Furthermore, they made me to focus more on one aspect of the poem than the others. I was significantly drawn to the aspect of old age and its prevalent connotations. This is due to the manner in which the author applied the literary elements all through. I cannot deny the great relevance of the above elements on my experience. William Carlos Williams makes great use of several elements in the presentation of the poem.
Music, dance and story telling are among the forms of art that have been kept century after century in Africa. Everyday life activities in traditional Africa included music and many other cultural experiences. Music and dance were traditions that characterized an African musical expression and played an important role in the lives of the people.The traditional music of Africa possessed a distinguishing feature of rhythmic complexity like no other continent. Music was highly functional in ethnic life, accompanying birth, marriage, hunting and even political activities.Before the 20th century, music was very different when compared to the 21st century music. Special occasions owned a distinctive type of African music.
Mending Wall: A Wall Built of Metaphor Although there are many poetic devices skillfully used in the poem, imagery, symbolism, personification, repetition, refrain, simile, and metaphor, Mending Wall is a poem that is really built on metaphor. Frosts use of metaphors, often seasoned with a pinch of humor, is what makes him special. Metaphor is his most often used and most important tool. In his poem Mending Wall there is plenty of metaphor. This poem, like most of his poems, revolves around a common object or event.
Said by Richard Wilbur (b 1921) poetry draws emotions also express strong feelings. Poetry is also imaginative. The language gives poetry power. With short stories they are usually first, second, and third person point of view. The poem Wild Geese.
The poem points to the paradox of naming: while naming is creative and powerful, it is also limiting. Once named, an object snaps into focus. But the name interferes as well: it comes between us and the object. We can think of the object now only through the name that has been attached to it. The opening line of the poem, “By naming them he made them,” connects “naming” with making (Page line 1).
Composers make use of distinctive voices within their texts to invoke a reaction and create experiences in the audience to communicate a certain perspective, which may challenge the individual’s ideas and views. The poetry of Banjo Paterson expresses the use of distinctive voices throughout his works. In Paterson’s well known poem, ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ there is a combination of language techniques, such as first person narration, visual imagery, alliteration, and rhythm, that form a distinctive voice that is able to communicate a distinct and underlying meaning to the reader. Similar to the work of Paterson is Christine Anu’s song, ‘My Island Home’ which conveys her strong connection to her homeland, convincing the responder of how beautiful the natural landscape is. Her
“Custer Speaks” and “Crazy Horse Speaks” are the two poems contained in Alexie’s book Old Shirts and New Skins. In this book, Alexie composed these two poems by standing on two opposed roles. In those poems, he described what they had felt and seen, real and imaginary. Through all these elements, Alexie tells us the Indians history and his view towards the Indians
The Simple Gift- Steven Herrick Steven Herrick has portrayed rich descriptions of belonging in his verse novel ‘The simple gift’. The verse novel allows the story to be told through first person by three main characters perspectives Billy, Old Bill and Caitlin. This makes an effect on the responders to get direct connection with the characters thoughts and build appreciation to each of the characters personalities, concepts and decisions. The economy of words used by Herrick makes the text basic and understandable in very few words, also the structure of the novel impacts the readers’ interpretation of belonging by supplying a summary and an insight of what the chapter will include using pictures and extracts on each chapter title. The
The Process of Learning to Read and Write As hard working students we know about the importance of reading and writing. Reading and writing are our regular work as well as that in order to be able to fully understand and focused in education, we should follow the basic rules and regulations in learning how to read and write, the type of reading where a reader uses different types of reading techniques. However, every reader and writer has their own style of reading and writing. Many people can grow their strategies in learning because they have their own unique styles of reading and learning. In “Learning to Read and Write,” Frederick Douglass has states that the power of knowledge is very important in our life.
The Race of Ethnicity Sandra Tirado February 12, 2014 The Race of Ethnicity In “The Welcome Table” (Walker, 1970) and “Child of the Americas” (Morales, 1986), there are both about how a person is passionate about something and are willing to do anything to get their point across. The one major similarity between a poem and a short story is tone and the one major difference is rhythm. With tone sets it is the platform for the story and/or poem. As for rhythm it is to let you feel the story and/or poem. In a poem, words are often chosen not just for their functional, text meaning, but for their sound, or feelings.