Poetry arouses great emotions in people. How have four poems “aroused emotions” in you? What have you learnt about war and the emotions associated with it?…
Compare and contrast the two poems; analyzing how poet uses literary devices to make his point.…
Without an understanding of the time period when a poem is developed, we fail to fully appreciate and understand the purpose and messages within such compositions. While the contextual detail of some poems may be fairly simple, the way poets put words together often makes these themes, messages and forms abstract and confusing. A reader must attempt to delve deeper and study the context of society, culture, and that of the writer at the time of composition, or they will interpret and push away composed material as meaningless ‘mumbo-jumbo’ – which is what works by poets like T.S. Eliot strived to avoid.…
8. How does the poem apply to contemporary life? What passages could serve as satirical commentaries on people’s behavior today?…
Compare the ways poets present relationships in ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ and in one other poem from Character and Voice…
1. How does the information contained in this statement aid us in our interpretation of poetry? What does it tell us into utterance? How has a previous equilibrium been unsettled? What is the speaker upset6 about?…
Literature has long been difficult to understand, an author’s use of rhetoric can be analyzed to have many different significances as well as meanings. Poetry is particularly difficult to analyze, thus many writers and critics have created their own arguments for the meaning of different pieces. As literary critics and scholars ourselves, we in this English 100W class must determine what arguments we find valid, and which arguments give us deeper insight on pieces that we read and study.…
Often in poetry writers use faulty arguments arguing a claim over invalid and deceiving information. This creates more of a dramatic and unrealistic appeal, but brings more emphasis and expression to their writing. There are many different arguments that could be used the highlight the meaning in poetry. In Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress,” and Roberts Herrick’s “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” the writer reflects his faultiness by using scare tactics, band wagon appeals, and hasty generalizations.…
“Poetry focusing on villainy and wrongdoing or even on foolish characters with dark minds, often produces engaging material for the reader or the listener”.…
Browning and Walker have both got speakers, which revolve around a sense of pride, but riches surround one and the other speaker is average economically. I will evaluate the way the speakers are presented in the poems.…
Summary (Conclusion) – a final statement about the use and effect of distinctive voices in this poem.…
Cadence is an often overlooked aspect of writing that is significant in the attempt to understand the meaning of text. The use of cadence is most often only considered relevant in an approach to poetry or music; however, poetic form is used in other genres of writing and is an applicable approach to literary criticism. An author’s intended message is intricately woven into the cadence in which the words are to be delivered. In order to appreciate the words of Shakespeare, in particular, one must consider the implications of intended cadence. Although Shakespeare’s work can be enjoyed through a silent reading, certain nuances of his plays are lost without the aspect of performance or delivery in which the cadence is more visible.…
Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.…
What is the aim of the poem? Does it, for example, describe an experience, describe a place, or protest about something? Try asking yourself why the poet wrote the poem.…
The diction within the poem emphasizes the tension between the “everyman” and “the authority”. A struggle can both be seen and felt with the very word choice incorporated. Several uses of this can be seen in the third stanza regarding the politicians. Instead of being forward in asking…