Mower Against Gardens Poem Analysis

Wordsworth and Muir express their fascination with nature using imagery and mood. In “Calypso Borealis”, John Muir states that he finds himself “glorying in the fresh cool beauty and charm of the bog and meadow heathworts, grasses, carices, ferns, mosses, liverworts displayed in boundless profusion” (Muir). The words “boundless profusion” appeals to the sense of sight and helps us imagine the scene and all the bountiful natural beauty of the place. The image shows Muir’s relationship with nature because it demonstrates his overwhelming, nearly spiritual, experience with nature. In the poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, Wordsworth also uses imagery to expresses a similar experience. In the first stanza he describes “A host, of golden daffodils; /beside the lake, beneath the trees, /Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” (Wordsworth Ln 4-6). Words such as “host”, “golden”, “Fluttering” and “dancing”, all appeals to the reader’s sense of sight, hearing, and smell. It brings us into the scene. These images show Wordsworth’s relationship with nature because he personifies this flower allowing him to relate it and become one with nature.

“The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball,” Serves as a powerful representation of the nature and impacts of addiction on those close to and even peripheral to the addict. Lux uses the characters states and actions to show this. The narrative of this poem tells how a man mows his yard despite the season, the events happening, or what’s in his yard. The tone that overwhelms this poem compares the mans need to cut his grass is to addiction and the consequences that are a cause of it.

A poem is often distinguished from other forms of writing as an “art of rhythmical composition ... for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts,” (Dictionary.com). Poets use a variety of literary devices to express their emotions and portray what they are perceiving. In the poem, “Crossing the Swamp”, Mary Oliver uses alliteration, tone, and imagery to manifest in the reader's mind the emotions she felt as she crossed the swamp.

Chainsaw We scratched our names In that oak tree 'Cause I loved you And you loved me A jagged little heart so the whole town knew it Carved in the bark with an arrow through it Well I came out here to see it one more time And I got my chainsaw Oh you know it's got to go, it's such a shame y'all But I ain't gonna be happy 'til those names fall And I'm sittin' on a stump Love is shady Love is tragic It's hard to bury the hatchet Holdin' a chainsaw I guess all those years They don't mean a thing Now I can't wait To count those rings Nothing left of us but dust and splinters A big pile of wood to keep me warm through the winter 'Cause I don't have you But I got my chainsaw Oh you know it's got to go, it's such a shame y'all But I ain't gonna

Adults often adjust the truth of the world in order to protect the innocence of children. In both poems “A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur and “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins there is a demonstration as to how adults provide explanations for children with having their own point of view and unique use literary devices. These poems are both similar in the way that they are trying to protect children from the the harsh reality of the world but with different outcomes.Both poems use imagery to give out vivid descriptions and both poems consist of different tones.

In Laurie Ann Guerrero’s “Ode To My Boots” it is clear that the poet is addressing how she relates to her boots. The poet details how her boots give her a sense of courage, power, strength, and the ability to be acknowledged. Throughout the poem, the author praises the boots that she wears because it makes her feel empowered. Almost to the point as if she is having a conversation with them. Hence, this unique quality distinguishes and enables the poets’ ability to be able to compare herself to the power of boots. The poet also characteristically shows a solemn and serious tone, showing the reader that there is no room for humor, petty or frivolous thoughts. Also, the poets’ personality is shown through her chosen theme of boots, bearing wide

On November 14th, 1854 William Howard Russell gave an eyewitness report on the Battle of Balaclava. This report was full of detail and after this eye witness the poem of “The Charge of the Light Brigade” was born. There are many literary devices in the poem of “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. These literary devices help you comprehend the article and makes the important things stick. Such as the repetition and rhyming of the poem help you remember important parts.

Abstract art is something that is both renowned and misunderstood around the world, but where does the idea of this idea of an abstract image or meaning come from? This pattern of abstract thought, which can be demonstrated both with words on a page and paint on a canvas, originates from the concept romanticism. This is an idea of individual thought and perceived meaning. One poem that does this really well is William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”. This poem is about the essence of life and death. Etched deep into this poem are clues that were implemented to show how nature gives clues to mysteries of life and death, and these clues are evident because they follow the ideas of romanticism. Before; however, the discussion about how these examples relate to romanticism can begin, the idea of romanticism must be explained further.

Lastly, he uses rhythm to give the reader an easier way to read the poem, as well as much needed structure. Each of his stanzas are written with the lines in a pattern of, long, long, short, short, short, long. This helps the poem because it structures each of the stanzas to make them read the same and draws the whole thing together into one conclusive

Same Soil is David Michael Mill operator's second solo collection and the subsequent meet-up a year ago's Toxins Tasted. The sound may be best depicted as "present day customary." With it's blend of soul, gospel, and soul impacts, Same Soil is a festival of conventional roots styles. The collection opens with the acoustic guitar driven riff of "The considerable number of Soul to You," which establishes the framework for the whole collection of profound melodies with relatable subjects. There is constantly enough nature to make you feel at home and enough bends to keep you intrigued however this is Same Soil's second significant quality. The principal is David Michael Mill operator's voice. This man has a summon of the human voice that few can coordinate. Powerfully he is constantly right on the imprint while never seeming like he's flaunting. Each line appears to move off his tongue

In the 2014 album, Forest Hills Drive, Jermaine Lamarr Cole, or better known as his stage name “J. Cole”, raps a self- described personal statement about his childhood. Cole’s album is filled with different series of metaphors in which he speaks about love, growth and identity of his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive is the most personal and ambitious album he has yet written. In this album Cole tells his story about leaving home back in 2003 to find success and illustrates how his life went from rags to riches.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird is a poem written by Wallace Stevens. It is a blank verse that consists of thirteen stanzas with different amounts of lines. Like the name says, the poem presents different ways of looking at the blackbird. The work mentions issues like people’s relations with the nature. Stevens showed humans not only notice its small elements, like the blackbird, but also appreciate them and try to interpret them in keeping with the power of mind’s imagination.

Phenomenal Woman, by Maya Angelou is an inspiring poem that encourages women, including myself to be confident and to love themselves just the way they are. It encourages women to be independent and confident despite what others think about them, especially men. In “Phenomenal Woman”, there are various literary devices used, some of which include repetition, parallelism, metaphors and personification.

“To His Coy Mistress” and “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” were written during the 15th century. Andrew Marvell the author of “To His Coy Mistress”, and Robert Herrick the author of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” both were born in the United Kingdom, and in their poems they deal with similar topics. In their poems, they talk about a women’s youth, but for different reasons. Both authors also use different and similar rhyme patterns that consist of perfect rhymes, and different sets of meters. In addition, Marvel and Herrick use different types of literary devices to portray their intentions in their poems. Furthermore, “To His Coy Mistress” written by Andrew Marvell and “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick

Walt Whitman’s poems in his book, “Leaves of Grass” are very interesting because of the amount of descriptive details that he uses throughout his works. When read out loud, I was really able to imagine what Whitman was writing about at certain points. For example, in describing grass in Poem