Ansley Rehorn March 1, 2010 Class: Tuesday/ Thursday @2 Poetry Explication Essay “The Peace of Wild Things” “The Peace of Wild Things” is a poem that uses a unique approach of words to explains a fathers worries about his family and life’s challenges, and how he gets peace at night. The Author, Wendell Berry, is an American Author who writes non fiction pieces that speak of lifes values. The speaker or narrator in this poem is a father who cares for her children but seeks to find peace. What I received from this poem is that the narrator is a man because of the words he uses and how he mentions that he protects his children. When I think of protection, I think of a man, such as my father, because a father is who many go to for
but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (90). Atticus tells his children this, and the lesson is then reinforced by a neighbor, Miss Maudie, telling the two children that their father was right in his teaching. Atticus effectively told his children not to harm the innocent, who do harm to nothing or noone. Arthur Radley is later called a mockingbird by Scout, after she realizes that bringing him to court for saving her and her brother by stabbing Bob Ewell would be similar to shooting a mockingbird.
The Birds: Movie vs. Book In this essay I will be discussing the similarities and the differences in the movie the birds by: Alfred Hitchcock and the book by: Daphne du Maurier. And giving my opinion to which I liked and why. In the movie the birds, a young lady by the name Melanie Daniels is attacked many times by birds. In the beginning she is trying to help a man find some love birds. The man leaves after making her feel dumb and useless.
John James Audubon and Annie Dillard both wrote short passages describing large flocks of birds using vivid imagery and descriptive diction to convey the effect that the flocks had on them as an observer. Both passages have an awed and laudatory tone since the writers seem to be enchanted by the beauty o the birds. While Audubon gives a literal description of what he saw, Dillard describes the birds through the extensive use of figurative language. The descriptive diction in both passages serves to give the reader a mental image of what the writer saw as the birds flew by. Audubon uses phrases like “countless multitudes” and “immense legions” to describe the large amount of birds that he watched fill the sky.
Michellae Brown Ms. Horton AP Lit. And Comp. Rhetorical Essay (Final) The beauty of birds in flight is all in the eye of the beholder. Two experiences of bird watching by Audubon and Dillard differ, one is objectively descriptive while the other is poetic in nature. In Audubon’s essay, he uses “objective” diction to create impartial and precise aspects of the birds in flock, with words such as “extreme beauty” and “immense legions.” He uses words such as these to not compare the birds to actual life, but to describe the image he sees and how it makes him feel.
Chopin’s use of birds In Kate Chopin`s novel The Awakening, she often utilizes the various images of birds. Chopin begins the story with two birds a green and yellow parrot, and a persistent mocking bird. Both birds can symbolize ideas about the story from their description and their characteristics. In the beginning of the story the parrot says; Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en!
A.P. Literature 10 August 2011 In “Roosting Hawk” and “Golden Retrievals,” the speakers portray the world through there own perspective. The persona in this poem is coming from two contrasting animals; the speakers are a hawk and a golden retriever. The authors use numerous literary devices such as diction, syntax, imagery, and themes to reveal the diverse views of these personified animals. In “Roosting Hawk,” the author uses diction to expose the arrogance of the hawk by making him appear to look almost God-like or divine.
in many ways these poems are similar, and very beautiful. In "A Barred Owl" and "The History Teacher", the two poets have similar meanings behind what their poems are saying, in that they both capture how a child's innocence is made by lies from adults. In "A Barred Owl", Richard Wilbur discusses how someone keeps the fears of life away from a child, for, "Words, which can make our terrors bravely clear, Can also thus domesticate a fear" (7-8). This is like "The History Teacher", by Billy Collins, because in the his poem, Collins introduces his interactions with the children with, "Trying to protect his students' innocence." (1).
Falcon trainers often do this to their birds until they begin to depend on their trainer. Another example from the story that helps with the compression is when Petruchio rewards Kate with food and clothes. By doing this, Petruchio is teasing her with things she wants. Falcon trainers do this exact same thing to their birds as they begin to rely on their trainer because it wants the rewards available. Instead of training Kate to hunt like a falcon, Petruchio trained her to love and serve him.
. but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This shows how Jem is learning from other people and he finally understands the lessons his father had taught him and