Poem Response By Violet, Xing Yu Qian During last century, European has a time that contains the risk, resolve, enterprise, sacrifice and the nationalism. These three poem also tells us about these issues a lot. The characters, as a main issue in these poems, are the people(or the heroes) can definitely reflect the setting of the poem. Time, as another issue of the poems, gives us a big background of the age when the poems was written, and help us to understand the poems better. If, the first poem we will talk about below, suggests people to win the glory of England by using the character that has braveness and belief. A Nation’s Strength inspires people to work hard and suffer long by using the hard-working man. The man from snowy river appeal people in Australia to unit as one and take the independent from Britain by using an old man who is brave and love nature. Poem IF tells us the character that man should be brave and hold on to the conviction of their own. No matter other doubt it or not. The poem also talks about the patience and tolerance. That is if other doubt us, we should show patient and tolerant to them and o not hate. There are several sentence can be found In the poem that can show the characters have the spirits that mention above. “If you can keep your head when all about you. Are losting theirs and blaming it on you; If you …show more content…
That is to say, he will never give up and be brave to get over all the challenges coming to us. “But few could ride beside him when his blood war fairly up- H would go wherever horse and man could go.” Suggests that the old man is brave enough. The sentence “ but his pluck was still undaunted, and his courage fiery hot. For never get was mountain horse a cur” means that the work ship and the land as an extra character in poem how we learn to love nature. The poem wants us to get over the hard condition bravely and love the
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.
Nikky Finney's book Head Off and Split is a work of art in every sense. It combines both historical elements and personal elements. She shines the light on our countries habit of oppressing and enslaving African Americans. She masterfully weaves together the history of the time and her own memories in an unabashed way that lays bare the wrongdoings of our country. Forcing the reader to see part of our history that is often glossed and skimmed over in conventional textbooks.
The 1970s were a rough year for African-Americans, still fighting for social and political rights in the United States. Consequently, women still did not receive equal rights. However, in 1972, “Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution, which reads: ‘Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex’ (History.com Staff).” Out of the thirty-eight necessary states only twenty-two ratified it right away, it was relieving for the moment because the feminist advocates had been trying to be ratified since 1923. The First African-American woman elected into Congress was Shirley Chisholm.
In conclusion, this poem connects with its audience on a fundamental level by acknowledging their struggles and reminds them of the positive things they can experience while on
‘For What It’s Worth’ by Buffalo Springfield has a logical message because it is referring to the Sunset Strip Riots that took place in Hollywood during the 1960’s. People protested when they lost their civil rights due to a curfew law that was put into place. The song says, “Stop, children, what’s that sound. Everybody look- what’s going down?”
Poetry Analysis Once the poem “History Lesson” was written numerous poetry foundations celebrated it for many reasons. “History Lesson” not only makes an impact on literature today it has also impacted people also. This poem inspires people and moves them to the point to where they can find a personal connection to the poem itself and to the writer. Not only does it hold emotional value for those who were victimized and those whose family were victimized by the laws of segregation, but the poem is also celebrated for its complexity. The poem uses many techniques to appeal to the reader.
Through the poem’s tone, metaphors used, and symbols expressed the poem portrays that fear can make life seem charred or obsolete, but in reality life propels through all seasons and obstacles it faces. The poem begins with a tone of conversation, but as it progresses the tone changes to a form of fear and secretiveness. The beginning and ending line “we tell
The hopeful tone of the poem is encouraging to anyone that is going through pain that things will get better with time. It also explains that to be able to fall in love again you have to know that there is a chance that your heart can be broken once more. I think that the beauty of heartbreak is that we know going into a relationship that it is a
The final poem of significance is Jazzonia, in which Hughes experiments with literary form to transform the act of listening to jazz into an ahistorical and biblical act. Neglecting form, it is easy to interpret the poem shallowly as a simple depiction of a night-out in a cabaret with jazz whipping people into a jovial frenzy of singing and dancing. But, the poem possesses more depth, when you immerse yourself in the literary form. The first aspect of form to interrogate is the couplet Hughes thrice repeats: “Oh, silver tree!/Oh, shining rivers of the soul!” Here, we see the first transformation.
The word choice in this poem is fairly simple and informal, which makes the poem seem to take place in a relaxed environment. The poem also appears to be a conversation between two characters: the speaker and the listener. Words such as “I will listen”, “silent”, “wait”, “stillness” and “we know” create an overall tone of peaceful acceptance. This tone of peaceful acceptance relates to the theme because it parallels how the speaker feels once they have decided to let fate take control of their life.
Always Something More Beautiful “Always Something More Beautiful” is a poem by Stephen Dunn, born in Forest Hills, NY. I got attracted to this poem, because it reminded me when I was at the Regionals for a Cross-Country race and reflected how humans’ life can be fair or beautiful. The cluster “time, clock, finish” clarifies for a measurement that refers to a competitive race.
There is such a bigger meaning to these poems on overcoming hardships in life that everyone has to go through. To not give up and to fight for what is
The figurative language used in “Lucinda Matlock” is mainly parallelism, which, as used in this poem, helps emphasize to the audience a main point of the poem. The speaker tells what she did with her life after facing great tragedy when she says “I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick,/I made the garden” (10-11). The usage of parallelism with starting every statement with “I” makes it noticeable to the audience what the speaker wants them to know: she continues on with her life and remains content even after persevering through hard times. The third poem, “Mrs. George Reece”, uses an allusion to develop the idea of happiness after hard times. In the last line of the poem, the speaker makes a point that the audience should “Act well your part, there all the honor lies” (14), a quote by the poet Alexander Pope.
People should be brave and courage to deal any kind of situation in our life. The novella also conveyed to the readers about not to accept defeat without
What is worse, all of his children ended up of mental disease. People use personal emotions, follow others and people can’t come back. The poem reveals that when people make a choice, nobody can knows this choice is great for their future. The main points influence their choices which are personal emotions, follow others’ choices, and be able to change the road in their mind but that is impossible.