POEM: "ORCHIDS" POET: HAZEL SIMMONS-McDONALD (St. Lucian-born) FACTS: Ø Orchids are currently believed to be the largest family of flowering plants. Ø The number of orchid species equals more than twice the number of bird species‚ and about four times the number of mammal species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. Ø All orchids are perennial (persistent) herbs and lack any permanent woody structure. The leaves of most orchids are perennial‚ that is‚ they live for several
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Good morning/ afternoon everyone First of all‚ thank you for inviting me to this exhibition of Poetry in Motion. I was inspired to create my work based on the poem called This Man‚ by the Solomon Islands poet‚ Celo Kulagoe. This poem is a critique of the all-encompassing power of money‚ which can dictate to presidents and prime ministers alike and can ruin those with few resources. This resonates with the current issue of Coal Seam Gas mining and its wealthy supporters‚ while the dangers to the
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ENG. 1102 Paper 1 Carpe Diem Poetry “To The Virgins‚ To Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell are two great examples of Carpe Diem poetry. Their vivid imagery‚ symbolism‚ and usage of simile and metaphor are what make these poems memorable. Their usage of these terms also makes the poems more inviting and makes the usage of the Carpe Diem tradition more apparent. Likely risqué for their times‚ I find both poems somewhat romantic and tame for our
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Notes on Epic Poetry An epic or heroic poem falls into one of two patterns‚ both established by Homer: the structure (and allegory to life) may be either war or journey‚ and the hero may be on a quest (as Odysseus is) or pursuing conquest (as Achilles is). Features of legend building evident in epic include the following: 1. the hero’s near-invulnerability (Achilles’ heel‚ the spot on Seigfried’s back); 2. the hero’s fighting without conventional weapons (as in Beowulf’s wrestling Grendel); 3
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Poetry Explication ISU: I Am A Lonesome Hobo-BOB DYLAN Speaker’s Point of View The speaker in this poem is a man who has gone through troubles in his life and is now reminiscing on past experiences. He says that he was once “rather prosperous” (9)‚ however‚ after making many wrong decisions‚ he is led to his “fatal doom” (15). He becomes a homeless person‚ living alone on the streets. He did not trust anyone while he was a successful man‚ “I did not trust my brother”. He admits that he has done
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An analysis and comparison of The child who walks backwards and A poem for Darcy The poems The child who walks backwards by Lorna Crozier and A poem for Darcy by Steven Herrick explore the issue of child abuse. The poets give very similar treatment to the theme and both poems have the same tone. In all else‚ the poems are different. Crozier makes use of language techniques throughout whereas Herrick’s poem is unadorned‚ which creates its own impact. Both poems are devastating in the social
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Cameron McDonald Mr. Ray Critical Reading‚ Analytical Writing 27 April 2012 Complete Minimal Poems by Aram Saroyan Aram Saroyan‚ a leading minimalist poet in the 1960s‚ shows many aspects of the specific use of language of poetry in his complete collection. Poetry is exactly the right words put in exactly the right order‚ and Saroyan proves that he has mastered this concept. Aram Saroyan exhibits an exemplary use of the language to express thoughts in few‚ sometimes single‚ words‚ but his
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Li-Young Lee reveals to us with his brilliant use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and other literary devices‚ emotions so rooted‚ that they almost escape words. In the poem‚ the reality revealed is that we will someday fade away from people and this world. But that the true beauty lies during the events in our lives and until the finale‚ we are the ones to hold the sweet‚ ripe “Persimmon‚” a sacred and distinct “sun inside [each of us]… golden [and] warm.” Li-Young Lee implements imagery and symbolism
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is what the poet’s attitude and what feelings he wanted to express. Another one is the significance of the poem for the author. In this poem‚ the author expressed his silent anger toward human beings and his feeling for the pathos of the sensual world by the use of simile and metaphor. From the beginning‚ “a lonely wolf lonelier than the angels” means the wolf is like angels in the sky that are distanced from human beings and feeling lonely with cold surroundings. Why the wolf was lonely? One of
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This anthology is a published collection of poetry throughout the five major periods including- the Pre Elizabethan period‚ Elizabethan Period‚ Metaphysical Period‚ Romantic Period and the Victorian Period. The Pre Elizabethan Period was first in Old English and then in Middle English. Old English was used after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th and 6th centuries. The invaders from Germany who settled in England were called the Angles‚ the Saxon‚ and the Jutes. The names of these tribes
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