In another piece by Hughes, “I, Too”, he demonstrates how even though the “darker brother” doesn’t get treated as an equal now, there will come a day when [we] will gain the respect and equality we deserve. There will be a day when [I] will be will be recognized as an American just as others. These are just some of the visible themes Hughes displays in his poetry. Hughes metaphoric usage in these poems can open your mind to view his poems in many ways. Both poems have multiple interpretations but lead to the same point.
Judgment and Creativity This semester, notably the second half of it, has brought about a lot of thinking about judgment and how it correlates with creativity. There were examples from a number of readings (Cat's Eye, My Name is Asher Lev, Great Stories, and Snake and Other Poems) that specifically caught my attention as a reader and captured how culture's judgment affects personal creativity among certain characters. Being judged not only allows us to identify creativity, but also can steer us away from it. The relationship between the two ideas shapes the stories that contain them, and is really what these texts are trying to reveal to their readers. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood contains judgment that comes from many different characters, switching back and forth from Elaine, the main character, to others that are around her and influence her.
William Wordsworth is remembered as the founder of the Romantic Movement instead of William Blake. I believe this is because Blake had darker meanings behind his poetry. People probably were more attracted to Wordsworth because he had a warmer feel to his poetry. The fact that many people viewed Blake as crazy might, too, be a reason this occured. He did things most wouldn't find normal.
Cheri Ghant Jody Weaver ENC 1101 – 14560 October 6, 2011 Style and its Relationship to Good Writing Style, it’s a small word that packs a powerful punch, and most writers do not stop to think about what it truly means. Writing style is the manner in which a writer chooses to write to his or her audience. A style reveals both the writer’s personality and voice, but it also shows how he or she perceives the audience, and chooses conceptual writing style which reveals those choices by which the writer may change the conceptual world of the overall character of the work. Initially, I thought style was a personal element in writing specific to the writer and to change this personalized style of writing was absolutely forbidden. What is a good writer?
Analyzing “Introduction to Poetry” “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins is a poem that seeks to teach a reader to listen to a poem for all its beauty and not to tear it apart. Poetry is a beautiful form of art that is not always easily understood by most concrete thinkers. Like a painting with different textures and colors and details, poetry is an expression of art that is set to a rhythm. It is created to illicit memories or feelings or images that not all people share. In the first stanza Collins writes: I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide Here we see that his poem is written in first person about them (being the student) and what he wants them to do with a poem.
Reader response theory is a criticism that focuses on how the literary work gives some effects to the reader, this criticism is based on reader interpretation towards the literary work. In reader response theory, it believed that the reader is the one who keeps the literary work from extinction, because many literary works are produced day by day, so the response from the reader keeps literary works alive. Here this criticism is implemented in the poem “Joe Hill” by Alfred Hayes and the statement from the main character of novel The Old Man and the Sea “Man can be destroyed but cannot be defeated”. Through the analysis with the usage of reader response theory, some of the similarity between the repetitive statement “I never died, I never died” and “Man can be destroyed but cannot be defeated”. In the
He claims that the best writing is writing that not only amuses the reader, but impacts them as well; and in order to do that, a writer must be in touch with their emotions. Without emotions, such as fear, a writer simply writes as if they have forgotten the problems of the human heart. In the speech, Faulkner continues provide the necessary steps in writing for a bigger purpose: to fulfill their duty as writers. Faulkner challenges young writers to become the pillars for an unbalanced society by sprinkling the speech with antonyms, parallelisms, and polysyndetons. When opening up the speech, Faulkner describes the type of writer he is by incorporating antonyms.
By using the colors; symbols and literary language like metaphors; and allusions; etc, an author makes a book deeper and more interesting. These things seem so simple, but actually they inspire the reader to better understand the meaning and theme. These also make the story more attractive. The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a good example; this story is full of colors, symbols, etc. Throughout the story, the author describes about the society in the 1920’s.
A strategy in the early renascence was to use rhetorical as an advantage point to argue their political opinions about what was happening around them without being antagonize. This allowed for their and others opinions to be voiced within the words of poetry. conclude gracefully, complimenting the audience on their humanity and common
So after analyzing, the poem myself and researching a couple analysis’s by differencing authors, the theme began to unravel. As I further analyzed the poem the my understanding of the theme grew. I think the theme of this poem is a very important one, and the way the message was written by Frost, having the whole poem basically be a metaphor, made it a really enjoyable read. Some poems are very long and are stories, and are quite complex and some use words that I need to Google before understanding the line (cough cough Shakespeare) but Fire and Ice was pretty simple but still got the message out well, in an efficient and smart way. All in all I enjoyed this poem a lot, which made the task of completing the assignment not as strenuous and boring as I expected.