His word choice emphasizes his point that poetry shouldn’t mean anything more then what it already says. MacLeish fosters synonyms such as “mute” and “dumb” or “silent” and “wordless” to reinforce his simplistic philosophy that poetry should be. Aside from the author’s choice of words, the repetition used in Ars Poetica further highlights various aspects of poetry. Often the speaker wishes to reveal to his reader the impression that poetry should be something felt or “palpable” as he expressed it. Nearing the end of the poem, MacLeish creates a complete view of poetry after saying that “a poem should be equal to: not true” and “a poem should not mean but be”.
Reading T.S. poems at first is like reading a language that is not fluent to you. T.S. Eliot uses many different techniques for his poems to be read aloud to make no sense to then after further investigation being acquitted in to his world of the modernism era. Such techniques include personification, metaphors, epigraphs, sibilance, dramatic irony, imagery, simile and symbolism.
Stevenson 1 Jessica Stevenson Ms. Hays English 202 22 March 2012 An Explication of William Stafford’s “Ask Me” The poem “Ask Me” is not as it may seem the first time you read it, you have to read through it a second maybe even a third time in order to take notes about the true meaning that Stafford is trying to get across. William Stafford gives us a paraphrase of his own poem “Ask Me”, giving the reader a look into what the poem means to him. By giving us the reader a more in depth explanation of his work it allows us to understand the meaning within the poem itself. So now let’s take a look at it and see what his thoughts were. This poem is like no other of William Stafford’s.
An evaluation of the impact of Jean Cocteau’s poetry on his other work. This essay will look at how the early poetry and Jean Cocteau is related to his later art works such as his novels and films. To start with there will be a discussion on around Cocteau’s belief on the myth of the poetry and supernatural power of the poets. The poetical views of Cocteau’s will be examined by discussing the following opinions of some critics. The discussion will not include some different aspect to discuss his theatrical geniuses and visual masterminds because I thought it would be more helpful to concentrate on one area of his work.
Critical Essay on "Mending Wall" Critic: Craig Dworkin Source:Poetry for Students, Vol. 5, Gale, 1999. Criticism about: Robert (Lee) Frost (1874-1963), also known as: Robert Lee Frost, Robert (Lee) Frost Genre(s): Dramatic monologues; Sonnets; Lyric poetry; Essays Robert Frost's "Mending Wall," like much of his poetry, invites a range of conventional interpretations; readers may be tempted to meet its homespun wisdom with moralizing humanist pieties, or to match its smug wit with equally condescending judgements about the two characters and their psychological portraits. Moreover, if the regionalist New-England setting suggests that we read "Mending Wall" as a realistic description of a rural landscape, the poems structured oppositions and the symbolic weight of the "wall" also encourages a host of allegorical readings. On any of these counts, however, the poem comes up short.
Chuyen Le English 101 Professor Lynn Hodev 06/10/2015 Poetry has been used to express ideas and feelings in the indirect way that is fully know by the poet. However, it is hard for readers to understand those ideas and feelings unless he or she analyzes it intensively. When we analyze poems, we want to find out what meanings, emotions or feelings that poets want to convey to readers. Sylvia Plath is a very emotional writer, and her poem “Daddy” displays a very complex set of emotions. “Plath also uses her writing to unleash her personal feelings, and her signature of describing her life through her work in a way that is not biographical” (Moore , 2008).
Poetry allows flexibility to the author because it does not have a specific topic. All of the genres are incorporated into poetry, because it can be fiction, historical, drama, or non-fiction. Often, a more figurative form of speech is involved in writing poems. There is greater symbolism and the meaning requires the reader to think. Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is what gets lost in translation.” By this he means poems don’t have to make sense to be beautiful.
This results in an emphasis on dramatic action that traces the symbolic patterns of life from sin, through guilt, to redemption. Intriguing poetry often creates an alternative reality and puts a unique spin on the commonplace occurrences of everyday existence. It appeals to the reader’s senses in a manner that can be duplicated by nothing else. A poem’s form influences its interpretation and establishes its overall impact. A poet is not restricted to a set of guidelines when composing, but the use of a specific form gives the reader certain expectations that add to the meaning of a poem when they are (or are not) met.
Metaphors and Imagery in William Wordsworth’s Poetry Throughout all of William Wordsworth’s poems, he delivers his message through the use of creating images through details in his poems. By creating an image, the reader gets a better understanding of the true meaning of the poem. The use of imagery creates a realistic situation that makes the reader feel like he is witnessing or involved in the writing. William was inspired to write poetry after being on a walking tour of Switzerland and France. He became an idealist and began writing while he was still in college.
Imagery and Feeling in Poetry Many creative authors, especially in poetry, express emotion in their works through the use of imagery. This literary device is defined as the author “use[ing] figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses” (“Imagery”). This technique of revealing the authors intended sentiments through imagery is further aided by using certain figures of speech which will help touch the audiences “bodily senses” (“Imagery”). In “Fog” written by Carl Sandburg and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” written by William Wordsworth, both authors practice this writing method when describing the scenery and feeling or emotion in these poems. “Fog” was written using creative imagery when describing how the fog sits over the portrayed scene of city and harbor.