One Art One Art by Elizabeth Bishop is a poem about the art of losing. Bishop writes about the art of losing as if it were something you can learn to master with practice. She goes from speaking of losing things as little as keys to talking about losing “you”, which we can assume is someone close to her. This poem, although it sounds as though it would be depressing, manages to maintain an upbeat attitude throughout. The first section of the poem is less personal and written in second person.
It’s a part of life and a part of every day. Like the author and most people, they hope for a trouble that is so small they can forget about it and forget it is there, as seen in the line, “Make it small, please. Let it fit in my pocket, let it fall through the hole in my pocket.” I think most people should be able to relate to this poem, if not all people. Everyone has fears and troubles, no matter how invincible and perfect they may seem. “He follows us, he keeps track.” By ‘us’ I think the author is referring to people, as I mentioned before.
The reader can defiantly tell she did not want to marry Tom; we can also go deeper into the novel and notice the note and begin to assume she loved Gatsby by the way she clutched the letter while in tears. This absolutely detracts from her innocent character Fitzgerald has positioned her as. The reader can again see another side of Mrs. Buchanan when her daughter Pammy is introduced in the novel. Daisy
“Simply” is not a powerful enough word and because it suggests that the narrator finds it easy to deal with the pain of wishing death upon herself. “Frankly” is a definitive word, and it also conveys the feeling that the narrator is being direct and making a difficult, yet forthright statement despite the consequences of its dismal meaning. Carson stayed true to Sappho’s unusually wide spacing in between stanzas which makes the tone of the poem more concrete. The narrator is in despair and at a loss for words. She no longer wants to live, and therefore, it is hard for her to convey her feelings.
There is acceptance that the past is to be valued and that it cannot ever be lived again. Memory shows the retrieval of the past in this poem, and it creates awareness of mortality in an attempt to defeat the tyranny of time and knowledge of death. “The Violets” show a melancholy mood which holds emotion and memory in the conscious
She is aware of the fact that many people are uncomfortable with the word “cripple”, but “wants them to wince”. Only she knows all the ways having MS has affected her and believes that “cripple” is the best word to describe her because it is “straightforward and precise”. She believes other words such as “disabled” and “handicapped” “move away from [her] condition”. Though she is not exactly lucky to have the condition she has she wants to be seen as someone “who can face the brutal truth of her existence squarely”. She has lost full use of her limbs and “refuses to…deny that [she has] lost anything” while having her disease.
Merwin, Woloch’s poems arises from her own observation of the world and experience. Her works are mostly about one's innermost feeling. Feelings those are hurtful, hopeless, and overwhelming; also about the wretchedness in relationships –family, friends, and lover. She once stated in an interview that when a person is emotionally disturbed by grief, they tend to perceive words more effectively than those who are not. Therefore, the usage of short but striking words are alike an apperception for those who once were in a brittle state, making her work sensible and prominent.
A. Explicate (meaning analyze and interpret) a single poem The poem: Resume by Dorothy Parker I chose the poem Resume by Dorothy Parker because her callousness and frank tone in this poem is amusing and although she is kind of making light of the subject of suicide, her use of satire is entertaining. This poem is short, concise and straight to the point. A lot of people can appreciate how she does not attempt to mince words; she says exactly what she means. She lists the ways one can commit suicide but you can tell the central theme of this piece is that suicide is simply not worth all the extra effort. One can tell she feels living is a lot easier than taking one’s life.
While he is not seen as a saint within the poem (he remarks in a sarcastic matter to Plath in the poem), he positions the reader to empathise with him, painting the image that he is the placid one in the relationship, and the one who encourages her to embark on her creative pursuits “Get that shoulder under your stanzas/ And we’ll be away.”. The repeated use of the pronoun “your” creates an accusatory tone, suggesting that they were living Plath’s life, rather than their life. The poem also hints that Plath’s father was a monster. He describes her father as a goblin that influenced and controlled the mind of Plath’s. He even goes one step further
From the first section, ‘Touch Me, Life, Not Softly’, we are immediately introduced to the painful aspects of being in a romantic relationship. In her poem, ‘A Kind of Love, Some Say’ it discusses the complexity of being abused by the one you love. The title itself suggests it’s still considered as love however it’s a different “Kind”. This shows how humans, despite how bad some circumstances are, need to feel like they are loved. In Angelou’s eye’s it’s clear the term love doesn’t have one definition simply because love can be defined in many ways so everyone will have their own perception.