...| |Thursday, January 16th | |In class we’ll read the poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Roethke (274), practice textual analysis, and work on an | | | |outline. | | | |Homework: Pg. 276, questions 14-16, and “making an argument” 4; | | | |Read the poem, “Those Winter Sundays” by Hayden (13) and answer | | | |questions 1-6. | | | | | |Tuesday, January 21st | |In class we’ll re-read the poem, “Those Winter Sundays” by Hayden, look at an earlier draft, practice textual | | | |analysis, and work on an outline. | | | |Homework: choose one line from either poem that connects the most | |...
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...Poetry Analysis Essay October 13, 2009 Instructor: Liza Erpelo English 110 AK The Prompt • Choose a poem from R. Zamora Linmark’s The Evolution of a Sigh and write an essay in which you analyze the poem’s literary elements (parts of the poem and figures of speech) and use this analysis to interpret the meaning of this poem. The Prompt • In other words, what is the poem saying and what literary elements does the author use to demonstrate this message? Introduction Provide the necessary background information in 3 to 5 sentences: title of poem poet’s name/any relevant biographical facts summary of the poem’s subject or topic. Thesis • In your thesis, identify the literary element(s) to be analyzed and the approach or direction of the analysis. • What message is the poem sending? Sample Thesis Statement #1 In “First Lessons,” R. Zamora Linmark uses allusions to describe how not to write a poem, and then he uses imagery and allusions to describe how to write a poem properly. Sample Thesis Statement #2 R. Zamora Linmark in “First Lessons” uses imagery and verbal irony to describe how a writer can discover his or her topic, then through diction and allusion, tells the writer how to write a poem that will leave a lasting impression on readers. Sample Thesis Statement #3 In the poem “First Lessons,” R. Zamora Linmark uses allusion and visual imagery in a playful way to teach writers what to avoid and what to incorporate when composing poems based on other literary...
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...POETRY PRESENTATION RUBRIC |CATEGORIES |LEVEL 1 |LEVEL 2 |LEVEL 3 |LEVEL 4 | | |50 – 59% |60 – 69% |70 – 79% |80 – 100% | |KNOWLEDGE |Unprepared with poem and |some preparedness with poem and|considerable preparedness with |high degree of understanding of | |prepared info. |background |info. |poem and info. |research | |original ideas |Unoriginal ideas |Some original ideas |Original ideas evident |Many effective and original ideas| |background info. |Poem seems “new” to presenters |Parts of the poem have been |Much of the poem has been |The poem has been thoroughly | |Poem clearly explored | |explored |explored |explored | |THINKING |limited planning, organization,|somewhat effective |considerably effective |highly effective organization, | |planning |use of quotes and research |organization, use of quotes and|organization, use of quotes and|use...
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...Devin Murray English 101 Professor Molitoris March 18, 2014 A Breakdown of Two Small But Powerful Poems Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice” poem and Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” are ten lines or less but are poems that are extremely powerful and influential. Robert Frost talks about death but if the world ended, how would an individual want to die. Would an individual rather die by burning to death or being frozen to death? Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem is about a group of young black men who have no potential or future. All in all these poems have a vivid sense of imagery, an inspirational theme, and an odd rhyme scheme and meter. Although these two poems have two completely different subjects, they make you think and actually begin to questions certain aspects of life. In Brooks’ she sets the scene along with her characters and setting before even starting the poem. She lets know the characters are seven pool players, at the Golden Shovel. The Golden Shovel is a metaphor for these teenagers digging their own grave, when they’re supposed to be having fun, because they’re in their golden years. In lines 2-4 of her poem she talks about how the teenagers dropped out of school, stay out late, and that they commit crimes head on. This is a great example of imagery, because one can easily imagine young African-American kids not having anything to do after they dropped out of school and start to do illegal things. Therefore Brooks’ gave a great name for the setting, the Golden Shovel...
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...Analysis of "A Nation's Strength" By Ralph Waldo Emerson "A nation's strength" is a poem written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1847. I can see that it is a poem from a line of similarities that this text has to/with a poem. A poem is characterized by the composition, the use of strong verbs and precise nouns, the use of rhythm, repetitions, alliteration, line breaks and the use of metaphors, similes or personification. Poems will often rhyme but they will not sacrifice meaning for rhyme. A poem has a focused purpose (paints a picture, recreates a feeling, tells a story, captures a moment, etc). In this poem the author uses vivid imagery and metaphors to convince the reader that the strength of a nation, is not in its wealth or military powers, but in its people. I would like to start off by explaining the structural composition of this poem. The form of this poem is a bit of a mix. It has both enjambments and full stops. The enjambment (stanza 1, verse 1, 2) is when one sentence is divided into two verses. A full stop (stanza 2, vers 1) is when there is a definite break/period. It has 6 stanzas and 4 verses in each stanza. The poem has an ab ab rhyme and an 8-6-8-6 rhythm. The ab ab rhyme tells us that the last words in the sentences will rhyme in pairs, every second line. For example the first stanza rhymes; high-defy and strong-throng. The 8-6-8-6 rhythm explains the number of syllables in each verse. For example stanza 1, vers 1, 2; what makes a nation's pillars high=...
