Gwen Hardwood The emotive qualities of Gwen Harwood’s poetry resonate with her readers. She uses her own memories to illustrate love for her family, her loss of innocence and the swiftness of time passing. She demonstrates this in her poems Father and Child, The Violets and At Mornington. The poem The Violets opens with the line “It is dusk and cold,” the time of day symbolising that this persona has reached old age and is metaphorically drawing closer to nightfall or the end of her days. Death is made apparent with the negative adjective “cold.” The flowers she is picking at the beginning of this poem are clearly what stimulate her memory of childhood as they are referenced later in the poem.
The song was talking about a couple who had an argument, and the girl was trying to keep the guy stay with her so she wrote this song for him. Suzanne Vallie used a very sweet voice at first to express the passion that the couple had for each other, and then use a husky voice at the end to express the sadness that the girl felt. The next song was called “My Treasure”. This song was actually Suzanna Vallie wrote to her best friend, Macy, which already passed away. The melody of this song was very slow, I was about to sleep.
Country music tells a story usually dramatic to a harmonious tune. It places an emphasis on the lyrics and the voice is always predominant in the songs (Michaud, 2011). Dolly Parton is known as the “Queen of Country Music” (Wikipedia, 2012). She loves country music and is very enthusiastic about the same. In an interview she told the interviewee that she chose country because “There is so much passion and everyday life in the songs (Country Legends, 2011).” When taking a closer look at her songs we will be able to see this.
I could visualize that the person he is talking about is the most beautiful individual ever. I could see this by the way he compared her to “…night of cloudless climes and starry skies.” I could also sense feel as I read the poem. He described her cheek and brow, “so soft, so calm, yet eloquent,…” Figurative Language: What poetic devices were used in this poem? What did these poetic devices do for the poem? Did these devices help create imagery or communicate the author's feelings?
Although some may disagree when asked whether or not a poem has the same affect and as other forms of literature when telling a love story, I would agree. For instance, Street Love, by Walter Dean Myers, is a wonderfully written book of poetry that tells a tale of a young woman, by the name of Junice, who is rescued from a life leading to crime and later, prison, when she falls in love with Damien (a young man from a much better part of town). As one reads through the book they are taken on a journey, through Junice’s eyes and mind. You get to experience her life of hardship and sadness, which ultimately makes one feel a deeper connection with Junice and what she is put through. Even before one reads this book they cannot understand what it truly means to break away from hardship and into love without reading and comprehending the passion and love in each and every line of this poetry.
Those lines are talking about the woman as she praises her lord, praising him with a mouth of obedience to his word. She is singing her song which is her story to her lord and savior. But as the stanza continues it starts to take a turn in the message. The last few lines “til some loved objects strikes her wandering eyes’ whose silken fetters all the senses bind, and soft captivity involves the mind.” (Wheatley 1767). It goes from her rejoicing because it seems like life is good then her drowning in her sorrows.
:”what does this make me think?” (Lynn) (20) When you first meet Rose you are immediately drawn in to the talents of this beautiful woman. The songs she sang and “Hymns so sweet and mighty you expected Jesus to come down of his cross and clap”. (Bloom) Make me feel that this family is not only loving, but faithful to God. Rose is beautiful in body as well as mind and spirit. Violet is in awe of her older sister and hoping to be like her as she grows older.
Circe lured the men in with her singing and her beautiful work on her loom. “’Dear friends, no need for stealth: here’s a young weaver singing a pretty song to set the air atingle on these lawns and paven courts. Goddess she is, or lady. Shall we greet her?’” (673). When Circe took control of the men by feeding them and giving them wine but “adding her own vile pinch, to make them lose desire or thought of our dear fatherland,” (674).
Review “Good Country People” Flannery O'Connor story “Good Country People,” is a story that captures one by usage of symbolism, characterization and irony; warning people life is not pointless and human values are not worthless. Joy/Hulga is the dual-named main character that goes through a complete change throughout the story. She changes her name from Joy to Hulga, an “ugly” (171) name, to reflect her feelings about her injured body and mind. As the name is the contradictory of her real name Joy; as is her personality. The impact of Joy remaining conscious even though terribly injured as a child; when her ”…leg had been literally blasted off;” (172)indicates that Joy seems to have rejected her own body by choosing a life of intelligence.
It is very important to have good imagery in poems. Maya Angelou uses a variety of imagery to support her story in the poem, "Caged Bird". It allows the reader to paint pictures and connect the poem to his or her life. ATTITUDE: The tone of this poem is very calm but powerful. Every time she mentions something about the caged bird being free it really paints a picture on how she wants it.