In Suárez’s poem‚ "Isla" the speaker uses a few imagery and descriptive phrases to develop sympathy in me as a reader. The phrase “The Three Stooges‚ The Little Rascals‚ Speed Racer‚ and the Godzilla movies” has a meaning to the poem‚ which is why they are written at the beginning of the poem (Kirszner & Mandell‚ 2012). The Three Stooges represents consistently making bad decisions while making a mess out of everything. The Little Rascals represents a group of mischievous troublemakers. Speed
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Throughout the text I demonstrate emotive and exclusive language. This poem claims words like “our leaders” so it’s aimed precisely at our government. The emotive segment of the poem comes into play within the first few lines‚ I display the imagery of pain in relations to cancer‚ this pain I convey in the poem is then afflicted upon the reader. It’s important to use this technique first‚ because then pull the reader’s attention and emotions
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Harvesting Life In the poem "Loneliness" by Laura Cortes there seems to exist a small hope and wish for the past. The poem has many lines that seem to show an echo for the similarities of harvesting the apples and the harvest of life itself. Through the course of the poem‚ the speaker uses the word ghosts to hint at the death of family members. The line "Now he and the trees are tired and old. " (14) Obviously hints to the speaker being of old age. The man in the poem seems to reiterate the
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he Pentangle in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight The Pentangle in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight When writing‚ never explain your symbols. The author of ``Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ’ ’ dropped this unspoken rule when he picked up his pen. Why? The detailed description and exposition of the pentangle form the key to understanding this poem. By causing the reader to view Gawain ’s quest in terms of the pentangle‚ the narrator compares the knightly ideals with the reality of Gawain ’s life
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“Chicago”‚ written by Carl Sandburg is a strong meaningful poem illustrating the pride and confidence that pours out of the city of Chicago. Throughout the poem he points out the shortcomings of the city‚ but at the same time challenges the reader to find another city as majestic despite its flaws. He admits that first impressions of the city are negative‚ but there is more than meets the eye. Behind all its smoke and arrogance is a city built upon a foundation of confidence‚ pride‚ and creativity
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Anders Carlson-Wee explores how ethics is merely a byproduct of societal rules and displays that idea with a children’s game‚ giving cause to morality. To begin‚ “Dynamite” uses a game to represent how society influences our ethics. At the start of the poem‚ the speaker lays out the rules of their game and how “[anything] you throw. is dynamite” (6‚ 7). Their game has structure and rules similar to how society‚ purposefully or inadvertently‚ has guidelines for its members. It is through these rules that
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In the poem‚ "For the Sleepwalkers ‚ the speaker is the author or the lyric and he is talking in first individual. The sonnet is for the sleepwalkers and their confidence. Before the end of the sonnet the author uncovers that he too is a sleepwalker. The tone is inspiring in light of the fact that the sleepwalkers show confidence amidst dimness. The state of mind proposes dull spots since it is evening time‚ they’re eyes are shut‚ and the moonlight. The subject is caught on to be trust and confidence
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This poem was very confusing at first‚ because of the way it seemed to contradict itself. One of the first statements is “for a duro‚ you could lie down in the hallway of the hotel. For a duro‚ you could have a coffee and a plain roll that would shatter like glass.” Then‚ with no transition at all‚ it says “for a duro‚ you could have it all‚ the cars‚ the women‚ the seven course meal.” This contradicting diction is also seen when the poet goes back after talking about all the nice stuff you can buy
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Sir Dr. Edward Ricardo Braithwaite’s story‚ "To Sir‚ with love" is a story about a teacher who begins teaching at a reform school in London. The author bases the main plot of the story on his own life when he was a teacher in a rough section of London. The plot and characters are believable throughout the story‚ their actions show them as normal students who rebel for different reasons‚ much like students do in the United States today. Braithwaite kept [pic]the story believable and interesting
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The goal of the poem‚ Towhoitmayconcern is to blatantly point out that Sonia’s memory is going to stay in the memory of a man. There is a certain type of figurative language used to describe Sonia and her persona. “A full moon...shinin down on ya” means internally intelligent and light (Sanchez 71). Sonia is filled with light that a man does not see in her currently. It will be too late when he finds out she is the light he is looking for. “Git yo/self-fattened up man…ima gonna stake you out grind
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