For the Love of Poetry As once said by prominent activist Helen Keller‚ “the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” One of the few things that can’t be touched but experienced with the heart is poetry. Just as poetry is embraced on a more powerful level with the heart‚ so is the universal concept of love. And although love can come in a combination of ways whether it be between a child and a mother‚ an old withered couple
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Is Hip-Hop/Rap Poetry? Over the past several years‚ hip-hop’s/music standing has been tumbling. Criticizers of the genre often arguably point at the extreme cursing‚ degradation of women‚ and adoration of the "gangsta" lifestyle as major flaw in rap songwriting. However‚ it is important that these characteristics only describe a small section of hip-hop. Most rap songs are actually very poetic‚ as they feature the rhythms and verses‚ poetic devices‚ and themes that are crucial elements of traditional
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POETRY ANALYSIS A Study of “The Canonization” Poetry is a unique way of expressing one’s feelings. My favorite poems are those that capture an essence of my own feelings. It is nice to be able to relate your feelings to a poem when you can’t really put things into your own words. John Donne’s poem “The Canonization” really speaks to me. Donne uses several poetic techniques to make this poem both memorable and enjoyable. John Donne was born in London in 1572. In 1601 he secretly
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My Poetry Book By Hans Page 1– Table of Contents Page 2 – Thoughts on poetry Page 3 – Similes Page 4 – Metaphors Page 5 – Personification Page 6 – Apostrophe Page 7 – Hyperbole Page 8 – Onomatopoeia Page 9 – Internal rhyme Page 10 – Imagery Page 11 – Alliteration Page 12 – Autobiographical Poem Page 13 – Acrostic poem Page 14 – “This Is Just to Say” Poem Page 15 – My Favorite Poet(s) My thoughts on poetry My favorite poems are jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
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“The Study of Two Pears” Poetry Analysis It takes tremendous skill to master Imagist/Modernism poetry‚ yet many authors succeeded with this type of writing. Wallace Stevens‚ Robert Frost‚ and Amy Lowell are three Imagist/Modernism poets that were extremely successful during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Wallace Stevens was by far one of the greatest poets of this time period. His purpose of writing was to‚ “become a light in the mind of others”. Stevens desperately wanted people to use their
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Along the Lines of Poetry In the poems Introduction to Poetry and Marginalia‚ the author Billy Collins uses figurative language to lead the readers through his perspective as he delivers different tones throughout both poems. Although the two poems have many similarities‚ Collin’s tone in the two pieces create two very different pieces of writing. Collins directs two very different tones in the poems to draw the reader in‚ and then connect with them personally though figurative language. In Introduction
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Why is devotion such an important concept in the love poetry that you have read this semester? How do the poets whose work you have read this semester address the idea of devotion in their poems? Focus on at least two works and explain the ways in which the writers use figurative language and imagery to show
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Alicia Holliday 4/14/12 Modern Poetry Final Essay Defining Modern Poetry Defining modern poetry isn’t an easy thing to do. Modern Poetry can be defined as having open or free verse‚ borrowing from other cultures and languages‚ formal characteristics‚ and breaking down social norms and cultures‚ among other things. However modern poetry is so much more than that. It’s hard to define the limit of the modern age so writing about modern poets isn’t an
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Be Near Me In this excerpt of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “In Memoriam A.H.H”‚ the speaker is pleading for comfort. The two main questions I asked myself were “who is he pleading to?” and “what does he need comfort from?” In life‚ whom do we go to most for comfort? God‚ parents‚ family‚ and close friendsNot a complete sentence. In the section I entitled “Be Near Me”‚ Tennyson addresses the people asked to comfort‚ and the circumstances that require the most comfort. The first stanza starts with the
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The Beauty “In November” By: Emilie Parsonage Have you ever seen something that at first glance may look like nothing‚ but when you dig deeper and deeper into it‚ you are able to see the true beauty shining through? In the poem‚ In November by Archibald Lampman‚ the true beauty of a burned forest is masked by broken ground and charred trees and bush. At first glance‚ there appears to be nothing remaining but wreckage. However‚ through the use of personification‚ visual and kinesthetic imagery
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