Joshua Smith Jane Focht-Hansen ENGL 2342-002 Sunday‚ March 02‚ 2014 New Criticism of “the mother” “the mother” is a challenging poem to analyze thanks to its highly conflicted narrator. Ostensibly‚ the narrator starts out purposing to tell her audience about the traumatic experience of having an abortion‚ while trying to avoid delving into the morality of her choice. However‚ the poem quickly goes past discussing just the emotional fallout‚ and the narrator begins to address herself
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Text Response 3 The poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks describes the frailty of life from the point of view of a few guys playing pool. They know that the choices they make will affect them in far greater ways in the future‚ yet they still wish to do what they do because life will end no matter what.. For some inconsequential reason the guys continue to “[l]urk late… [s]ing sin… [t]hin gin… [and j]azz June” (Brooks 3-7). They know that what they are doing is wrong‚ because of the fact that
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Poetry has a role in society‚ not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet‚ these words can hold more emotion and thought‚ however brief it was presented. What makes a good poetry? It is not only in the idea or thought of what the author is trying to express
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exactly what is going on with this mother and son. The poem holds nothing back from the reader with the line‚ “While she smokes a few white pebbles” (6) which implies that his mother is smoking cocaine and does this with his knowledge‚ in the moment. It suggests that his mother doesn’t care too much if he is aware and even if she gets him involved in her addiction. “Late winter‚ sky darkening after school” (1) tells the reader that the teen is educated and his mother even goes and picks him up. The
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English 1302‚ Composition II Poetry Analysis Assignment: Choose ONE of the prompts below; then write a 3-4 page poetry analysis in which you analyze the use of literary elements in one of the assigned poems listed: “America” (Claude McKay); “We Wear the Mask” (Paul Laurence Dunbar); “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” (Langston Hughes); “Mirror” (Sylvia Plath); “The Bean Eaters” (Gwendolyn Brooks); “To The Mercy Killers” (Dudley Randall); “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” (Dylan Thomas). Your
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Elizabeth Bishop’s untitled poem that begins with “Where are the dolls who loved me so” is reminiscent of her autobiographical short story Gwendolyn. Throughout her short story‚ Bishop talks about Gwendolyn’s beauty and fragility as a child with diabetes who was consistently on the verge of death until she finally passes at the end of the story. After her death‚ and at the very beginning of the story‚ Bishop depicts her encounter with a doll she was also fascinated with that belonged to her Aunt
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| The Importance of a Speaker | by | | Brianda Payan | | | Tammy Mata Composition II Poetry Analysis April 8‚ 2013 Word Count: 1264 Tammy Mata Composition II Poetry Analysis April 8‚ 2013 Word Count: 1264 Brianda Payan Prof. Tammy Mata English 1302 8 April 2013 The Importance of the Speaker There are many literary terms that constitute a poem‚ such as symbolism‚ rhyme‚ rhythm‚ tone and so on. The most important literary term that makes up a poem is the speaker.
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Poetry Analysis Essay “Poema para los Californios Muertos” Lorna Dee Cervantes’ poem‚ “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”)‚ is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico‚ and an address to the speaker’s dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic‚ consistently alternating between Spanish and English‚ Cervantes accurately represents the fear‚ hatred‚ and humility experienced by the “Californios”
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Poetry analysis of ‘Introduction to Poetry’ The Poem “Introduction to Poetry” is by Billy Collins‚ an English poet‚ and it is about how teachers often force students to over-analyze poetry and to try decipher every possible meaning portrayed throughout the poem rather than allowing the students to form their own interpretation of the poem based on their own experiences. Throughout the poem‚ a number of literary devices are used. For example: “or press an ear against its hive”. Using this metaphor
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still young and describing its current feelings. ‘‘My Papa’s Waltz’’ is about a man who morosely relives his waltzing with his drunken father as a little boy. ‘‘The Back Seat of My Mother’s Car’’ is about a girl being taken away from her father by her mother and how vividly she remembers the cruel separation. Finally‚ in ‘‘Hanging Fire’’‚ a fourteen-year-old girl aches for her mother’s attention and support‚ as she goes through puberty. The burning and desperate desire for love‚ and the lack ‘‘quality
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