The poem‚ I chose has a very optimistic point of view. It talks about life and how although we all are going to die eventually‚ and it’s no use dwelling on the past so you might as well live for now. This poem is interesting to me because‚ it gives me a different perspective on life now. This poem really relates with the world we live in because a lot of people have this kind of point of view. But also‚ some people feel so lost that they need to hear a positive message like this. I really like that
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2012 “Sky Scraper” a poem or just a song? What exactly identifies a poem? How can we classify a song as a poem and another not? There is debate over how a poem should be defined‚ but there is absolutely no doubt about its ability to set a mood. In general‚ poetry is art by means of words‚ an arrangement of words containing meaning and musicality. A poem is identifiable by its literary and musical elements such as its poetic devices. Another characteristic of a poem is its ability to say
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bones are found help us imagine the horror of the deaths. The poem refers to “their jaws‚ those that have them” and “their absent tongues” – reminds us their bodies have been destroyed by decay and gunfire. Poetic Devices: i. Assonance and alliteration create specific sounds throughout the poem. “a chit of bone‚ the china plate of a shoulder blade” sounds like the plough striking the soldiers skeletons. ii. The alliteration in the poem gives some phrases a more determined feeling. The earth “stands
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Carpe diem poem Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16075 This poem is a Carpe Diem poem in realizing and reflecting on how precious life is. The poem makes a point to say that if you do not hold onto your dreams and keep them close at heart‚ life can become lonely and unfulfilling
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Billy Collins use figurative language and imagery in the poem Flames to express an idea or thought. Billy Collins has used Imagery in Flames to show an idea or a thought he has had. Smokey The Bear is walking in the woods with a gas can and some matches. “Hat cocked at a disturbing angle”(line5). This is imagery because it makes the reader visually see Smokey The Bear. When you see this type of imagery it alters the reader’s perspective of the poem to think something is not correct. Smokey The Bear is
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After reading several different poems‚ "The Great Figure" really stood out to me. Although the poem is short in length‚ I feel like it has a story hidden within each word‚ phrase and verse. The poem is about someone seeing the number 5 on a fire truck‚ in the rain‚ as the truck is racing through the city. The image connects the to the poem and also tells the same story as the poem. In the image‚ the number 5 appears three time in three different sizes. The different sizes creates the illusion
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call “the common dialogue of Americans.” He passed away October 14th‚ 1965. The speaker of this poem is going through an identity crisis. They are dull and don’t see themselves having a personality. They see women in beautiful saris in the beginning of the poem and revel in how exotic and interesting they are or appear to be. Simultaneously they are conscious of their own bland way of life
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Billy Bragg is writing a poem about the young boys and girls of America and at the same time portraying that America is not living up to what it is supposed to. In one way or the other‚ the tone is resentful and so some extent angry that little is known yet a lot of harm is going on around the great America. In the poem‚ Billy Bragg acknowledges that there are several individuals who are in America and staying with the hopes and dreams that they are one day going to have to go down just like the
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and discuss spoken word poem written and recited by my favorite artist‚ Shane Koyczan. I picked the poem “To This Day” (link at the bottom of this blog)‚ due to its relation to module 3. This poem does not specifically refer to the social determinants of mental health; however‚ many are mentioned including social environments‚ physical environments‚ healthy child development‚ personal health practice and coping skills‚ social status‚ education‚ and support networks. The poem discusses the impacts of
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Thomas Hardy’s “Channel Firing” is a poem written in 1914‚ four months prior to the start of World War 1. This historical context is crucial to understanding the poem as it expresses the dark and sorrowful foreshadowing of the months before the war‚ creating feelings of tension‚ turmoil and unrest. There were‚ at the time‚ many young men who did not share the common unease‚ more so tension turned to excitement‚ turmoil to eagerness and unrest to anticipation. The split between society in the months
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