The poem is told from the point of view of a wise mother talking to her son about how to get through the hard times in life. This woman compares life to a set of stairs. The first few lines of the poem states‚ “Well‚ son‚ I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” The purpose of these lines is to let people know that life will never be as easy as it is made out to be. Sometimes you need to have thicker skin to get through the worst times in life. One line in the poem states‚ “Don’t
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In the poems‚ "Identity" by Julio Noboa and "the lesson of the moth" by Don Marquis‚ the authors have different and similar approaches to the development of the universal theme‚ beauty. In the poem "the lesson of the moth"‚ the theme is "live life the way it brings out your inner beauty." The author stated that "we get bored with the routine and crave beauty and excitement fire is beautiful" In other words‚ everyone should bring out their true passion‚ which develops the theme of the poem. The author
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410201045黃鈺婷Tiffany 410201013雷皓天Jacky Dr. C. J. Yang Readings in poetry ( = 1 \* ROMAN I) Langston Hughes‚ “Cross” (pp.48-49) 29 October‚ 2014 Paraphrase: My father is old and white‚and my mother is old and black.If I have ever wished my father ill‚I take the bad wish back. If I have ever cursed my mother and wished that she should go to hell‚I feel sorry for the curses.Now‚I wish that she is well. My rich white father died in a nice big house‚but my poor black mother died in a simple hut
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Through the use of personal pronouns in the final stanza such as ‘my neighbor‚ my land‚ we can’t face the newspapers‚’ Clarke is able to change the viewpoint and make the final line more direct and engaging. This allows the poem to become more personal towards us. The poem portrays many techniques to make us feel empathetic towards the innocent children associated and reveal the gratuitous violence depicted in the human
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Marge Piercy‚ an American poet‚ social activist and novelist‚ mostly known for being a feminist poet is the author of “Barbie Doll”. The title of this poem‚ “Barbie doll” make us think about a “perfect” girl toy that every child owns‚ but slowly we realize that this is not what the author means. In the first stanza‚ Piercy starts by saying “This girl child was born as usual”‚ which lets us understand that she was a normal girl just like anybody else. Other than that‚ the first stanza has a lot to
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The second poem I revised also had a change to the title‚ but the change was minor. The formerly named “Dilemma at 12:30” is now “Dilemma at Noon”. The title was changed to simplify and clarify the time of day it refers to. For this poem‚ I decided to use tercets (and couplets‚ in a way) to give the poem a quirky meter which made it more fun and entertaining to read. The first two lines of every stanza were focused on external observations‚ and the last line of every stanza was an italicized‚ internal
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Taylor’s poem used descriptive language because he was using an extended metaphor to describe what he wants God to make him. Lastly‚ Edward’s poem used persuasive language because he was trying to persuade his audience to turn back to God and the normal Puritan teachings/ways. By looking at the language used‚ a person can also see the purpose of the poem. Bradstreet’s poem was more narrative and telling about how amazing God’s forgiveness is. Taylor’s poem was a description of how
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is eternal‚ and regardless of her death‚ their love will last forever. This poem was described with many elements that help illustrate a tragic fairy tale love story. Imagery‚ word choice‚ and alliteration are all poetic elements that helped shaped this poem. Edgar Allan Poe wrote Annabel Lee in 1849 and died shortly after. Later that year it was published and left everyone asking who this poem was about? Was this poem autobiographical? It is a known fact that Poe married a woman named Virginia
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terrified of sadistic feet”. Dissimilar to Kelen‚ Auden utilizes clichés to express the depressive response that reality brings forth towards the fantasy life we build up in the writing‚ “I though that love would last forever: I was wrong”‚ this allows the poem to recite a shared thought and convey the idea of how reality destroys this cliché through death towards the reader‚ allowing for further emphasis on how that reality is harsh to all
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The bedroom poems of the 18th century was a new piece of literature introduced to me. I like how these poems were so detailed and made you cringe from the sights that were being portrayed. Both Behn and Rochester were two extremely strong poets who use sexual encounters to display gender and power roles among both men and women in the 18th century. In this close reading I will use “The Disappointment” by Behn and “The Imperfect Enjoyment” by Rochester to analyze the ideal of power. “The Disappointment”
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