out of pity and they decide to try to help him
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daughter and grandchildren who live there. She is planning to be away for six weeks. She is so nervous because it took a lot of persuasion to get Mr Foster to allow her to go and she fears that he might stop her from going if she misses the plane. I get a negative impression of Mr Foster. He seems cruel‚ taking a lot of time just to annoy his wife. 2c The flight was postponed because of the fog. Mrs Foster didn’t want to go home; she didn’t want to give her husband more opportunities to prevent
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Francine Prose’s‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ proves many points about literature and the effect it has on students. I agree with Prose in such a sense that I believe students should read literature‚ not to get a better understanding of the “behind-the-scenes” of the story‚ or because it was assigned to them‚ but because they want to read it and that they will actually read the story thoroughly‚ understand it‚ and apply it to themselves and their life. I have taken English classes where
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