Speech can come from various forms of views. Some may come from an imaginary voice or 3rd person while others can come from a 1st person view. Voices can be directed to an audience or a targeted array of people. While both poems “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward” and “For My Daughter,” are both overpowering poems that affect us emotionally, “For My Daughter” gives off a negative emotional position whereas other poems showcase a different approach such as the poem “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward” which is positive. In the first line, we are introduced to Weldon Kees ' Daughter, whom, judging by the lines "Beneath the innocence of morning flesh concealed, hinting’s of death she does not heed” (“Kees” 2-3).
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She uses the metaphors “Down-keepers, Sun-slappers, Self-soilers, and harmony hushers” to describe the group of people she is portraying her speech to. The form of a poem follows a certain pattern, rhyme scheme, meter, or has a certain topic/focus, or all of the above. Haiku, limericks, sonnets, and sestinas are all forms of poetry that use conventional arrangements of meter and rhyme patterns. These two poetry’s have different forms of literature. The poem “For My Daughter” by Weldon Kees is a 14 line sonnet. Its rhyme scheme is ABABCCDEDEFFGG. The poem, which is very dark and pessimistic, describes the scenarios that he sees possible for his daughter when she grows up. All of these are terrible futures and troublesome thoughts for the parents of girls or those who have young siblings that are girls. The Poem “Gwendolyn Brooks Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress- Toward is a Lyrical Poem. It has purpose, it is short, and has a single speaker who expresses personal thoughts and feelings which is Gwendolyn. It focuses in on the idea that we should “Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.” (“Brooks”
She uses the metaphors “Down-keepers, Sun-slappers, Self-soilers, and harmony hushers” to describe the group of people she is portraying her speech to. The form of a poem follows a certain pattern, rhyme scheme, meter, or has a certain topic/focus, or all of the above. Haiku, limericks, sonnets, and sestinas are all forms of poetry that use conventional arrangements of meter and rhyme patterns. These two poetry’s have different forms of literature. The poem “For My Daughter” by Weldon Kees is a 14 line sonnet. Its rhyme scheme is ABABCCDEDEFFGG. The poem, which is very dark and pessimistic, describes the scenarios that he sees possible for his daughter when she grows up. All of these are terrible futures and troublesome thoughts for the parents of girls or those who have young siblings that are girls. The Poem “Gwendolyn Brooks Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress- Toward is a Lyrical Poem. It has purpose, it is short, and has a single speaker who expresses personal thoughts and feelings which is Gwendolyn. It focuses in on the idea that we should “Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.” (“Brooks”