Poem for my Mother – Jennifer Davids Notes Outline It is an afternoon and the mom is washing clothes in a tub. The child has written a poem for her mother and gives it to her as she is washing. The mother scans the poem but rejects it as not being ‘all there is to life’. She feels that there is much more to life than reading or writing poetry. Despite her protest‚ the mother glances at the poem while she continues to wash clothes. Stanza 1 The mother obviously has given her life to hard
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Analysing the two poems of: Island man and Two Scavengers in a Truck‚ Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes and how the poet creates conflict Firstly‚ we began to read Island Man as a class in lessons. This is written by Grace Nichols and is published in a book titled “Anthology”. The surface meaning of the poem is based on a man who used to live on a Caribbean island and still dreams of this place even now when he lives in London. At a first glace of the poem‚ it comes across as short and sharp
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‘To His Coy Mistress’ Is a love poem by Andrew Marvel. The poem is ‘carpe diem’ which translates to seize the day‚ this means the poem does not take its time its blunt and straight to the point. The poem contains a thesis‚ antithesis and synthesis‚ the main argument points of the poem. The poem is split into three stanza’s which are used to persuade the woman to give up her virginity before her beauty dies. It is a conventional poem for its time in the 17th century. In the first stanza Marvel
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Gerard Nanley Hopkins’ poem "God’s Grandeur"‚ illustrates the relationship connecting man and God. Hopkins uses alliteration and stern tone to compliment the religious content of this morally ambitious poem. The poem’s rhythm and flow seem to capture the same sensation of a church sermon. The diction used by Hopkins seems to indicate a condescending attitude towards society. The first stanza states that we are "charged with the grandeur of God"‚ or the direct quality of God’s being. This statement
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" By T.S Eliot Who among us has not been to a social event or in a situation where they have felt uncomfortable or self conscience‚ perhaps at family events or at a party where the you are unfamiliar with the guest or even the host . However for some people this problem goes far beyond social events and seeps into daily life taking away happiness before it is even gained. In T.S. Eliot’s poem "The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock" the persona is so crippled
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“Afternoons” by Philip Larkin expresses his point of view which I‚ the reader find disturbing. The poem deals with Larkin ’s view on young mothers watching their kids playing in a playground and on this he concludes that marrying young and having children young‚ lead to the mothers losing their identity and destiny. The techniques used by the poet such as theme‚ imagery and tone develop different connotations of who Philip Larkin was and also deepens the readers understanding of the issue. Throughout
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In the poem called “Five Ways to Kill a Man‚” by Edwin Brock‚ the poet indicates five different ways to kill a man by using history to relate the topic. A woman named Gerda Hoogenboom said‚ “The key to understanding the poem is to look at the setting of each stanza. Then‚ the rest follows” (Plagiarist Poetry Archive). By going through time and using various poetry techniques‚ Brock was able to get his point across to the reader in his poem. In Brock’s poem‚ there are five stanzas and each of them
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The poem “where shall we go” is written by Vernon Scannell. This poem is mainly based on a love relationship‚ which doesn’t go to plan. Throughout the poem it shows that love can end up in many ways‚ but looking closely at the content of love in this poem it doesn’t go smoothly. The see is set in a local pub bar where a man is waiting impatiently on his girlfriend to arrive‚ but he knows himself that she is going to be late. The mood all through the poem is down beat and this poem also has a regular
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New Criticism on Poison Tree “A Poison Tree" is rightly an extended metaphor to describe the poet’s mental and emotional attitude towards enemy and the conflict between his inner and appearances. We use a metaphor when we use word to mean something different. Thus the poet has use the word "tree" not to describe the common green tree with green leaves and branches‚ but he means the great hatred that he has for his enemy. So we know that the central conflict in the poem is probably between friendship
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What is the message of ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ and how is it conveyed? In the sonnet ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Wilfred Owen conveys the message of the pointlessness of slaughter of generations of young men in the war. Owen conveys the message by the use of an irony‚ personification‚ religious imagery and the mockery of religion. The title‚ appearing to make the poem seem as an ‘anthem’ is deliberately ironic. As an anthem is normally a song of praise or a song played at a special event but as
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