/ I thought even the bones would do (Plath 58-60)”. The narrator’s father has died, and feels as though death is the only option to relieve her pain of missing her father. Although the theme of abandonment may not be seen throughout all of Sylvia Plath’s poems, it is common in the few poems mentioned above. In the poem “The Bee Meeting” Plath writes “They are all gloved and covered, why did nobody tell me? /They are smiling and taking out veils tacked to ancient hats.
730 words Literature 100 April 25, 2011 Poetry Report: “Not Waving But Drowning” For my poetry report, I decided to read and analyze a poem by Stevie Smith titled “Not Waving But Drowning.” I found this poem interesting on many levels. Some of the language used was peculiar and somewhat foreign. Also, The way the stanzas were formed was interesting. Also, having done some research on the author, I found that the author Stevie wasn’t a man, but a woman. All these elements combined made the decision to review this poem for my report compelling to me.
Even more painful is the fact that she remembers very little about her previous life: “I [can] remember my name, my age, that I [am] a woman, but death swallowed the rest” (4). She attaches herself to different humans or “hosts”, her first being a lonely poet. Helen and this character have an unspoken bond. While the poet cannot see her ghost, they are learning from each other. This host’s life is similar to that of writer Emily Dickinson, in that they both are isolated poets who express darkness and death in a lot of their work.
“THIS IS MY LETTER TO THE WORLD” The poem, “This is my letter to the world” by Emily Dickinson, demonstrates an active release of insight to create a sense of belonging. The poem makes use of meta poetry, suggestive of her own poetry being her ‘letter’. In the first two lines, the contrast between “World” and “Me” allows the reader to experience the distance and lack of belonging felt by the speaker. The speaker conveys the lack of reciprocity or communication that she has hitherto received from society, adopting a hurt and bitter tone in the high modality statement, “That never wrote to me”. With wrote being suggestive of communicate, or therefore belonging.
Emily Dickinson was a poet and person whom did not publish her work, kept her love life low, and lived her last years of life in seclusion because she wanted privacy, which gave us some of the best poetry today. Emily Dickinson wrote poetry for most of her life and never let anyone get their hand on it. Dickinson knew she was a great poet but still did not publish her work while she was alive. In a criticism article called “The Three Privations of Emily Dickinson” by Ricahrd Wilbur he says ‘And she did say to Helen Hunt Jackson, “How can you print a piece of your soul?” (969). In this quotes Dickinson is saying that everything she writes is a part of her.
Thomas Barrett Mr. Nichols English 101 18 September 2013 Reading Analysis: Mother Tongue – Amy Tan You may be wondering how I chose a story with a name like “Mother Tongue”, and to be completely honest, I chose this story by allowing my girlfriend to open my book at a random page, in order for me to have a story that I “care” about. The story follows the dramatic, non-stereotypical life of Amy Tan as a young adult. I mention the “non stereotypical” subject, because she has made it a point in this short story to inform us of her struggle finding her educational path as a young adult. As a young Asian-American, she was pressured by her school to follow a path based in math, but throughout the years, it was apparent to her that she was better suited for a major in English. The bulk of the story explains her experience with different writing styles after her decision to focus everything on English.
The narrator in the next is 1st person; “I never told Mama. I thought that would be the end of it. But about two days later, on my way from school, he stopped his car again, and got in.” c) Who is the narrator? The narrator is a black poor girl, who lives in a bad neighborhood with her mother, who is working, as a maid, for white people. She almost never got the chance to talk and spend time with her mother, because she works all the time, and when she doesn’t, she is tired or is
Emily has a house that nobody has been to in over ten years (with exception of her Negro servant). Emily and her father had a deal going with a mayor named Colonel Sartorius that stated she did not have to pay taxes. Years passed, Emily’s father died, and her husband-to-be/sweetheart deserted her shortly after. In the aftermath of these losses, Emily rarely left her house. Her home gave off a horrid smell and the town’s people were not happy that she wasn’t paying taxes.
Emily Dickinson and the use of death as symbolism One of the best ways to portray a feeling or expression is by using symbolism, which most poetry does a good job of, however, there are few better than poetry by Emily Dickinson. The poems written by her are abstract enough where she could be talking about death and she is really talking about how she barely left her home town of Amherst, Massachusetts. She also uses symbolism to show the internal struggle of some things, such as losing your mind, symbolizing the felling of emptiness and loneness. “Because of I could not stop Death” is one poem that has the feeling that she is not saying what she means. The overall theme in the poem of death is actually another form of symbolism.
In the poem Ghaflah—the sin of forgetfulness, author Dima Hilal uses repetition and allegory to reflect the disconnect many immigrants feel between their birth country and their new home. Through the casual free verse of this poem, the author tells a serious story, reflecting on events that are real in everyone's lives. The author uses repetition to reach out to her readers and give a “you are not alone” feel. She repeats the word "we" many times, acknowledging that this disconnect is a worldwide experience. This technique also gives an interesting perspective of how many middle easterners view the western world.