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...infamous poems” (Gradesaver.com). This seven-stanza poem was originally composed for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, which was a celebration held to mark her 60-year reign. As the time approached, he presented an entirely different poem and used this poem, The White Man’s Burden, to send to Theodore Roosevelt, who was governor of New York at the time. He sent this poem after spotting many different events across the Atlantic in the Spanish-American War. Kipling thought that sending this poem would help Roosevelt become aware of maybe losing power and an empire. All seven stanzas of this poem start with the same line “Take up the White Man’s burden—“ that goes into the second line that explains a different aspect of what should be done to help different uncivilized places by ending hunger, disease, and more for the natives, who are described as “half devil and half child.” It helped create an idea of the different responsibilities a white man should take care of with the education and possessions they have. With all this help, it was thought that it would help the Americans to develop and advance to a superior state of civilization. Generally meaning that white people have...
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...roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand-- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep--while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? Analysis My initial glance through this poem I realise that the poet is not really talking about a dream. He compares life metaphorically to a dream within a dream. The structure of this poem is not a standard rhyming pattern which halts the reader in order to absorb what is being said. The poem consists of nine couplets and two triplets. The opening stanza, for example, begins with a triplet, then shifts to couplets and the second stanza shifts from couplets to triplet in the middle then shifts back to the original pattern. The poem expresses the poet’s frustration of the uncertainty and temporariness of life and people. He compares life and dreams because when we dream, it seems so real but when we are awakened by the roar of life we realise that it was just a figment of our thoughts. This poem is extremely emotional as it begins with a sad farewell to an unknown loved one. The atmosphere is inherently disturbed when the author tells this person that his whole life was nothing but just dream. He attempts to tell us that the world we live in is perceptive and other than that it would not exist as though we have just...
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...and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! "She Walks in Beauty" is a poem written in 1814 by Lord Byron. One of Lord Byron’s most famous, it is a lyric poem that describes a woman of much beauty and elegance. TITLE: What’s Up With the Title? We usually refer to this poem simply by its first line, "She Walks in Beauty." But the first line does more than introduce the subject of the poem – a beautiful woman. The first line of the poem (and therefore the title) is an apparently conscious echo of the famous sonnet by William Shakespeare, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" (Sonnet 18). Except, of course, instead of comparing the beautiful woman to a "summer's day," Byron compares her to "night." So he's not just setting up a contrast between night and day, he's also setting up a contrast between himself and Shakespeare. This is a pretty gutsy move, if you think about it – even in the early nineteenth century, when Byron was writing, Shakespeare was generally accepted to be the greatest...
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...Poetry Analysis In “Poem of Standards” the author is anonymous, although it is about a boy who is choosing to either do what his parents want him to do for college or do what he wants to. He is stuck trying to please his family, yet also Appreciate his life. In the poem the writer uses diction, similes, and metaphors to portray that others expectations can rob people of their joy. The writer uses diction to reflect his melancholy feelings of being controlled. In the poem the character chooses photography, yet his parents wanted him to be a doctor. when he tells his family, he has graduated with a degree of photography his family just looks at him and The writer says, “But there eyes show knowledge and foreshadowing desolation (Poem of Standards 7).” So the character feels glum because he has the impression that his family doesn't want him to be joyful....
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...__________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Course Title Course Code Pre- requisite Credits : : : : World Literature Lit 02 Lit 01 3 Units Vision-Mission Statement : Instructor : Email : Office : Consultation Hours: MWF Venue : Consultation Rm. I. Course Description: Socorro D. De Jesus, Ph.D. Associate Professor 1 socorro_dejesus@hotmail.com General Education Faculty Rm, 2 nd floor, St. Anselm's Building 1 The course will introduce students to the writings of persons from selected countries across the different continents of the world. Students will gain an understanding of literary concepts to be able to interpret, analyze and evaluate various genres. Furthermore, students will have the opportunity to learn and appreciate the cultural heritage that is articulated from each literary text. II. Course Objectives: At the end of the semester, the students should be able to : 1. read and understand representative literary texts from various continents in the world. 2. analyze literary texts using the various approaches in literature. 3. employ critical thinking skills. 4. appreciate the...
