Explication Essay “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raison in the sun? Or does it fester like a sore- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust over- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?” This poem by Langston Hughes titled “Harlem” introduces the idea of loss. The loss being a dream put on hold or deferred for some time. Hughes questions what happens to it once it is deferred. Does it dry up‚ fester like a sore
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An Explication of Edward Mayes’ “University of Iowa‚ 1976” Take a minute to imagine “Men looking like they had been/attacked repeatedly by a succession /of wild animals‚” “never/ ending blasted field of corpses‚” and “throats half gone‚ /eyes bleeding‚ raw meat heaped/ in piles.” These are the vividly‚ grotesque images Edward Mayes describes to readers in his poem‚ “University of Iowa Hospital‚ 1976.” Before even reading the poem‚ the title gave me a preconceived idea of what the poem might
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When read top to bottom‚ Mina Loy’s poem "Lunar Baedeker" may sound like a story of drugs‚ sex‚ and desperation. In reality‚ it is an encrypted biography of part of Loy’s life‚ as well as symbolic of the cycles of life. Let’s start with the title‚ shall we? "Lunar Baedeker‚" the word ’lunar’ means moon. It can also mean relating to the moon‚ but more importantly it can mean measured by the moon’s cycles. What in the world is a "Baedeker" though? Baedeker is actually one Karl Baedeker‚ a German who
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Kendra Hamilton Block 5 Mrs. Hodges 15 December 2015 Langston Hughes “Harlem” Poetry Explication The most obvious quality of Langston Hughes’ "Harlem" is the poem’s use of imagery. The imagery in this poem contributes to the image of the frustrating times of how dreams end up for African Americans during this time period. The speaker in the poem describes the fate of a dream being “deferred.” Langston Hughes uses several analogies to describe the image of a dream that might have happened but didn’t
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but post-war problems beyond language and print like economic stability‚ the threat of new ideas and morality had to be grappled with side by side. Order for Masks Virginia R. Moreno To this harlequinade I wear a black tights and a fool’s cap Billiken‚ make me three bright masks For the three tasks in my life. Three faces to wear One after the other For the three men in my life. When my Brother comes Make me one opposite If he is a devil‚ a saint With a staff to his fork And his horns
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Explication Of Ulysses In this poem‚ Tennyson reworks the figure of Ulysses by drawing on the ancient hero of Homer ’s Odyssey. Homer ’s Ulysses learns from a prophecy that he will take a final sea voyage after killing the suitors of his wife Penelope. Ulysses finds himself restless in Ithaca and driven by "the longing I had to gain experience of the world". Ulysses says that there is little point in his staying home "by this still hearth" with his old wife‚ handing out rewards and punishments
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Explication #2 “The Gift” By Li-Young Lee This poem is written in free verse‚ separated into four stanzas each with a varying number of lines and syllables. There is no precise rhyming pattern‚ but there is a pattern within the usage of words. The speaker uses bodily words such as palm‚ hands‚ face‚ and head at the ends of lines in the second stanza when describing‚ in the literal form‚ when the speaker is talking about the experience he went through getting the metal sliver pulled from his palm
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LIT 203 (PHILIPPINE LITERATURE) Submitted By: Rosselle Joy D. Tapia IT21FA1 Submitted to: Dr. Nazario L. Cebreros Order for Masks By: Virginia R. Moreno I. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT a. Harlequinade: a comedy or pantomime in which Harlequin is the main attraction. ; Farcical clowning or buffoonery; acting like a clown or buffoon. b. Suave: smooth c. Tantalizing: to excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach
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“We Alone”: In the poem‚ “We Alone”‚ it talked about rare objects especially gold. I think that the gold represents wealth because some people don’t respect rare items and if you have something very expensive‚ some just want to show it off. The chain also represents wealth. This is because the chain can make you what you want to be and it can also make you what you’re worth. This leads to the theme of the poem‚ which is‚ you should care for what you already have and not get what everyone else has
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Poetry Explication Guidelines The following can serve as a general outline for your explications. You will have to add and organize your own subheadings‚ or you may have to delete some sections. You may also use other orders of ideas that may suit your particular content. Just be sure your explication is thorough and organized. I. Introduction a. (Include such items as what is the poem title‚ who is the author‚ and where did you get your copy? What is the theme and subject of the poem
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