Lindsey Culp AP Literature Mrs. Lawrence 13 January 2015 1943 In the poem “1943”, written by Donald Hall, was a fathomless yet direct poem pertaining to an event during the year of 1943. World War II was close to coming to an end. When I was at a young age, I knew that I would always have a greater love for history because of one man. My great-grandfather, James Edward, before he came to be with the Lord loved to tell stories especially the ones about war. His stories about times of enjoyment in the states, experiencing WWII, and getting to see God’s beautiful creation of our lands is what drew me to this poem.
Patrick describes how he knows his father and what some of his father’s last wishes were. He also advices to read Ernest Hemingway’s letters instead of all of the biographies available. I was surprised with the amount of information that I was able to find that supported my theme/main idea of “Heart break”. In my opinion Soldiers Home is really about a man with a broken heart. Most of the work I used suggests that Hemingway was a man who could not live without being in love.
The title of the poem “At Cider Mill Farm” provides the location of the poem. “Farm” has strong connotations with the quaint like countryside feel, along with crops, animals and tractors – all of which are associated with a traditional British farm. The first line of the poem: “I remember my uncle’s farm” immediately shows the poet is reminiscing about past experiences and the memories that accompany them. “Summer” has suggest warmth and happiness. This implies the speaker has fond, warm and happy memories of his time at his “uncle’s farm”.
Explore how the writer presents his relationships with his grandfathers in ‘Lines to my Grandfathers’ Use evidence from the poem to support you answers (15 Marks) The writer presents the relationships between himself and his grandparents in ‘Lines to my grandfather’ by using emotive language and verbs. It is evident though out the poem as to the feeling the poet has towards his grandfathers. These relationships are presented via memories of both relatives that live on in his current life through associated objects. The writer uses emotive language to create a distinction of feelings for both of his grandfathers in this poem. He talks about his grandfather Harrison with some dislike “he, while grandma slaved to tend the vat, graced the rival bars”.
He later went on to become ill after suffering a stroke which later led to his death. He was among the most influential poets in America. He was also known as “The Father Of Free Verse”. Seamus Heaney, on the other hand, was born in a place between Castledawson and Toomebridge in Northern Ireland in 1939 and now, still lives on to this day. Heaney writes a lot of his poetry based around the countryside and the farm life of his childhood; this is because his father is a farmer.
In saying this, we are given the personas perception of belonging in which he feels he may achieve one day as he is still young, however, for his parents, it may not be the same story. Therefore, the persona believes this is a new beginning for him, however, his parents may not achieve the belonging that the persona most likely will achieve. The last poem from the text immigrant chronicles is ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’. Feliks Skrzynecki is a poem about the persona’s father Feliks and the measures that he undertakes to create a sense of belonging for himself and his family. ‘Kept pace only with the Joneses of his own minds making’ suggests the measures that Feliks took in order for some sense of belonging.
Yet the digging it refers to is straightforward as Heaney is explaining the work that his father and grandfather did. The poem serves as an extended metaphor for revealing the roots of Heaney’s past through the power of his writing. In the first two lines of
Comment on the poem’s diction. How does diction relate to tone? Li-Young Lee uses common language. His tone is very reflective. He describes in thorough detail his memory of his father, and notices that the tenderness he is using with his wife was a result of his father.
Trine 1 Rebekah Trine Professor Rosecliffe English 105 T. Th. 22 October 2011 A Father's Love In numerous ways the poems “My Papa's Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden are very similar. Both are written from a young boy's point of view and elaborate on the relationships these two have with their fathers. They also tell of the way their fathers show their love toward them and describe their interactions, or lack thereof. There are great differences in these poems as the relationships, and interactions are described and further exploration can be done in examining the tone, diction and imagery both poems display.
It describes the place of origin and the journey Scott's ancestry traveled. In the essay when it depicts the standing of the "last great moment in history," I believe it backups the importance of Scott's heritage and why it was so special to him because his grandmother was the last generation to feel what his ancestors felt and lived. I to remember growing up and my grandfather feeding me stories of my ancestry. When I was younger, I would constantly dream up what it may have been like if I had lived on a reservation, or what it would be like to sit in the sweat