TEXT STUDIES 1 TSTD 102 MR Stephen Van DYK INTRODUCTION As a research or dramatic student, I will focus on Raymond Ngomane who is one of the writers in slam poetry. I will share his biography and discuss his work. Furthermore, I will include his style of the poetry and how he recites his poetry. I will view his poetry and analyse it with my understanding. The purpose is to understand the rhythm and the style of how to recite slam poetry. It will help me because I am interested in slam poetry. Slam poetry is more like a rap. "Raymond Ngomane was born in 1985 in Johannesburg (Gauteng) province"(Mazibuko 2012). He is an actor, poet as well as a comedian. He is a wits university graduate with Bachelor of Dramatic Art. He travelled …show more content…
• Much ado about nothing – Directed by Sara Roberts. On the art festival in Grahanstown his poetry was fetured in Kagafela oa Magogodi 's "Bread".Accouding to Reutes (2011). "Ngomane won a brand house R.T.M.C number one tax driver campaign in Mpumalanga brand house together with the road traffic management corporation and TOYOTA S.A announce this in Soweto at a presentation Gala dinner on Thursday." Ngomane wants people to be resourceful. The wording that he uses is quick pace upbeat and he repeaedt words like in the line “go go go speaks wickedness speaks volume”. The poem he create image in the line “express picture in scripture graft word fluctuating on range refuse erasers speaks more than paper”. It appeals to your senses where you can actually see it . Raymond Ngomane proposes to see a generation more enthusiastically participating in creating. The abstract language that Raymond Ngomane uses in his poem volume is expression. Which is a group of words once combined have a meaning that is different from when the words are separate “ va va voom fly out your broom’ is an idiom that mean attractive or exciting people. This is also an alliteration in the poem which speaks volume in resonances the repetition of the beginning consonant in a group of words the line “ sneeze poem squeeze needed shape
Poetry Analysis All over the world there are diverse authors who want to represent their feeling in the various types of writings. One of the most frequently used classifications of writing can include poetry; a composition that represents a feeling on a specific topic that is meant to be read or listened to. As stated before, there are hundreds of different poems, yet two of my favorite poems can include “The Tyranny of a Nice or Suburban Girl” by Sarah J. Liebman and “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” by Portia Nelson. Although both of these poems possess powerful tones as well as structures that are able to pass the meaning of the poem to the reader, the two of them are very different when it comes to figurative language.
In any given speech, or piece of literature for that matter, there is a certain amount of pathos, logos, and ethos used by the author, a technique that people like to call the “Rhetorical Triangle”. In the thought provoking speech: “Tide of Voices: Why Poetry Matters Now”, the speaker spectacularly uses these tactics to prove the validity, importance, and beauty of poetry. Mark Doty, the author, is a recognized American poet, who was the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. This accomplishment on its own establishes ethos, a form of trust and credibility. Obviously, a poet defending poetry is as expected as a mathematician defending mathematics, but still, the reliability and status is there.
“Nineteen”, by Elizabeth Alexander uses language and tone to form a multi-sensory poem about remembering her youth and desire to connect to her past Vietnam vet lover. These aspects of language and tone are embedded in the outer form of the poem, as the author forms an imaginative recreation of her young adult life, which directly impacts the reader to allow for an enjoyable simple read. The elements of language and tone formation ensure the translation of Alexander’s emotions or feelings of her youth for the audience to relate and understand. In the first place, the language within “Nineteen” is casual and not really poetic.
As one single poem can intrigue the everyday college student, one can imagine the obsessive nature that one poem can have on the mind. The poem, circulating, round and round in the mind, leaving one to ponder the day away all because one poem, as one can be left questioning, such as in "Prayer" by Galway Kinnell. However, even if someone were to be obsessed with one poem, there are ones who are intrigued by not just one, but two, maybe dozens of poems, all by the same author that had them intrigued since the first poem looming in their head. Nevertheless, as one may ponder across an entire work of a single author, this pondering may lead to one who is passionate about the entire work of an author to publish articles about someone and their work respectively. In the article, "Galway Kinnell: Transfigured Dread," by Edward Hirsch, the pondering over the entire works of Galway Kinnel are discussed in great detail.
