(Sarah. C, 1). This shows that Poems and songs may be different artforms but they are made to make you feel. That is the main focus of both artforms. The Song “Through the valley”, by Shawn James, as well as the poem “The Valley of Unrest¨, by Edgar Allen Poe in this case both are equal in the matters of poetic and
Aun: This is the general theme of the poem because both poets talk about how your decisions lead to your fulfillment. Robert Frost says that when you make big life decisions, it makes your life fulfilled. While Emerson’s approach to this idea is way different because he says that through making the decision to accept the spiritual world, you can transcend and reach fulfillment. The visual on the poster represents the theme because it has two ways representing the paths and how one leads to a light bulb showing being content and the other path leads to sad and happy mask which shows being happy or fulfilled.
Dunbar uses end rhyme to give the poem a more song-like feel. His use of rhyme gives the poem a backdrop for all the other literary devices he uses throughout his poem. The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is ABCCBAA. “[I] know how the caged bird feels!” is a use of a symbol. Dunbar is not a caged bird but he feels like he is.
Many things come with 2 sides; good and bad. In the poem, it talks of the bad side where readers of poems want to “torture a confession” out of a poem rather than just enjoying a poem for what it is. The author wants readers to analyze poems positively rather than negatively like they are accustomed to do. This relates to my life in that everyone focuses on the bad things I do rather than looking at the good things I do in life. This poem also reminds me of how the education system works.
To sum it all up, both The Road Not Taken and Love Poem “play a unique role not simply in American literature, but in American culture —and in world culture as well” (Orr 2). We can see how literary devices shape and speak inside these poems. From the metaphoric road in The Road Not Taken and the grinning lipstick on the lover’s coat in Love Poem, literary devices are the true stars that make these poems great. In poetry it’s not so much what lines you are reading, but what you are reading in-between the lines that matter the
All in all, Edgar Allan Poe wrote an amazing poem showing the different feelings toward his love that had passed on. Tiger Army took that piece and change the mood and perspective of the poem and turned it into a song. They both talk about the same thing, just with a different mood/tone. Both authors writing great pieces should their love for Annabel Lee.
This lead to the theme of the poem of pointing out structural issues within the country. This message was delivered with powerful emotion; it was more than a poem to elicit a tear, but a poem to bring
The reason for Clint Smith is very well formulated is because of his choice of words. He use for example: profoundly, melanin synonymous, determined. But at the same time his way of telling this poem, makes it so special and fascinating, as a reader you are being drawn in to his childhood, his world, just by the thing he says. If you only look at the text, you will actually fell that same as if you hear him saying it out loud.
Poetry Comparison Using limited words, poets can tell a story, express heartache, or impart advice. Unique and artistic, poetry peaks as the most creative style of writing. By dissecting elements individually, text across different time periods can begin to relate to one another. While “Still I Rise,” “The Road Not Taken,” and “Daddy” may seem unrelated at first glance, they share the similar underlying theme that our personal mentalities and choices directly affect our lives; however, the differences in the ‘type’ of poem and rhyme scheme express these thoughts diversely.
She is able to see such a variety of complex artistic devices and compress them into a brief and detailed poem. Not only is an amazing metaphor being described, but she manages to merge it with personification, making hope take another form. She is able to use a detailed rhythmic scheme which brings the poem to life by giving it sound and presence. This poem has layer after layer, which makes it so special. Many of the stanzas can be interpreted to be multivalent, but the true underlying message Dickinson is writing about is more than clear.
“The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls,” and “A Psalm of Life” are both great poems written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, however, “A Psalm of Life” is the poem that lies to my best interest. Yes, each one has it’s own unique style, but the reason why I like this poem is because it simply describes the people of today. This poem resembles how the people of today would rather blend in with the crowd instead of being the light of this world. This poem can be interpreted many ways, yet, if we truly anaylsis this poem, we know for a fact that people should start living in the present and live a life that is fruitful. In fact these to two lines from stanza 6 , “Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!/Let the dead Past bury its dead!,” tells us that there are two kinds of people in the world.
“My Papa’s Waltz” is a simple and short poem that is filled with ambiguities, tensions, and metaphors, well articulated to create a unified piece of writing. The wordplay here creates a major impact to the overall theme of the poem creating a strong emotional connection to the boy 's experience. It is evident with the title which is essentially transparent. It sets the poem up for expectation before we even read the first line. This allows the author to concentrate on the rhythm of the language rather than using up precious lines to explain what 's going on.
The sestet ends the poem with a tone that honors the man’s life. Discussing the memories and characteristics of Doug allows the mood to become bittersweet. He is gone, but his suffering has ended. The use of Iambic Pentameter forced me to write the poem in a rhythm that, at first, I did not enjoy, but I slowly began to enjoy the beauty that is incorporated with the meter. The rhythm of unstressed and stressed added to the overall feel of the sonnet.
“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. Both of the pieces are talking about the “Lotus Eater”. This is an island where people get hypnotized or their priorities get changed, they don't want to leave there and go home they want to stay there forever.
“On The Pulse of Morning” By: Maya Angelou and “One Day” By: Richard Blanco really explain the effects of cultural diversity among us Americans during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. For eample in some ways we are all the same. In the poem one day Richard Blanco stated these very true things such as, how we all wake up, go to work , go to school, and how each of us have our own prbolems no matter what background we came from or even social status. We can grow up living on dirt but with time we can grow into a successful citizen.