Trevor Sherman ENGL 1023 Dr. Lee 3-6-13 HW #3 “My Papa’s Waltz” The smell of whiskey on her dads breathe made her dizzy‚ but she still clinched to him like death even though it was not easy. They danced around until the pans on the kitchen cabinet slid off making mom very unhappy to where she could not unfrown her face. She was held by her dad’s hands that was battered on one knuckle‚ still continuing the unique waltz her ear was scrapped by a buckle on every missed step. She was still clinging
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Commentary- Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Imtiaz Dharker’s poem describes rain as its blessing to a dry place‚ as the short direct sentences in the first stanza suggests there was no hope on that land: “There never is enough water.” The line shows the desperateness of rain as it sets a negative tone to start the poem. However‚ as the poem progress‚ there was an increase in hope and energy‚ seen from the energetic and positive language such as‚ “rush”‚ “bursts”‚ “crashes” and “roar”. These are
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Margaret Atwood’s poem The Landlady presents a depressing and frightening experience of one living in a rented room. The landlady is very much the dangerous gaoler of this prison‚ and one who specializes in oppression. The poem is striking in its use of language‚ including imagery‚ sounds‚ and rhythms‚ that vividly portray the feared landlady and the shrinking tenant. The comparison of the speaker’s living situation to that of a prison‚ a place of oppression‚ is the dominant thematic
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It seemed somewhat difficult to read through a poem and try to “get” how a poem got a tone from its diction and imagery. It sounded easy to think about‚ but the hard part got to be articulating how it worked and what made me actually feel a certain way over a poem. For that battle‚ I read “Common Ground” by Judith Ortiz Cofer. At first‚ I read the title and thought it’d be something for pro-equality and how people are essentially created equal. By the second stanza‚ with the line‚ “when I look
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While I was revising the poem‚ Do Over‚ I aimed to be clearer and fix some of the disconnection between the stanzas. I made the decision to join the previous stanza 3 and 4 together because the previous line break acts as a transition that separates and disconnects the stanzas. By joining them together there is a better narration and connection on what is going on and I like it better this way now. I also modified some phrasing to be more clear on the allusion to a hour glass in the third stanza
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The first line of the poem begins with two accents in a row‚ which slows the reading. This‚ in addition to the words brood‚ huge‚ and clifted‚ give the first line a primal feel‚ the beginning of the poem is like the beginning of the earth in this way. It could be re-written along the lines of "The massive foam hanging over the fissured beach‚"‚ and still carry the effect‚ this event has been taking place for years‚ before man. Lack of perception in line 2 is communicated through the words dark and
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Essay on “Lament” Re-read the poem “Lament” by Gillian Clarke and explore the way in which the author resorts to words and phrases to make this poem effective and memorable. “Lament” by Gillian Clarke is a memorable and effective poem due to the poet’s resorting to specific words and phrases. The poet uses lots of metaphors to achieve her objective. For example‚ “her pulsing burden” is a metaphor referring to the turtle’s need of a place to discharge her eggs and how she sees pregnancy
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“Afternoons” by Philip Larkin expresses his point of view which I‚ the reader find disturbing. The poem deals with Larkin ’s view on young mothers watching their kids playing in a playground and on this he concludes that marrying young and having children young‚ lead to the mothers losing their identity and destiny. The techniques used by the poet such as theme‚ imagery and tone develop different connotations of who Philip Larkin was and also deepens the readers understanding of the issue. Throughout
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In the poem called “Five Ways to Kill a Man‚” by Edwin Brock‚ the poet indicates five different ways to kill a man by using history to relate the topic. A woman named Gerda Hoogenboom said‚ “The key to understanding the poem is to look at the setting of each stanza. Then‚ the rest follows” (Plagiarist Poetry Archive). By going through time and using various poetry techniques‚ Brock was able to get his point across to the reader in his poem. In Brock’s poem‚ there are five stanzas and each of them
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The poem “where shall we go” is written by Vernon Scannell. This poem is mainly based on a love relationship‚ which doesn’t go to plan. Throughout the poem it shows that love can end up in many ways‚ but looking closely at the content of love in this poem it doesn’t go smoothly. The see is set in a local pub bar where a man is waiting impatiently on his girlfriend to arrive‚ but he knows himself that she is going to be late. The mood all through the poem is down beat and this poem also has a regular
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