Poem Analysis: The Man From Ironbark By Banjo Paterson

Living life everyday in a monotonous mechanical fashion is considered a subpar style of life for many. In Small Frogs Killed on the Highway By James Wright, Wright conveys a message perfectly touching on the issue of taking chances. The speaker of the poem reflects on his past choices through describing frogs optimizing their opportunities by deciding to risk death and attempt to cross a road. Throughout the poem Wright uses objects riddled with either deeper meanings or dual meanings. Why are frogs latently compared to humans? What is the purpose of all the contrasting, descriptive imagery? What elements underlyingly stand for other items?

When a person first hears the title “Oranges” by Gary Soto, they might think that it is about a person on an orange farm or someone that newly discovered oranges. In this poem, the speaker talks about how he had met a girl and they walked until they were at a drugstore, they went inside and he bought her chocolate with a nickel and an orange. They were walking, she was eating her chocolate and he was eating an orange, and they were enjoying their time together. Taking chances can often result in good outcomes. Gary Soto uses similes, metaphors, attitude, and varied stanza structure in “Oranges” to highlight the importance of taking chances.

Many people have goals and dreams they want to achieve, but most of them either fall short or give up on achieving that goal they have. “If Only We Have Taller Been” by Ray Bradbury, is a poem that talks about how the success was usually out of reach, but at the end, the success was reached. In “All Summer in a Day” also by Ray Bradbury, the characters, who are children, try to get more of something they don’t have, which was the sun. Both of these stories suggest a theme throughout imagery to send the message of reaching for something you don’t have.

“The Odyssey”, by Homer is a story of adventures, obstacles, mythical creatures and the conflicts of the main character Odysseus. Homer’s writing is unique compared to other Authors writing. Many people write their own version of a piece of the Odyssey, like Margaret Atwood when she wrote the poem “Siren Song”, These two pieces are talking about the same topic but, they have different themes, rhythms, tones and meanings.

Dawn is poem written by Federico García Lorca. Lorca wrote this poem to his family after he arrived in New York. Lorca writes about his visits in New York and how he felt miserable being there. The Dawn is a poem that talks about an author’s feelings or point of view about the dawn in New York. Garcia Lorca expresses how he felt miserable and empty during dawn in New York because it brought no hope to him. According to the writer, there was no dawn and so no morning and no hope for the day.

How would you feel if someone could control what you were thinking? In “The Feed” written by M.T Anderson, everyone living in the community had a feed in their brain that was controlled by one large organization. Violet, the main character, suffers through a malfunction in her feed that changes the way she sees her society. Most people’s opinions can be changed when they have experienced the benefits and the disadvantages of something. Since Violet is aware of how life is with and without the feed, she becomes hesitant to believing that her community is being run efficiently. She realizes how her feed affects everything she does and how without it, she would be incapable. Based on her experiences, thoughts, and actions, I can infer that Violet

In “The Great Scarf of Birds” by John Updike, the speaker concludes that his heart has been lifted by the image of a gray scarf. The poem is marked with joy and reverence to the natural world around the speaker, but there is sadness in his last few words. The speaker prepares the reader for this conclusion through an abundance of imagery, similes, and poem structure.

“His eyes would suddenly go blank leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror” (Wiesel 75), is a rousing example of the horror Elie Wiesel portrays in Night by using imagery. Elie uses layers of figurative language to help facilitate the meaning of the text beyond its literal interpretation and enhances the reader's experience. Not only does his use of figurative language produce vivid imagery to draw in readers, it also accurately portrays his primary account of the dismay he experienced during the holocaust. Night is filled with wonderfully descriptive figurative language to elevate the effect and take the reader on Wiesel’s painfully haunting and incomprehensible journey. Likewise, in the novel Night, Elie portrays his firsthand

Another literary technique that can be seen in this extract is the use of similes. This is most evident

The poem “Blackberry Eating” by Galway Kinnell, Its fourteen-line length demonstrates that “Blackberry Eating” is an unrhymed, free-verse sonnet. The strict sonnet forms specify definite patterns of meter and rhyme but can also be interpreted on the basis of spirit and passion. The poem’s first eight lines, serve as an introduction of the theme, developing the theme in the direction of the sensory experience of blackberry eating. Also true to form, the poem’s last six lines, introduce a new development or application of the proposition, where words are substituted for berries as sensory objects. This flow are sonnet like.

Figurative language is the second element used in the poem “Orange River ”. Simile helps the subscriber to comparison two things by showing what they have in common. They contain the word “like” or “as” and allow the reader to connect something new they experienced with something they are already familiar with. For example, in personal line 45, a simile is used to the stage setting of the poem, it says that the"Fog wall hanging like old coat between trees ." This creates a very frigid and dark setting for the couple to take their walk.

There were different poetic devices used throughout the poem. A simile was used in line 15 and 16 stanzas 2 Jimmy stared that,“its bearing magnificent and taunt as flanks of a tiger in mid-leap.” Another device used multiple times were

For example, the poem states, "or walk inside the poem / and feel the walls for a light switch" (7-8). This part makes it seem as if the poem is a human and owns a room. Billy Collins wants the readers to go inside the poem's room and turn the lights on. This is a positive connotation because when lights are on, the room is bright and full of energy. This is a metaphor comparing a well lit room to happiness. This ties back into the theme because Collins wants one to enjoy the happiness in life. Another comparison that is being used is when the poem states, "I want them to waterski / across the surface of a poem" (9-10). The use of a metaphor is being used when comparing waterski to reading a poem. When waterskiing, one skims the surface of water, but when reading a poem, one tends to skim through the words. The two metaphors stated above are opposites to each other. The first example describes what the author wants one to do and the second example describes what he doesn't want one to do. He wants the readers to read the poem, enjoy the poem, and then find the deeper meaning of it. He compares the poem to a living object and this literary skill of comparisons allows the audience to understand the poem in a different point of

All locations are battlefields, all within approximately 100 years of each other. As the poem progresses, the lines reach a point when a new statement arrives, “Two years, ten years, and the passengers ask the conductor.” Just as that point is reached, it retreats back to the repetitive words from the grass, “I am the grass. Let me work.” The change of lines gives the impression that the attitude of the poem is more mindful, but then carries the same apathetic emotion.

In Spoon River Anthology, written by Edgar Lee Masters, many different themes are explored. Among those, are the ideas of the world not being as it appears, people often sleep with their enemy and life not always being easy. However, one very important idea is stated in the theme of “expect the unforeseen”. This particular theme is made especially clear, illustrated by the poems, “Fiddler Jones”, “Blind Jack” and “Franklin Jones”. Each poem gives the reader different perspectives on a number of things, though each ends with the very prophetic, if not blunt, theme of always expect the unforeseen.