What initially drew me to this poem was the title‚ and how it was written to be read as the first line of the poem. The title also drew me in because I have a connection to the material‚ my father died when I was ten. Not many lines about the speaker’s father draw direct parallels to my father‚ but never the less I was drawn to the work and felt a since of deep melancholy as I read. This since of melancholy‚ even though the speakers father differs from my own‚ is largely due to the non-standard metaphors
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I believe this poem is told from the point of view of a loaded gun. The gun is unused in the first stanza until the master identifies it and carries it away to use it. Throughout the poem the master and the gun become united and powerful. Once the gun has been reunited with its master they become one: “and now we roam in sovereign woods- and now we hunt the doe” which indicates that their uniting has made them powerful enough to hunt such a desirable animal. In this stanza they are fused together
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Adan Lotridge Ms. Cox English 10 27 September 2024. Beware: Do Not Read This Essay. In "Beware: Do Not Read This Poem" by Ishmael Reed‚ the speaker’s unknown intention attracts the reader because it creates tension. The speaker first begins talking about a lady shrouded in mirrors: "It got so bad that she finally locked herself indoors & her whole life became the mirrors. One day‚ villagers broke into her house‚ but she was too swift for them" (Reed 5-11). Mirrors became the woman’s life; it was
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beginning of Joanna Diaz’s poem “On My Father’s Loss of Hearing‚” she has an epigram. An epigram is a brief and memorable statement about the poem. Her epigram states that deaf people are not disabled‚ but only abled differently. In Joanne Diaz’ poem‚ “On My Father’s Loss of Hearing‚” she contradicts her epigram and goes back and forth between depicting her father as abled and disabled. Joanne Diaz states all of the things her father has lost in the second stanza of her poem which contradicts her epigram
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The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear
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Wide-open spaces like the prairies provide room for opportunities. The speaker in Don Kerr’s poem “Editing the Prairie” believes in opportunity for the prairie‚ not in the regard that there is currently opportunity‚ but rather in the potential opportunity through “editing.” Often people don’t even comprehend what they don’t know about the prairies. Through the elementary‚ stereotypical focus of the prairie the speaker is unaware of the simply beauty that is neglected by the proposal of all the suggested
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As he lies dying in Chapter 9‚ Johnny Cade speaks these words to Ponyboy. “Stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny when the two hide out in the Windrixville Church. One line in the poem reads‚ “Nothing gold can stay‚” meaning that all good things must come to an end. By the end of the novel‚ the boys apply this idea to youthful innocence‚ believing that they cannot remain forever unsullied by the harsh realities of life. Here‚ Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain
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always making her point. Despite being a master of satire and form‚ rarely does the reader feel as though their intelligence is being challenged or disrespected. Her work is very political but never disrespectful. A brilliant example of this is in her poem that is referred to as “XV”‚
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Skrzynecki explores the relationship between the poet and his‚ father‚ and contrasting experiences of belonging in a new land. The poem opens with a positive description of peter Skrzynecki claiming him as “My gentle father” and “the softness of his blue eyes”‚ indicating his dual nature; tough and uncompromising at work‚ soft and gentle inner nature at home. This is a subdued poem in
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In the poem‚ To This Day‚ by Shane Koyczan‚ 1:28 into the video‚ the author says‚ "I Used to hear that rhyme about sticks and stones. As if broken bones hurt more than the names that we got called." (Shane Koyczan)‚ as the author says this there is a boy standing in a dark hallway alone with these dark‚ creepy‚ vines grabbing him. What the author is trying to say is that he could not escape from the names that he had been called‚ nobody was there to help when he was being called names‚ and
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