Ian Paolo Villones Nelson English 11 [ 10 April 2013 ] Nikki Giovanni “Love is the only true adventure.”(Nikki Giovanni). This quote is quite inspiring not only to those who live to adventure. Not only does it show her interest in romance, also her views on adventure. Being very well known for her romantic writing, she also wrote for rebellious reasons. She was mainly inspired by Malcom X and when he was assassinated was when that side of her was seen.
Dove believes “putting these private events” alongside historical events makes the personal and historical equally important. This is seen in one of her most famous works, Thomas & Beulah, which focus on her maternal grandparents.With being a successful poet, Dove has created throughout her works, whether a poem or a play gives “the experience of connectedness [which] gives pleasure, even if what it is connecting us to is a moment of grief” (Arizona Board of Regents). Dove is able to “weave African-American experience into the broader perspective of international culture reflecting drama, commitment to social justice and sensitivity to women's issues” (qtd from The Library of Congress). Dove is a contemporary poet able to create dramatic pieces out of serious topics easy and enjoyable to
Imagery is one of the most potent instruments which a poet can use to awaken the feelings of a reader. Compare the nature and effects of images in three or four poems that you have studied. Sylvia Plath’s ‘Spinster’, Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Havisham’ along with ‘Ms. Midas’ are all poems which present the reader with strong, prominent female characters, and their perished relationships. Both poets use both color as well as natural imagery in order to depict the emotions of these women throughout the length of the poems.
Cofer, with the support of her family, attended to great schools like Augusta College where she received a B.A in English, and Florida Atlantic University where she got an M.A. Also another interesting fact about her is that, according to The Poetry Foundation web page, Cofer writing was inspired by her grandmother a storyteller in the tradition of teaching through storytelling among Puerto Rican women. Cofer tasting of two cultures American and Puerto Rican, and her points of view of racism, sexism and the struggle of the immigrant is printed all over her work making it a very interesting and delightful reading with a hint of sweet and sour savor, which intensify an already breathtaking experience. Quinceañera is one of those poems written by Cofer that you can feel it very close to you. She tells the story of a young girl who is about to turn fifteen.
The reason as to why she may of done this can be explained that the moon is significant romantic symbol for women. In conclusion, Duffy uses language to express different feelings of love by expressing her own interpetation of love in this poem. That of which, intrigues the reader into thinking in a more down to earth way about the reality of love than what a traditional love poem may cause the
Broe’s main claim points out Plath’s stupidity, progress and comedy relief of her famous poem, “Daddy.” Broe puts forth supportive, textual evidence that persuades the audience of this claim. Broe opens her critique by justifying that Plath’s poem, “Daddy,” was one of the most quoted poems written by Plath. She, then, mentions the allusion Plath created of her father and Mein Kampf. “The speaker attempts to exorcise not just the memory of her father but her own Mein Kampf model of him as well as her inherited behavioral traits that lead her graveward under the Freudian banner of death instinct or Thanato’s libido,” (Broe, 283). Furthermore, Broe is creating an emphasis on the word ‘own’ in this sentence because she claims Plath is uneducated about Mein Kampf.
Introduction Among the most promising American short story writers to emerge during the 1980s, Moore is well-known due to her clever wordplay, irony, and sardonic humor of her creative writing, all of which usually masks an underlying sadness or trauma experienced by her characters. Moore sketches the character in their stories as they are real and are living being (Roberts, pg 181-183). She gets inspiration from the events happening around her. Discussion Lorrie Moore is one of the most respected literary writers of her generation. She was born in Glen Falls, New York; Moore was interested in creative writing as a young child.
In this villanelle, Plath has used three poetic techniques including personification, symbols and opposites. Sylvia Plath has mainly used depression and suicide as a theme throughout the poem probably because she has had past experiences and wanted readers to feel what she has gone through. Sylvia Plath has used personification quite a number of times. In the first line of the second stanza, she describes ‘ The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,’ and in the following line, she writes, ‘And arbitrary darkness gallops in:’. They are used to describe how quickly the stars are leaving her without thinking twice and all that is left is darkness and sadness.
Readers, particularly women of all ages feel encouraged because Hall’s narratives are relatable. Hall’s self-exposed writing enables a reader to go beyond solely reading about her life, her writing can help a reader feel encouraged to tackle their own life obstacles. Due to Hall’s sincere and personal way of writing I felt encouraged and felt amazed at how much I not only liked her writing but learned from it as well. As I read Hall’s work I gained the impression that I was reading her personal journal. Her “journals,” in other words her autobiographical narratives such as Killing Chickens, “Shunned” and “Without a map” all reveal specific different bitter portions of her life that she has faced and overcame and reassures readers like me, that we can too.
The author Anna Keating is one of the greatest writers for America magazine, and her works has been reviewed and well judged by her peers. This article taught me a lot about the homeless, and has opened about my eyes about how hopeful they are regardless their situations. Stark, John. (August 25, 2012). Why Positive Thinking doesn’t work?