In the poem‚ “We Wear the Mask’‚ the narrator‚ Paul Lawrence Dunbar‚ expresses the pain African American experienced during the slave trade and how the slaves learned to suppress their emotions. The poem shows a contrast between African American’s social faces and their “bleeding hearts”. The tone of the poem is not a corrective tone‚ but rather an explanatory one. In considering the time period‚ it would make sense that the narrator would be careful about insulting the white community. In the
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SONNET 146 Poor soul‚ the center of my sinful earth‚ Lord of these rebel powers that thee array‚ Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth‚ Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost‚ having so short a lease‚ Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Shall worms‚ inheritors of this excess‚ Eat up thy charge? is this thy body’s end? Then soul‚ live thou upon thy servant’s loss‚ And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;
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In Cut Grass‚ Philip Larkin uses onomatopoeia‚ color and flower symbolism‚ and punctuation to show that death is inevitable‚ and is unaware of specific circumstances. By contrasting the cut grass with the typically vibrant‚ lively month of June‚ Larkin shows the harsh nature of death‚ and its disregard towards its surroundings‚ while simultaneously providing a sense of hope once death does arrive. In the first stanza‚ Larkin uses onomatopoeia to create a vivid image of mown grass. The sharp sounds
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Poetry Explication Just as poetry is a permanent mark of feelings that last forever on paper‚ tattoos are permanent symbols that last forever on the skin. Tattoos and poetry can easily be combined such as in Kim Addonizio’s sonnet‚ “First Poem for You‚” the speaker admires her partner’s nature themed tattoos in a darkened room. This may seem to be a simple poem‚ but by utilizing tattoos as symbols‚ including tactile and visual imagery in her poem‚ and using the sonnet as her structure‚ Addonizio
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Situation of Poem: This poem does not tell a story‚ but instead is a narrative piece of how she feels and the authors feelings towards certain things like children and her husband. The author expresses her life much through this poem. The speaker of the poem seems to be Sylvia Plath herself‚ and she seems to be speaking directly to the audience‚ no more like as if she is speaking to people around her‚ that understand her life. Because her life one can make direct connections to her life and to
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Conflicting Emotions of Sylvia Plath The speaker in the poem “Daddy” is someone who both fiercely hates her father but also passionately loves him. When she was younger‚ she compared her father to a god-like entity—always looking up to him and constantly seeking his approval. Her fierce hate towards her father stems from the deep rooted fear of him. The speaker is torn between these two polar emotions that have been constantly tormenting her and blames them on her unresolved emotions toward her
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Sonnet 2 by William Shakespeare describes the aging process and the importance of procreating in order to leave one’s mark both physically and mentally. The narrator of the sonnet is someone who is in love with the addressee and is hoping to convince them that they should procreate. There is no evidence from the sonnet that the narrator is a male or female‚ but from reading and analyzing what the author is trying to say‚ it is a stronger argument to consider the narrator from a female perspective
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((Sorry this is terrible‚ I had to upload an essay to get an account!)) Quoth the Raven‚ “The Acceptance of Change is the Key to Freedom” “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe is about a grieving man who is visited by a strange Raven who can only say the word “nevermore”. Believing the Raven to be some sort of prophet‚ he asks him a series of questions‚ which the Raven may only reply with “nevermore”. The man continues to ask the questions‚ and becomes more and more distraught with each one‚ until
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This might come off strong‚ I know I met you not long ago-oh-oh. (Mhmmm.) When I heard you sing‚ I thought you were the cutest thing‚ that I’d ever seen‚ that I’d ever seen-en-en-en. In a verse or two‚ you caught me staring over at you. & I thought of somethin’ funny to say‚ but I didn’t want to sound cliché-ay (Oh oh whoa oh oh.) & this is how I plan to break the ice-ce: Say something nice. But I had to go before I could‚ sittin’ here thinkin’ if I really should. But I’ll have some fun-un‚ take
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“Anyone lived in a pretty how town” Poetry Explication Edward E. Cunnings’ poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is a love story about two people. The lovers live in a town where no one cared about each other‚ but the man and the woman did love each other. Cummings uses repetition to show the effects of time: “spring summer autumn winter” (3) and “stars rain sun moon” (21). Then‚ when the couple die‚ their children take their place‚ but they forgot something or someone. Within each stanza though
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