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...Kazi Kabir ENC 2000-12068 Poetry Analysis 1 March 2, 2016 Word Count: “Annabel Lee:” A Tragic Love Poem Analysis "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe is a true love story ending with tragedy, and the author set the poem step-by-step with a logical sequence known as a narrative poem. He wrote this poem immediately after the death of his first wife Virginia Clemm. He married his thirteen year-old cousin, and he also faced financial difficulties. He writes down this romantic and tragic poem to remember his childhood love, and the poem tells us that Poe still has a very strong feeling in his heart for his dead wife. The young Poe is the speaker of this poem; he tells us about his true love with his sympathetic, heartbroken and sorrowful feeling. The poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe tells us about his childhood love, the love ending with a painful tragedy. Poe uses imagery, symbolism, and repetition to tell us the memory of his love, the one he has lost, known as Annabel Lee. The narrator is the speaker in the poem "Annabel Lee;" he explains his true love using his imagination throughout the entire poem. He uses vivid imagery to tell us how he lost his beloved one, Annabel Lee. In the beginning of the poem, the speaker mentions his personal feeling and appreciation about his childhood love: "She loved me no other thought, / Than to love and be loved by me" (5-6). Additionally, the poem’s third and fourth stanzas show Poe uses his mental imagination to explain how he lost...
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...Read the following poem and answer all the questions that follow. Caribbean Journal He stands outside the fencing looking in. Inside, sunbathers relishing their flesh - some white, some black, and some of other skins - diving and swimming, feign not to notice him, fingers of doubt spread wide, gripping holes of mesh. Some people on the grass are picnicking. His pants are torn; he does not have a shirt; his face, a mask of sun-flaked grease and dirt, too young to understand his day’s events, dreams mountain-slide of magic dollars and cents to cancel knowledge of the stomach’s pain; eyes learning what will later reach his brain. In time they’ll be afraid to hear his curse at god’s unholy Sunday-school arrangement, put him inside wire-mesh or worse, and sunbathe in the same sun on his hearse or perish if his bullet gets them first. (Cecil Gray) Questions a. In a single word or short phrase, state what you consider to be the most dominant subject or idea that the poem communicates. (1 mark) The most dominant subject or idea the poem communicates is b. In a single sentence, state the theme or statement that the poem makes (implies) about the subject you selected. (2 marks) c. Identify and list three effective techniques or devices that help to convey this statement. For each device you identified, write a brief statement (one sentence) explaining its effectiveness (what it contributes to the poem, its function). (6...
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...Comparative analysis Comparative Analysis of two works E M. Tu English Literature 125 M V 05 August 2012 Comparative analysis Comparative Analysis of two works The creative process is often filled with emotions, and throughout it, it is not uncommon to experience the whole gauntlet of highs, lows and everything in between. The poems, “poetry” and “constantly risking absurdity” are two works that are filled with similarities in the creative process and yet they are very different. These two works give insight to the creative process from each poet’s perspective. They are both excited by it, but they achieve their goal through traveling different routes. As much as they like and appreciate the finished product you cannot help but believe that they are just as fascinated, captivated and even enthralled by the process itself. The creative process for them is a lot like certain aspects of life, and it is demonstrated in their work. Ferlinghetti’s experience is not one made up purely of joy, in fact; it is filled with struggle, but it is a journey in search of joy and of beauty. He must take risks and is willing to do so in pursuit of the desired goal every time he performs. He starts his poem in a manner using words that immediately catches your attention. You are immediately drawn in by his description of the risks that a poet must take each time he performs before an audience. There is always the possibility that he may end up looking like a fool (risking absurdity)...
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...feelings” taking its origin from “emotion recollected in tranquility”. For Edgar Allan Poe, poetry is “the rhythmical creation of beauty”. Poets, from their own store of felt, observed or imagined experiences, select, combine, and recognize. They create significant new experiences for the readers-significant because the focused and formed in which they may gain a greater awareness and understanding of the world. Poetry can be recognized only by the response made to it by a good reader, someone who has acquired some sensitivity to poetry. There is indeed an ideal reader or listener as well as an ideal poem; and it is useful to think about them all and to consider the qualities and virtues of each. The reader has responsibilities just as the poet has. The first rule of what might be called “good readership”-at least with respect to poetry-is to approach the poem with an open mind. A poem is defined as a highly organized, complex, and unified recreation of an experience. It aims to communicate to the receptive reader a new experience, analogous to...
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...Done By: Maggie Bilal Bawab Instructor: Mohammad El-Haj Senior Project: Fall 2014-2015 Feasibility Study for Clothes Manufacturing Dedication I dedicate this project to my deceased father. He was always an inspiration to me, spiritually, personally and professionally. He has been the backbone to my achievement and accolades in all endeavors. He has constantly taught me the value of prayer, time, life, friends, school and work… Through the years I have learned many lessons from him, specifically: patience and credibility. I also dedicate this project to my instructor. He was base and the peak of my enclosed pyramid like studies. Acknowledgement I would like to thank all my friends throughout my study years. I studied with them, enjoyed free time together, and helped one another. I also thank all my instructors for teaching us new information and new studies. Also, for learning from them life experiences and knowledge. In addition, I would like to thank my parents and my family for raising me, teaching me and standing beside in every level in my life. Table of Contents Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………..10 Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………11 Chapter1: Introduction……………………………………………………………………….12 1.0 Background ………………………………………………………………………….12 1.1 Brief Description of the project………………………………………………………12 1.2 Objectives ……………………………………………………………………………13 1.3 Mission ……………………………………………………………………………...
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