The poem "Spring and Fall" by Gerard Manley Hopkins is a poem focusing on the brevity of life‚ and the grief that is felt in the hearts of all mankind throughout our lives. It is also about the sadness felt by humans as we see ourselves aging‚ and ultimately about the fact that sin and separation from God bring sorrow and sadness that can never be fully explained by man. The poet is seemingly speaking to a young child‚ Margaret‚ who in her naivety and youth is only beginning to learn about aging
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"Prospective Immigrants Please Note" Adrienne Rich Either you will go through this door or you will not go through. If you go through there is always the risk of remembering your name. Things look at you doubly and you must look back and let them happen. If you do not go through it is possible to live worthily to maintain your attitudes to hold your position to die bravely but much will blind you‚ much will evade you‚ at what cost who knows? The door itself makes no promises
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Explication of a Poem Jim Simmerman’s Child’s Grave‚ Hale County‚ Alabama The power of an image is immense. A poem can single out an ordinary object of daily life and give it a history‚ meaning‚ and emotional worth‚ all through the use of an image. In Child’s Grave‚ Hale County‚ Alabama‚ Jim Simmerman uses the simple image of a child’s final resting place in rural Alabama to create a history that illustrates the meaning of loss in a way words alone cannot seem to do. In this essay I hope
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COCONUT (Cocos nucifera) WATER: AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION IN EXTENDING THE VASE LIFE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM (Dendrathema grandilorum) In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 2 Writing Across Discipline By: Ericka Bandigan Candice Louise Gomito Judy Ann Guibao Krizza Limas Juvy Dane Logronio March‚ 2013 Chapter I INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the background of the study‚ statement of the problem‚ significance of the study‚ scope and limitations of the study‚ theoretical and conceptual
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The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness
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The final scene of the first act opens up with a powerful soliloquy presented by Macbeth‚ If it were done when tis done (I.7.1-28). Shakespeare uses various literary techniques to express the ideas rushing through Macbeths mind prior to the murder of Duncan in his home. In previous scenes‚ Macbeth has been told prophecies of his future predicting him as king of Scotland‚ Duncans current position. Macbeth‚ with the aid of his wife‚ sees this task accomplishable only by the murder of the current king
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The Victory After reading several poems in my Backpack Literature textbook (Kennedy‚ X. J.‚ and Dana Gioia‚ 2008.)‚ I came across Anne Stevenson’s The Victory. Stevenson’s words hit me in the gut and made me feel her tension and conflict of becoming a new mother. Anne Stevenson portrays a mother’s feelings of pain during childbirth and mixed emotions of becoming a new mother. The poem contains a tone of conflict and anger. “I thought you were my victory/ though you cut me like a knife’ (Lines
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Making A Fist By: Naomi Shihab Nye The title contributes‚ to us readers as it shows‚ that we are alive and strong as long as we can still make a fist. The person speaking in this poem is speaking to her daughter after a long car ride of days and days‚ maybe even weeks. Her mother is giving her comfort and reassuring her that even though people go through obstacles‚ you need to be strong enough to go through many aspects in life to bring happiness. And just tells her if you can still make a fist
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Sharon Olds’ poem "Late Poem to My Father" exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone‚ even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father‚ and establishes a cause and effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a child and the dependence he develops on alcohol as an adult. The idea of emotional retardation caused by childhood experiences is not uncommon‚ especially in our
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1 Literary Terms 1. Allegory: a literary work that has a second meaning beneath the surface‚ often relating to a fixed‚ corresponding idea or moral principle. as in metaphor‚ one thing (usually nonrational‚ abstract‚ religious) is implicitly spoken of in terms of something concrete‚ but in an allegory the comparison is extended to include an entire work or large portion of a work. 2. Alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds. It serves to please the ear and bind verses together‚ to
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