Poetry Response: “Heritage” The poem “Heritage” describes how the author James Still feels about his hometown. Initially this poem seems to be a simple tribute to one’s hometown‚ but the underlying descriptions prove otherwise. The poet uses a first person point of view to create a personal connection between the audience and the speaker‚ and then uses beautiful imagery to describe some ugly events. The poem is memorable because‚ although most people are proud of their heritage‚ some need to realize
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Module 4 – Section 4 Assignment: Critical Response to Poetry 1. Every word in “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” communicates a part of the meaning to the readers. Each word conveys more of the impact of a dream unaccomplished. The author is not literally saying but instead is asking. He is imposing the readers to think about a dream deferred. Without having to say it literally‚ the question rises in the minds of the readers; do I have dreams that have been left sitting? Are they causing this heavy
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Alicia Kontz Miss. Sahly College Lit. 5 March‚ 2015 Analysis of “To His Coy Mistress” When I read poetry‚ I usually get really confused on what the speaker of the poem is trying to say. I can never seem to understand what they are usually talking about so I have to read the poem like 20 time before I can understand them. There was one poem that stuck out to me and I actually understood it only after a few times reading it‚ the poem is called‚ “To His Coy Mistress.” I want to explain a little
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something a young boy should do in order to become a man. When he got to basic training he told me he was very nervous and as soon as he got there they trained them and toughened them up for the war that was happen in Vietnam. My grandfather would tell me about how the Marines made him into a fine man because it taught him to put away all the childish things and it toughened him up ‚ so he could be able to face the challenges of the real adult world and life. The poem makes me feel glad that young boys
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The Academic Arab College for Education ==================================================== INTRODUCTION TO POETRY EXAMINATION A (4) AND A (14) / SEMESTER A 2014 ================================================== Name of Student (1) _______________________________________ ID Number: ______________________________________________ Class : A ( ) Name of Student (2) _______________________________________ ID Number: ______________________________________________ ID :
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Irony is defined as “a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.”(literarydevices.net) In his Spoon River Anthology‚ realist poet Edgar Lee Masters uses irony to depict his characters‚ his poems divulging bizarre situations where appearance and reality may be distinct. From a graveyard and the depth of their tombs‚ three citizens of Spoon River‚ Trainor the Druggist‚ Doc Hill‚ and Margaret Fuller Slack‚ tell
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Li Po and Tu Fu are extremely great poet’s. A critic has said that “Li Po’s poetry appears to posses a life or vitality of it’s own‚ and so well is it’s art concealed that gives the impression of being quite artless and unpremeditated. Tu Fu’s poetry on the other hand is above all serious in purpose and full of deep meaning.” I have to agree with the critic because when I read Li Po’s poetry I get a felling that he just lets everything out of his head onto his paper. Tu Fu’s poetry seems a lot more
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Song of the Powers: Poetry Response The game “Rock‚ Paper‚ Scissors” is quite well-known and is often used for making decisions or breaking ties. David Mason uses a metaphor of stone‚ paper‚ and scissors to tie into the theme of loneliness and the ironies of unity in the poem Song of the Powers. In the game “Rock‚ Paper‚ Scissors”‚ rock always beats scissors. In the poem‚ the stone brags of its ability to have power over time and boasts of its strength and power over human wishes. The first
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Launy Schweiger Response to Gu Cheng’s poems Gu Cheng was part of the misty poets group‚ who rebelled against the Chinese Cultural Revolution mandate to form a “cultural army”‚ that was trying to instill revolutionary values and obedience in the communist party. The name misty came from the fact that the poetry was considered by the powers in charge to be obscure. This restriction was lifted after the death of Mao and the opening to the west. Gu Cheng’s poem “A generation” Is a short free verse
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English 122 Wednesday‚ October 2‚ 2013 Personal Response- Thumbprint Each of us imprints our own mark into the world‚ and no one is quite like us. In the poem‚ "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam‚ she discusses the theme of how each of us is unique‚ and that no one will ever be exactly like us. She uses alliteration and metaphors to demonstrate her theme. I have reached a part in my life where I accepted my uniqueness. The poem "Thumbprint" reveals the celebration of being a unique individual. Merriam
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