Poets‚ as any other authors‚ make use of literary techniques to capture readers in their work and the impact of these literary techniques has proven to be effective in enabling readers to grasp the poems. Literary devices in poems enable the poets to communicate themes and messages within a poem to an audience with a compelling and long-lasting impact. The poems which utilise these literary devices include‚ Sharing the Lift by Kavevangua Kahengua‚ For Don M - Banned and City Johannesburg‚ both written
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Period 2 October 13‚ 2014 “Human Condition” Response Reading this poem at first was a challenge. The only thing I got of the poem was‚ a man walking around at night in thick fog attempting to find his way to some place important in which he did not know where that place was. The second time reading was much more insightful and made me realize how a simple idea of a man walking to an unknown place relates to me in many ways. In the first part of the poem‚ Gunn establishes a dark mood to enhance the
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Minor response to "Softest of Tongues" Change is an inevitable part of our lives and sometimes accepting that change can be difficult. In the poem "Softest of Tongue" poet Vladir Nabokov expresses the burden of accepting change and saying goodbye to the past. Nabokov writes of a character that goes through the process of change‚ by identifying the problem‚ accepting the decision for change and then starting a new beginning. However the character starts to have difficulties in letting go of his past
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5. “eight dancers dressed as swans.” – Mary Cornish Numbers 6. “Always wants a hug and never gets enough”- Ronald Koertge Sidekicks 7. “whose perfume swayed in the air‚ turning the modest flowers scarlet and loose.” –Peter Meinke Love Poem 8. “Their whisper rises from beneath the stones to fuse into a single… light.” – Yves Bonnefoy Passer-By‚ These are Words… 9. “He wanted to go inside them and live.” Naomi Shihab Nye Rain 10. “But listen harder‚ use your imagination…”
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melodramatic teenager is truly the land of milk and honey. Rich creates vivid pictures with her words‚ and you can actually feel the sentiments expressed in her works. From poems about her exploration of her own sexuality and the deep blue sea‚ this Sapphic woman created groundbreaking literature that still makes a splash today. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is one that is especially high in the figurative language charts. Insinuation of an abusive relationship is clear‚ while still never stating it outright
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however it is important to make the journey as memorable as one possibly can. The poem "Ithaca" by C.P. Cavafy suggests that what is most important in life is the experience that is incorporated with the journey‚ not necessarily just reaching the ultimate goal. It is the quest‚ not the destination which matters most. This message is conveyed through the poem through the use of allusion‚ myth and symbolism. The poem‚ "Ithaca"‚ is based loosely around the great epic the Odyssey by ancient Greek poet
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have been overcome‚ and cooperation has occurred. All of these acts are clearly identified in the poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost. He uses the wall as an extended metaphor to reveal the narrator’s thoughts about overcoming differences‚ cooperation‚ and unity. Before the members of any group can merge together‚ they must overcome the differences among them. Frost makes this apprehensible in his poem through the dialogue of the narrator. To exhibit the differences in himself and his neighbor‚ the
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Kayla-Marie Thomas AP Lit 7 “The Flea” by John Donne Task 3: Go At ‘Em Poem Response 1. Do you really expect me to look at this flea? 2. And compare it biting us to you and me? 3. I don’t care if we were both bit‚ I’m not in the mood. 4. I don’t care if it consumed both of our bloods. 5. You really need to step your game up‚ fool. 6. You can’t use bugs to get in my pants‚ that ain’t cool. 7. This flea doesn’t need to persuade me to bite me‚ it is insignificant‚ 8. You cannot compare
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battered women in this poem. These trials could possibly be explained by Rich being the niece of Aunt Jennifer; therefore‚ personal feelings are exposed throughout the piece. The speaker speaks in an admiring‚ sincere‚ tone and her sympathy is apparent because she herself is a female. Rich’s poem‚ "Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers" is about the trials of an older woman in distress because her marriage is in trouble‚ and she is too afraid to leave her husband. The most apparent point in the poem is the ongoing contrast
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