The feeling of astonishment and awe are directed into the speaker’s impersonal tone. During the poem, the speaker leaves out emotional ties in
In “The Trouble with Poetry” the speaker touches on the same idea of how poetry is so forced, and how it has lost its meaning as an expression and has become more of an addiction among
Each stanza also makes the readers question their opinions and their understanding of the poem and the street. While analyzing Kenneth’s poem we see his use of imagery , personification, metaphorical language and repetition. With the end of each stanza repeating the words “you find this ugly, I find this lovely” the use of repetition gives the audience the sense of how the poet is displaying his message with this literary technique. The repetition also gives insight in how he see’s something that everyone calls ugly as something beautiful. The readers are also always drawn back to processing their opinions with his use
Furthermore, the superficial simplicity of Hughes’ poems is not meant to deceive, but to encourage readers to engage in poetry from different perspectives because there is more to the poem than meets the eye. Additional questions remain, however. Does Hughes’ experimentation with form threaten to mischaracterize or further objectify the subjects of his poetry? Does Hughes ascribe too much value to these ordinary objects and places? Are there limitations to Hughes’ experimentation?
Poetry is a type of literary work where authors can express their views on feelings, life or something they feel strongly about. Mark Strand and Larry Levis used poems to express their views on poetry. Emotions can be portrayed in a positive way, such as the happiness that is expressed in “Eating Poetry” by Strand, or in a negative way, such as the sad and depressing tone that is conveyed in “The Poem You Asked For” by Levis. Through characterization, imagery and point of view, the authors of these poems made the readers see poetry from different perspectives and emotions. Characterization is used in poetry to help the author bring to life or describe one of the main focuses of their writing, in this case, poetry.
Artistic expression is the creative manifestation of an artist’s thoughts and feelings. Wisława Szymborska’s poetry states much about what artistic expression is, and how to qualify, and value it, and the importance of breaking from restriction in terms of how critics, whether self-critics or otherwise, evaluate creative expression itself. In The Joy of Writing, she explores the act of writing itself and the power and freedom of artistic expression. Evaluation of an Unwritten Poem is a satire of a critic’s review of a poem. Szymborska demonstrates the fallacies and absurdities associated with judging the quality, cause and meaning of artistic expression, such as poetry.
Poems can be analyzed in various ways ranging from their complexity to the emotions they convey to readers. The poems, “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “The Harlem Dancer” by Claude McKay will be analyzed based on their similarities and differences to name a few. The poems may describe different events; however the overall connection between the two can be identified by readers with deeper reading. Comparisons between the poems may easier to analyze and identify compared to the contrasts based on the reader’s perception. Overall, the concept and much more will reveal how the poems are connected and special in their own way.
Her figurative language directs the audience not only to see the images of what she was observing, but also to fill our ears with the elaborate sounds. She brings her journal to life by using figurative language to carefully describe her emotional feelings. "Pay my respect”, “black coats”, “little cemetery", "unbelievable". Her description goes as follows; the sound of the construction site, the moist air of March, the touch of the aluminum being pressed, the taste of pastrami sandwiches being made and the sight of Ground Zero filled with its solemn visitors.
Michael Jackson poetry research essay “A walk through the woods brings a light, crackling song” (“How I Make Music”). Michael Jackson would bring light to millions of individuals in numerous countries. His career would span several decades and he would achieve worldwide fame. Also, Jackson would attain this not just through his songs, but also through his individuality and self expression. Jackson was able to articulate himself through his poetry due to his introvert personality.
Hughes employs the use of sporadic and irregular patterns of rhyme, meter, line length and use of enjambment to represent the Jazz like nature of the trumpet player’s music. Within the five eight-line stanzas and the four line-coda,
In his poem “Slam, Dunk, & Hook” (1991), Yusef Komunyaka indicates that the players use basketball as a way to cope with their sorrow. Komunyaka supports his indication by demonstrating uses of vivid imagery and allusion. The author’s purpose is to show the readers that even in a time of sorrow, people must find a way cope and gain strength from their grief. The author writes in an informal tone to address his audience of young students who may have an interest in