| Oranges, by Gary Soto (1995) Melinda Bailey ENG125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Andrea Moak January 15, 2012 | Oranges by Gary Soto (1995) I believe the symbolism of the state of California and the “Two Oranges” in his pocket was the main reason that I selected this poem of the many poems in week’s text. Gary Soto’s Bio was also very interesting to me coming from Fresno, CA. a small town very near my own small home town of Yuba City, CA... As the poem of “Orange”, it begins with a soft and somewhat comfortable tone, setting the feeling up for the entire poem. Thirdly, I must say the language was somehow familiar to the days in which I remember in December 1995, in the great state of California. The first
Poem Review: Week 4 Assignment Jenni Janssen ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Alex Vuilleumier January 16, 2012 Poem Review: Week Four Assignment The most enticing poems use rhythm, rhyme, symbolism, which help many readers enjoy them. These three literary elements of a poem make it easier to personalize and help the reader to visualize the picture that is being “painted”. A poem written in first person narration, which also contained persona, rhythm, rhyme and symbolism, is “My Papa’s Waltz”. This poem was written by Theodore Roethke in 1942. “My Papa’s Waltz” was composed about a young boy and his father and written in a very rhythmic form.
To Waken an Old Lady is a poem that was authored by William Carlos Williams. The poem essentially focuses on the aspect of old age. Therefore, the writer utilizes numerous bookish tools so as to construct the poem. In my experience of reading the poem I got attracted to the manner in which the author presented the poem the use of literary devices actually affected my experience. The use aspects of content, language and form were of greatest significance in the entire poem.
Poem May 12, 2014. ENG125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Heather Auger “My Papa’s Waltz” was the poem narrative Theodore Roethke made very interesting. This reading was fascinating poem. It really allowed the reader to engage with the emotion and interpretation. There will be several elements I will identify with and show how the literacy works.
Paul Avery Dr. Rustelli English 1302 2/21/2011 “Cathedral” In Raymond Carter’s “Cathedral”, positive influence is demonstrated between the main character and all of the characters in the short story. Carter’s central character, Robert (the blind man), is the influential thread that pulls the entire short story together. Robert influences the narrator’s wife, his own wife Beulah, and particularly, the narrator himself. They all have life changing experiences after their association with the blind man. Robert positively influences the narrator’s wife for many, many years.
Letter of Advice Hanna Ah-Mai COM 200: Interpersonal Communication Professor Robert Givenrod November 19, 2012 Letter of Advice Dear Tim and Sandy, God is good! All the time! Hello guys, hope you receive this advice letter and enjoy reading it. Remember I mentioned in our fellowship about my course I am taking right now (Interpersonal Communication) this course has helped me and my relationship build what was lacked and my and husband and I are getting back in track like it used to be. In this life we always have our ups and downs when it comes to communication.
Her father’s friends in the literary circles were often socialising with the Godwin household, Shelley famously had Samuel Taylor Coleridge recite passages of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to her as a child, a writer who helped launch the romantic movement, and, a poem that is of even more strikingly important now as it was then. The sublime plays an important role in Shelley’s debut novel, it creates this serene atmosphere which seems to represent nature and God’s superiority over
“Embrace” illustrates how a person appears “normal” by appearing to be embraced in a hug, however, when the person turns, they show his true feeling of loneliness. Collins uses the simple metaphor of a “parlor trick” to illustrate the characters true feelings. “The piercing chill I feel” illustrates how after losing his wife, the character feels a chill after stepping on a comb that reminds him of his deceased wife. Buson portrays a comb as a representation of many memories and makes the widower feel as though he just made physical contact with his deceased wife. Both of the poems have the same tone, they are both very serious poems about different emotions people feel.
ROSEMARY DOBSON “Confidence is what we get when we take fear, face it and replace it.” This quote by Tim Fargo defines discovery as continuously having the sense of mind to be intrigued by curiosity and anticipation. Good afternoon fellow classmates and staff members. Rosemary Dobson, one of Australia’s award winning poets who have recently passed away in 2012, explored and demonstrated her love of art and antiquity in her poetry through an economical and very visual style of writing. Dobson is also known to write very much like an imagist poet. Henceforth, through Dobson’s poetic vision, readers discover new insights and experience through curiosity and maturation.
Poetry and Figurative Language Paper John Kearns ENG 340 April 3, 2014 Rick Hanson Poetry and Figurative Language Paper Select three poems from this week’s readings, and identify imagery, metaphors, rhyme and structure. • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you define imagery, metaphors, rhyme, and structure, provide examples from the readings, and discuss the importance of figurative language in poetry and how it communicates to the reader. Hart Crane, “My Grandmother’s Love Letters” (p. 295) Imagery: I picture it starting with an image of a dark night, then goes to that of a winter snowy day, then to a retirement facility. Rhythms: Figurative Languages: Simile Metaphors: stars to memory; sound of the rain to the pitying of laughter There are no stars tonight But those of memory Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain There is even room enough For the letters of my mother’s mother Elizabeth That have been pressed so long Into that corner of the roof That they are brown and soft And liable to melt as snow Over the greatness of such space Steps must be gentle It is all hung by an invisible white hair It trembles as birch limbs webbing the air And I ask myself: “Are your fingers long enough to play Old keys that are but echoes: Is the silence strong enough To carry back the music to its source And back to you again As though to her?” Yet I would lead my grandmother by the hand Through much of what she would not understand; And so I stumble. And the rain continues of the roof With such a sound of gently pitying laughter.