“Foulcher’s world is caught in clear images that catch our attention but are not always pleasant. The conflict is expressed in the paradox of the title of his poetry anthology – Light pressure.” Foulcher uses imagery and other language features to shape the reader’s response to his poetry.. Imagery used in his poetry is not always pleasant. This is shown in Bradman’s Last Innings, Kangaroo’s near Hay and For the Fire. For the Fire and Kangaroos near Hay show very similar themes: the violence of nature, death, appearance versus reality, while Bradman’s Last Innings largely proposes a contrast to the other two poems.
Firstly, Donne's poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of images. The poem offers elaborate parallels between apparently dissimilar things, “Then as th’ earth’s inward narrow crooked lanes, Do purge sea water’s fretful salt away,” (Donne, Lines 6-7) Donne's poem expresses a wide variety of emotions and attitudes, as if Donne himself were trying to define his experience of love through his poetry. Although, “The Triple Fool” gives a limited view of Donne’s attitude towards love, Donne treats the poem as a part of experience, giving insight into the complex range of experiences concerning love and grief, “I thought, if I could draw my pains through rhyme's vexation, I should them allay.” (Donne, Lines 8-9) Overall, the imagery in “The Triple Fool,” contributes to Donne’s sorrowful diction of love and grief. Moreover, Donne explains that poetry is for love and grief, and not for pleasing things, but songs make love and grief even worse. The first verse of the poem states that he is two times a fool, a fool for loving, and a fool for admitting it, “I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.” (Donne, Lines 1-3) Donne follows to say that he would still not be wise, even if “she” (Donne, Line 5) returned his love.
While religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spiritual and, sometimes, to moral values. The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with faith of belief system, but religion differs from private belief in that it has a public aspect. Like poetry, religion is organized. In the poem “Poetry and Religion”, by Les Murray, he implores the similarity of poetry and religion. The poem begins with the statement “ Religions are poems”, line 1,that shows the similarity between them.
Jaguars are solitary animals who live and hunt alone, except for mating season. Male jaguars aggressively protect its home range. Also they have very powerful jaws and sharp teeth, which they use to strike the prey in one crushing bite to the skull. Jaguars are a keystone species, playing an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating the populations of the animal it hunts. The ancestral origin of the jaguar is guessed to be a hybrid of a lion and a panther, but is also known to originate from the lion (lion-tiger-leopard-jaguar).
Various images aid the reader in the depiction of the brilliant theme in this outstanding poem. Furthermore, the numerous effective metaphors used in “I, Icarus” compare to the subtle message the writer attempts to get across. This is why a thorough understanding of these essential poetic devices is absolutely crucial in order to interpret the meaning of the poem: reaching for your dreams and going where nobody has gone before. In conclusion, Wayne Gretzky once said: “You will always miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t
In “The Tyger’,” written by Blake in 1794 as part of his Songs of Experience collection, Blake’s does not give readers a blatantly judgement of the magnificent tiger, instead Blake imposes a series of questions as the single dramatic gesture of the poem to urge readers to consider the implications of a creator making such a creature. Imploring a string of questions allows readers to consider for themselves what Blake may have been alluding to in this poem, that is, what creator could make such a fearsome and beautiful creature as the tiger, and why? Blake writes, “Tyger Tyger, burning bright/ in the forests of the night,” (line 1-2) in these opening two lines, Blake endows the tiger with extraordinary aesthetic features (burning bright), as well as an unknown, and innately dark origin (being of the night, in the forest). From establishing the awe-striking nature of the tiger as well as the darkness inside such a magnificent creature, Blake asks the tiger what immortal being could have possible conceived to create the tiger. It is from this line that Blake continues to question why the tiger’s creator could have allowed himself to birth such a destructive and seductive creature.
It says tis of countries come and go and are no more what of it, this line implies that the patriot is very dramatic but then the speaker mocks the patriot by putting “what of it”. This is very different to the poem Hawk Roosting as the poem describes a Hawks perception of itself. The hawk is arrogant and can be compared to a dictator as he considers himself all-powerful. Both poems share the theme of violence and talk about power, however how these themes are addressed are very different. The form of both poems is very different.
Every poet has his or her own style of writing which makes each poem individual and unique. Although they might share similar themes, the way a poem is delivered to the reader can vary indefinitely. If we take two completely opposite poems such as the ones entitled You are reading this too fast by Ken Norris and Sonnet CXXX by William Shakespeare we can find some similarities in their cores. What unites these two poems is their ability to evoke emotions of love in different yet parallel ways. Other similarities lie in the poetic features such as language, similes, and rhyme scheme.
Quote “In the pool where no fish come”(Cohen, line 11) illustrate narrators feeling of sadness and loneliness in his life. In the end “ A Kite Is A Victim” is a serious poem with deep theme and touchy tone. The pacing of this poem is done at a very unhurried speed, with that speed remaining a constant throughout the course of the poem. This slow protracted speed can easily be seen on lines such as “Gentle enough to call you master “(Cohen, line 3) and “Strong enough to call you fool (Cohen, line 4).” Also, many of the stanzas in the poem contain a similar number of symbols, which allows for a balanced read as there are no
Hawk Roosting vs. Golden Retrievals The perspective of animals is one not often discussed in poetry. In Ted Hughes’ “Hawk Roosting” and Mark Doty’s “Golden Retrievals” the speakers are actual animals. Although both poems share the idea of using an animal as a speaker, they differ greatly in imagery, connotation, and diction. In “Hawk Roosting,” the hawk looks down upon the world around him. The “earth’s face is upward for (his) inspection” and he “holds creation in (his) foot.” The arrogance and self-importance of the hawk are conveyed through the God-like diction.