The Speaker Essays

assimilation to the society due to the language barrier or cultural differences. Therefore, immigrants fall into confusion between their original culture and adapted culture that they suffer an identity crisis. In Chang-rae Lee’s first novel, Native Speaker, the protagonist, Henry Park, tells the story as a first-person narrator with flashbacks. Henry Park is a first generation Korean-American who is an industrial spy for a strange company with unknown clients. The company specializes in gathering information

job, but the speaker sees it as (a juggler expressing his passion)a person performing his passion. By doing so Wilbur describes the juggler’s performance by using imagery, figurative language and tone. In the first stanza the speaker uses a metaphor of the ball to describe passion. In the line “A ball will bounce but less and less… settles and is [forgotten]”, the ball is interpreted as dwindling passion, it lasts(bounces) only for a while. It eventually goes away, but the speaker in the last sentence

and personification to demonstrate the speaker's gradual shift in perspective towards dirt. As a result, the speaker begins to appreciate the true value of dirt. Sharon Olds is able to express the speaker's attitude toward dirt through the use of metaphors. An example of this can be seen in line 2, "I thought you were only the background" (Olds, line 2). In these lines, the speaker uses a metaphor to compare dirt to something as irrelevant as the background with the main characters shining

In the free verse poem “The Black Walnut Tree” by Mary Oliver, the speaker and her mother debate about selling the black walnut tree in their backyard to pay off the mortgage. The poem is narrated in the first person and has a conversational tone, demonstrated by the simple vocabulary and diction, such as “we talk,” “I say,” and “she replies.” In the beginning, the speaker and her mother discuss the logical reasons for selling the tree, viewing the tree in a somewhat utilitarian manner. However,

shifting from a regretful to an enlightening yet reminiscent tone, we see how our speaker misunderstood his father’s expression of love and why it was misinterpreted. Towards the beginning of the poem, a regretful tone is shown from the speaker who feels guilty for the way he treated his father in his childhood. It;s used to demonstrate how our speaker misunderstood his father’s expression of love. This is shown when the speaker expresses that “no one

As a hidden track on her 1995 album, Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette assumes the perspective of an obsessed woman undone by grief, trespassing around her ex-boyfriend’s house while he is away at work. The song—aptly titled “Your House”—is sung in chilling a capella and details the speaker’s every step, as she enters his home “without ringing the bell” and spends an afternoon dancing in her ex-lover’s shower, lying in his bed, and playing his CDs. Though rational thought warns her that she “shouldn’t

and ‘non-present’ on the margin is contradictory because “The system of textuality extends infinitely and thus any belief in a moment of presence that would remain outside, precedent to, and governing this text is illusory” (Lewis 1). How does the speaker present the concept of the time? Time is divided into past, present and future. Only the present is existing, past is gone, future is yet to come. The moment he speaks of “desert of vast eternity” (24) this concept collapses. Can we separate the parts

effort to listen.” (Beebe and Masterson 154) ● “Take adequate time to listen-don’t rush the speaker; be patient.” (Beebe and Masterson 154) ● “Be open-minded.” (Beebe and Masterson 154) The goal of this exercise is to build verbal and nonverbal communication skills as well as strengthening team members listening skills. Group size There will be groups of at least three people. The first member will be the speaker, the second member will be the listener and the third member will be the observer. Process

Turns to Anger Love can often turn to hate and despair. Melanie Martinez’s pop song “Dead to Me” explains that loving somebody can cause hatred. The speaker uses different poetic devices to display to the audience how loving someone can lead to anger and hate, so much to the point of wanting to forget about them. At the beginning of the song, the speaker tells the audience about how she wants to figuratively kill him to forget about him and the anger and hate and hurt she has. As the song progresses

