Both of the writings exemplify a certain regret towards her death, yet Gedds' poetry creates an artistic channel which quickly pulls on the reigns of the readers emotions. The Akron Beacon Journal concentrates almost primarily on the fact that Scheuer was unlike many of the students who were protesting, and only touches on the irony within her death. The excerpt is written in the form of any serious news article; very straight forward, containing no metaphors or any liberal literary devices. In comparison, Geddes uses a variety of literary techniques whilst explaining the story of the young woman’s passing. A single example of his decorative writing is shown when Geddes writes of the possibility of a relationship existing between the shooter and Ms.Scheuer.
Here are a couple other reasons to consider. The content of many of Plath's poems plays on rich and specific raw emotions. She did this through crafting specific images and symbols with carefully chosen words and figures of speech. Generally choosing everyday experiences and items to write about, she did indeed write about some of the pain in her life including the "The Jailer" about her husband Ted Hughes who had cheated on her, and "Daddy" about her father who abused her. These topic choices come from truthful circumstances, but readers generally really sympathize with Plath because of her suicide and what led her to it.
To really understand The Raven one must understand the creativity and sickness of the poet. Edgar Allen Poe had a drinking problem (as many already know) but he also had bipolar disease and / or split personality. Edgar Allen Poe wrote in this style because it was very popular at the time. He specialized in horror and terror because he discovered they were popular. Edgar Allen Poe wrote The Raven because his wife, Virginia, was dying of tuberculosis.
Thomas Foster writes in Read Literature Like a Professor, that heart disease is a very common symbolic pattern in literature as well. He said, “there is no better, no more lyrical, no more perfectly metaphorical illness than heart disease” (Foster 208). The heart is, “the symbolic repository of emotion” (Foster 208). The main character of Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, supposedly suffers and dies from this very disease. Like many stories, Mrs. Mallard exhibits a romantic detachment as an illness of the heart.
Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems deal with the different contexts of death. There is a recurring pattern in terms of the form of her poems. Her poems are also very rich in imageries, symbolisms, figures of speech, and unconventional grammar. The poems that would be discussed in this paper are as follows: "I heard a Fly buzz — when I died", , "The last Night that She lived", "Because I could not stop for Death", “I felt a Funeral in my Brain”, and “Safe in the Alabaster Chambers”. Although death is one of the most used themes of Emily Dickinson in her poems, the readers wouldn’t feel boring because those poems provide us with different perspective of life and death.
Elizabeth Strout’s novel Olive Kitteridge introduces the unforgettable character, Olive Kitteridge, who is trying to make sense of her life and marriage. Olive is a hardened, stubborn woman whose outlook on life often clashes with those close to her. Olive is often portrayed as cold and unpleasant, but there are times when she has shown her softer side. In "Incoming Tide" Olive showed this gentle side of her when she spent time talking with Kevin Coulson, a former student of hers. Now an adult Kevin had completed medical school and returned to his childhood home to commit suicide in almost the same manner as his mother did.
This can be seen in her poem “Upon a Fit of Sickness,†in which she wrote about a time in which she came close to death when struck by a plague. Anne lost many of her friends and neighbors to sicknesses (www.library.utoronto.ca). Some of Anne’s other works include “The Prologue,†“The Vanity of All Worldly Thingsâ€, and many “Meditations†(www.britannic.com) <br> Anne Bradstreet was truly a pioneer of poetry. When Bradstreet was being published, female writers were unheard of. Bradstreet’s Puritan beliefs were obviously a very big part of her life because they influence almost every one of her works (www.encarta.msn.com).
Alisa Key August 16, 2010 AP English 11 The Scarlet Letter The progression of Hester throughout The Scarlet Letter was dramatic and varied greatly. In the beginning of the book she was feeling ashamed, isolated, and shunned by the townspeople. To her, the “A” stood for more than adultery, it stood for “ashamed.” She was being imprisoned by the judgment of others; the lock was a simple scarlet letter. She was living while being haunted by her past. Even seeing her own daughter, Pearl, would sometimes bring up the emotion of her sin all over again.
A Lesson in Mastering Loss Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” is about loss. In it she mentions many of the small losses in life that we may experience but she is clearly talking about losing a love. Who she is speaking to in this poem is unclear but there is evidence to show that she and she alone is her own audience for this poem. She expresses denial, anger, blame, regret, humor and in the end she exclaims “Write it!”, which looks to be directed from the speaker to herself, either way it can be construed as acceptance. In the poem she goes through increasingly bigger losses that she quickly dismisses in a sarcastic manner until she reaches the loss of her lover.
An Adventure of “Diving into the Wreck” Adrienne Rich, according to the editors of The Norton Anthology of American Literature, is a poet who “addresses with particular power the experiences of women, experiences often omitted from history and misrepresented in literature” (1444). It is known that Rich is a political poet, and often connected her work with her feelings. In 1972 when Diving into the Wreck was written, the United States was facing many issues such as the Vietnam War, the struggle for women's rights, and the Civil Rights Movement. Rich’s personal life experiences were also a possible impact, starting with her marriage collapsing and ex-husband committing suicide shortly after. Although these political issues and personal tragedies don’t explain everything, they make evident connections in her journey to a different world.