History Lesson Poem Analysis

The poem A Step Away From Them by Frank O’Hara has five stanzas written in a free verse format with no distinguishable rhyme scheme or meter. The poem uses the following asymmetrical line structure “14-10-9-13-3” while using poetic devices such as enjambment, imagery, and allusion to create each stanza.

Often, there is a moment frozen in time that one always remembers, never losing sight or forgetting the true meaning of that very moment. These essential meanings stress the importance of being present in that moment, not emphasizing what happened before or after. Everybody has a specific moment which they will never forget – a moment that will be embedded in their minds for a lifetime. However, it is necessary that one must live in the present and avoid being swallowed up by the past. In “Cameo Appearance,” Charles Simic expresses this ambiguity in which the past and the present collide. While it is important that one cherishes certain moments frozen in time, it is as equally important that one focuses on the present. The poem, as a whole,

For many, people hold objects within their lives as sentiments of greater value than price. Whether it be pictures, necklaces, or a father’s watch; there lies an emotional connection beyond the object’s materialistic presence in which people hold dear. Themes of reminiscence as well reverence are displayed throughout the poem by the use of imagery to further convey the character’s hope that the quilt will represent her family’s heritage just as her grandmothers did, alongside an ethos application of symbolism that further portrays as well connects the emotional links of generations, diversity, and values.

In “The Trouble with Poetry”, and “Introduction to Poetry” Billy Collins focuses on the issue of forced inspiration, and the lack of appreciation readers, and aspiring poets have for the feel of poetry.

America has always possessed a rich tradition of racism and inequality. The "land of the free" was really built on killing and racial dominance. In Linda Hogan's poem, "Heritage," the speaker addresses her Caucasian and native American traits acquired from each family member. Readers of the poem might disagree about the influence of the relatives on the speaker, but a closer analysis helps us realize that the speaker's traits resemble her ancestor's past. The author uses descriptive imagery and connections to the past to explain how the speaker came about.

In order to change history, people must learn from their mistakes. Segregation in North America has been a big issue in North America that unfortunately still happens in the world today, however, it is not as bad as it once was. In the poem “History Lesson” by Natasha Trethewey, the author uses mood, symbolism and imagery to describe the racial segregation coloured people faced in the past compared to more recent times, where equality is improved and celebrated.

The essay will consider the poem 'Practising' by the poet Mary Howe. It will explore how this poem generates its meaning and focus by analysing its techniques, metaphorical construct and its treatment of memory. The poem can primarily be seen to be a poem of missed opportunity. In this way is comes to form, alongside other poems of Howe's a study about a certain kind of loss and the recuperative efforts of memory, alongside the certainty of the failure of this recuperation. The paper will begin by giving a context to the poem with regard to Howe's life and work and will then proceed to analyse it directly, drawing attention to how it can be seen to fulfil this thesis about its content and meaning.

More than 12,000 children under the age of 15 passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp, also known by its German name of Theresienstadt, between the years 1942 and 1944. Out of all the children, more than 90% lost their lives during the time of the Holocaust. Additionally, throughout this time, children would write poetry describing how they would like to be free and their faith in believing they would one day be free again and see the light of the sun. They would also write about the dreadful experiences they suffered through. To add on, the poet’s word choice helps to develop the narrator’s point of view. For example, in the Poem The Butterfly, it says, “Such, such a yellow is carried lightly ‘way up high. It went away I 'm sure because it wished to kiss the world goodbye”(stanza 2). To say it in another way, the poet, Pavel Friedmann, wrote it in a way where the reader, when reading, would feel like he is the main character and he was saying everything in his/her point of view. I interpret this to mean that the author of the poem wanted whoever was reading the poem to get in his (author) shoes and kind of imagine how much sufferment was felt during the Holocaust, while being in a Nazi concentration camp. Moreover, in the poem Homesick, it utters, “That there 's a ghetto here, a place of evil and of fear. There 's little to eat and much to want, where bit by bit, it 's horror to live. But no one must give up! The world turns and times change” (stanza 5). In other

This paper will discuss one of the themes that have been seen throughout this semester. One of the reoccurring themes seen throughout this semester’s readings is the different influences brought on by families. Every story read throughout the class would display their own family outlooks on different situation. Not all

The poem “In a Library” was written by Emily Dickinson as an expression of her love of books, and the way they can transport her. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. Emily Dickinson was born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts. She went to school, where she was an excellent student, until she was 18. She then dropped out and lived her life at home. Emily lived at home, with her sister, for many years and took care of her parents until their deaths. After both of her parents’ deaths Emily stayed home very often, and is thought by most scholars to have had depression and/or other mental illnesses. It was during this time she got most of her writing and poetry done.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a quote saying, “music is the universal language of mankind- poetry their universal pastime and delight”. This quote has a great significance in many of his poems. This quote proves that music and poetry tie in with each other including this poem being analyzed. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow also became the first American poet to reach a wide audience. Henry also created a national interest in poetry throughout all of the people. In this poem, he has many different outlooks on life including good and bad. Wadsworth’s poem, “Tide Rides, Tide Falls”, has examples of imagery, personification, and symbolism because it left a lasting impression on the reader.

Compare and Contrast essay on “The poet’s obligation”, “When I have fears that I may cease to be”, and “In my craft of sullen art”

The scent of saltwater lingered in the air, and the turquoise waters with the sun sparkling on the surface caught my eye. Beyond the sandy-pink beach small sailboats cut effortlessly through the waves as the gusty wind carried them. Our car gently coasted down the left side of the road through the rolling hills. Every once in awhile I would attain another peak at the precious blue Atlantic Ocean. My legs were relieved we had stopped, so they could stretch after the many hours of sitting.

Shortly afterwards the poet refers to the hand as 'a dozing whale on the sea bottom'(78) in comparison to the face which is a 'tiny, self-important ship / On the surface' (79-80), describing the gesture of the hand as 'neither embrace nor warning / But which holds something of both in pure / Affirmation that doesn't affirm anything' (98-100). There is a growing sense of frustration with the impossibility of reaching the distanced soul within the face of the portrait when, quite unexpectedly, the contemplative mood is interrupted by 'The balloon pops' (101) followed by the almost conversational 'I think of the friends / Who came to see me, of what yesterday / Was like' (104-106). These are among what I would refer to as brief interruptions

Matthew Arnold 's poem “Dover Beach” expresses many different thoughts on life and relates such thoughts to the ocean. This poem describes an ocean while trying to get its reader to look beneath the surface of the poem and extract the information that it is talking about something of greater importance to the speaker. These feelings are not directly stated in the poem, it is only through the use of literary devices that such a reference becomes evident.The idea that life can suddenly be filled with agony in the poem “Dover Beach” is illustrated by the use of diction, tone and type of poetry.