The ode is a poetic form meant to praise or exult a certain individual, usually in regards to their athletic ability. Historically, there have been odes to Olympians, leaders, and even Grecian urns, but in Pablo Neruda’s poem “Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market,” he is commending a dead fish amidst a sea of spoiling vegetation. He praises the tuna for being the premier fish in the sea, and how even the dead fish is magnificent in comparison to the surrounding prosaic goods; Neruda insists it is a

about what he feels happens when somebody walks out on life. In the poem, the speaker is wondering about big catastrophic events happening once somebody he loves leaves him. Kooser uses symbolism, imagery, and punctuation to say that someone important leaving somebody can have a detrimental effect. Firstly, Kooser uses symbolism to express that losing a loved one can have a detrimental effect. In the first half, the speaker is expressing his sadness about the loss of a loved one. He describes “A star

one can find hidden messages about healing in nature. In Ada Limón’s poem, Instructions on Not Giving Up, the author takes us on a walk, describing the blossoming of plants in the spring, leading to an overall message of resilience. Initially, the speaker of the poem highlights the overwhelming “fuchsia funnels breaking out” and “cherry limbs shoving” in their eyesight. Limón utilizes this fast-paced diction to prove to the reader the materialistic value of the “obscene display” of flowers trying to

As humans we may not appreciate life simply because it is not what we expected or wanted for ourselves. While appreciating life you must also appreciate what you have in life, every moment good, bad, small, large, easy, or hard. No two lives are the same every moment causes different feelings for each person involved. In the poems Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas, Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, and Preludes by T.S. Eliot all show

In “Pulled Over in Short Hills, NJ, 8:00 AM” by Ross Gay, the speaker takes readers through an exchange with a police officer. The speaker depicts their nerves in this encounter due to the situation as a whole, but also the menacing figure of the police officer. In general, the poem includes one stanza, 17 lines, and does not include an obvious rhyme scheme. Ross Gay never reveals the true identity of the speaker. The speaker uses figurative language (imagery, similes, metaphors) and specific diction

The poem “When Strangers Dictate Your Calm” by Naomi Hon is about the speaker attending a friend’s party but failing to enjoy themself due to their Social Anxiety. Hon uses imagery to let the reader visualize the mental process of the speaker and to let the reader experience anxiety as shown in these lines: Walk in. Avoid Eye Contact. Keep your head up. Left, right. Left, right. Don’t draw attention. Sit.(11-17) Lines 11-17 gives the reader a visual of the poet entering a room to look for an empty

tones, vibrant imagery, and a venturesome narrative, the speaker of “The Juggler” reveals the elegance of a juggler and their own fondness of another’s passion. The speaker opens with the beginning of the act. The act is already a serious matter and the action of throwing and catching the balls repeatedly is, in the speaker’s view, “not a light-hearted thing,” (line 2). Despite the speaker’s serious tone toward the juggler, the speaker still maintains an overall dreamy approach. To them, this

Wilbur, the speaker describes the juggler as trying to maintain 2 different tasks under a tumultuous circumstance. This describes reveals the speakers own struggle to juggle various tasks, and the recognition he is deserving for this. Poetic elements such as metaphors, tone, and imagery are used. In The Juggler, the titular character is seen juggling multiple balls in his hand, using imagery such as “it takes a sky-blue juggler with five red balls.” Over the course of the poem, the speaker describes

In Tara Betts “Hip hop Analogies,” the speaker uses free verse to express that one must have support, reciprocation, and a sense of completeness or being whole in order to achieve a good relationship. The speaker says, “ If you be microphone/ then I be palm” (Betts 11-12), to express a support system. If this analogy is taken in the figurative text, it can be implied that the palm is the support and the microphone is the voice or representative of self-expression. When one uses a microphone to speak

Juggler," the speaker uses vivid imagery and figurative language to describe the skill and control of a juggler, creating a sense of admiration and awe for the juggler's ability to defy gravity and create a sense of magic and wonder through his performance. However, the speaker also recognizes the temporary nature of the juggler's feats and the eventual return to everyday life, adding a sense of nostalgia and longing to the poem. Through this description of the juggler, the speaker reveals a fascination

Think about the title before reading, and make a prediction I think that the poem will be about Ha and her family seeing something of those colors and relating to it somehow. Translate the poem into your own words. The bell dings. Everyone rises. I stand. The stand in a line. I do too Down a walkway. Turn to the left. Recieve a tray. Take food. Sit. On one half of the light, loud room, light skin. On the other side, dark skin. Both sides happy, eating, as if they never assumed someone medium would