Sharon Olds’ poem "Late Poem to My Father" exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone‚ even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father‚ and establishes a cause and effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a child and the dependence he develops on alcohol as an adult. The idea of emotional retardation caused by childhood experiences is not uncommon‚ especially in our
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Poetry Explication 20 May 2012 Questions Entwined into “The Summer I Was Sixteen” Words often have meaning behind what is said‚ regardless of those particular words. Emotions can be extrapolated from statements. A close reading and analysis of the poem “The Summer I Was Sixteen’ reveals more to the reader than just what sits on the page. Whilst reading this poem‚ a feeling of unusual melancholy and normalcy arises from a point in time which should be a substantial amount more upbeat. During
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“I am Canadian” Explication In the free verse poem “I am Canadian”‚ Duke Redbird uses imagery‚ contrast and paradox to confront us with the vastness of Canada and its great diversity. And yet‚ emphasizes the main identity that binds these all – one of a Canadian. In the first segment of the poem‚ the speaker uses light contrast to show diversity with in line-regions. The speaker opens with this form of identity‚ saying “I’m a lobster fisherman in Newfoundland”. While we may not readily relate
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Projective verse I recorded my voice when I was talking to my friends on the phone‚ when I was teaching in class and when I was talking to my dog. When I listened to them‚ I found one common element of the way of talking‚ which is: I don’t breathe! I go bla bla bla bla bla bla not until I finish one long sentence that I won’t stop. No wonder I always feel very tired after talking or speaking to friends. But I am softer when I am talking to my dog. According
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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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commentary By : Maaria Chehab Basking shark by Norman MacCaig is a free verse poem‚ that might have been written to question the ‘evil’ natures of humans‚ using sharks metaphorical renaissance for the idea. The narrator introduces this un-intuitive question in line 13‚ quite bluntly by saying “ So who is the monster? The thought made me grow pale….” MacCaig uses figurative language‚ syntax‚ and diction to create this artwork. The poem starts off in a body of water‚ with the narrator introducing the scene
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nJeffry R. Halverson R. Bennett Furlow Steven R. Corman Report No. 1202 / July 9‚ 2012 This research was supported by a grant (N00014-09-1-0872) from the Office of Naval Research The CSC is a research unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a strategic initiative of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. It promotes advanced research‚ teaching‚ and public discussions of the role of communication in combating terrorism‚ promoting national security
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Explication Essay “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raison in the sun? Or does it fester like a sore- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust over- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?” This poem by Langston Hughes titled “Harlem” introduces the idea of loss. The loss being a dream put on hold or deferred for some time. Hughes questions what happens to it once it is deferred. Does it dry up‚ fester like a sore
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An Explication of Edward Mayes’ “University of Iowa‚ 1976” Take a minute to imagine “Men looking like they had been/attacked repeatedly by a succession /of wild animals‚” “never/ ending blasted field of corpses‚” and “throats half gone‚ /eyes bleeding‚ raw meat heaped/ in piles.” These are the vividly‚ grotesque images Edward Mayes describes to readers in his poem‚ “University of Iowa Hospital‚ 1976.” Before even reading the poem‚ the title gave me a preconceived idea of what the poem might
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Kendra Hamilton Block 5 Mrs. Hodges 15 December 2015 Langston Hughes “Harlem” Poetry Explication The most obvious quality of Langston Hughes’ "Harlem" is the poem’s use of imagery. The imagery in this poem contributes to the image of the frustrating times of how dreams end up for African Americans during this time period. The speaker in the poem describes the fate of a dream being “deferred.” Langston Hughes uses several analogies to describe the image of a dream that might have happened but didn’t
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