mother for so many years. The daughter is extremely unhappy to the point of it causing her pain‚ because her life is consumed with caring for her mother. While the title of Song’s poem is “The Youngest Daughter”‚ because the speaker is the youngest of six children‚ the speaker is no longer young. The aging of the daughter and both the mother is shown in the first stanza. Song uses the images of the darkening sky “for many years” (lines1-2). Song could have used the title “The Youngest Daughter” to
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Pure Hatred Towards an Inanimate Object In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ the speaker’s disdain for the doll is made evident through the drastic changes in tone throughout the piece‚ and the speaker’s use of sentences with many clauses to draw attention to key points. The tone of the piece‚ revealed through the connotations of abstract diction‚ mirrors the speaker’s thoughts towards the doll. The tone of the piece starts pleasant‚ containing words with positive connotations such as “special” and
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another‚ for truths are realized in the process. Each other’s attitudes and emotions become clearer‚ and soon you understand how you fit together. The poem is composed of five stanzas‚ all of them containing rebuttal. It isn’t until the end that the speaker suddenly realizes something critical. Laird leaves the reader questioning who is who‚ and which is what‚ allowing us to try to make sense of the genius poem. Even the title of the poem is confusing at first‚ looking to most like a made up word‚ yet
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in the middle to form a strong bond as they uphold one another. The poem describes marriage as an archway that can withstand the forces of nature and gain its strength from two pillars that come together at one point. In the first quatrain‚ the speaker turns to the description of how a marriage is like an arch‚ using formal diction to illustrate an image in the reader’s mind with similes‚ “Most like an arch--an entrance which upholds” (Line 1). Both sides of an arch hold an entrance up; an arch
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it is evident that the speaker has experienced much loss. Through diction‚ syntax‚ and verse form‚ the relation between the speaker’s attitudes toward loss in lines 1-15 and lines 16-19 can be clearly seen as the poem progresses from the different losses of things‚ places‚ and lastly “you‚” her lover (16). Both attitudes admit that “the art of losing” can be mastered‚ however‚ they have different ideas on whether a loss is disastrous or not. In lines 1-15‚ the speaker portrays a nonchalant attitude
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moment‚ etc. Furthermore‚ she uses words as her lens to “snapshot the face / Of the unwilling travelers‚” exhorting readers to bring out their camera to document the atrocities they see. (Implying that each person determines his or her medium‚ the speaker reflects that words are her camera.) By doing so‚ all beings bear witness to the experiences that heretofore had not been captured. Using poetry as her lens‚ Finney’s scathing commentary about the emasculation of the spirit propels readers to dismantle
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3.2 Medbh McGuckian’s “Eavesdropper” The poem “Eavesdropper” by Medbh McGuckian presents exactly this issue to the reader. The speaker in the poem addresses her pubescent younger self (Schrage-Früh‚ “Eavesdropper” 144): That year it was something to do with your hands: To play about with rings‚ to harness rhythm In staging bleach or henna on the hair‚ Or shackling‚ unshackling the breasts. (McGuckian 15) In the first stanza the author remembers how her puberty started‚ and she experimented with
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speaker’s imagination with reality. Like Marlow‚ materialism is evident in Ondaatje’s text to establish dedication to his lover. Both poems discuss love on different levels and use materialism in distinct manner to express love. Marlowe’s speaker is extending an affectionate invitation to a woman. He says‚ “Come live with me and be my love / And we will all the pleasures prove (1-2). He expresses his desire to luxuriate in the pleasures of the present. He further elaborates his proposal
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to understand the significance of spring before the speaker explains it. The speaker sets the scene and allows it to transform throughout the poem through the use of concrete imagery. From the first line “the gingko bones shiver a bit‚ dream of full bloom” to “the coat of green slowly fill the wiry limb” readers can clearly tell that poet is trying to convey that the season is changing from winter to Spring. This is significant to the speaker because this year he gets to slow down and watch the
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represents a memory and makes it seem more personal. The speaker is looking back on memories based on the conflict with her daughter and how her daughter is constantly trying to pull away from her. “I can remember you” clearly tells the reader that the speaker is thinking back to an earlier time in relationship and this builds up the foundation of what the poem is going to be about. The memory is noticeably very meaningful towards the speaker as she remembers the minor details such as “window watching”
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