Poetry

After our class discussion with Dr. Greenberg—regarding William Blake’s background and the societal context that influenced his poetry—I began to form various connections between Blake’s Introduction to the Songs of Innocence and Jean-François Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. With regard to The Postmodern Condition, I was intrigued by Lyotard’s argument that examined the method by which individuals acquire knowledge through their own societal perspectives. Lyotard’s…

of organisms are becoming extinct every day.Is this a World you want to live in? In today’s standards, poetry is often overshadowed and much less spoken about than other matters. In reality, poetry is exceptionally repeatedly used in Songs, Raps, and pop music. Poetry has not declined, but has expanded and evolved into a diverse range of songs/poems, as listed music is one type. Slam poetry is regularly used to address world issues such as suicide (depression), Global warming, and…

Ithaka…(2)” . Additionally, the poetry adds diacritical marks above letters in names for instance, “ ...Hêrmes, cross the sea to the island of Oýgia…(4)”. Another less significant discrepancy is that with the numbers that tell you want line you are on in the epic, in the Prose version there is a number counting every five lines, but in this book there is a number every ten lines. Aesthetically, there is asymmetry in the physical layout of the pages, to…

Understanding the poems of a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry is no easy task without extensive knowledge on the background of the poet’s life. As we see in all literature, understanding what a poet is truly trying to convey is often heightened by reflecting on the experiences that the poet has had. For Robert Frost, his life consisted of a multitude of unconventional events that each had a great influence on his poetry. From the tragedies of the deaths of his wife and three out of his…

images than had Thoreau.” (McDonnell 2). Emily’s poems brought a new vividness of the world and an elaborate description that had not been seen in writing before. Emily “knew what made poetry, otherwise she could never have kept writing in the face of such public indifference.” (“Emily Dickinson” 1) which made her poetry incomparable in this time period. She wrote about topics that were controversy to the audience. She challenged conventional religious points of view many had during this time…

It is official, I have taken my first poetry class, in a way I wanted to explore my poetic side while also learning new techniques and elements that I can take to the future classes I will teach. Many times, I have heard that poetry is a joke or that it is dead thanks to music, but I strongly disagree. Poem’s are meant to be this lovely little pieces that are fresh, healthy, and unique. This is something I have learned as this semester progressed. Some of my poem have had some blandness due to…

How did Amy Lowell shape contemporary trends in american poetry? A quote of Amy Lowell shows both her determined personality and her sense of humor: "God made me a business woman, and I made myself a poet." During her career that spanned only twelve or so years, she wrote and published over 650 poems, but she is most often recognized for her work to open American readers up to contemporary trends in poetry. "Poet, propagandist, lecturer, translator, biographer, critic . . . her verve is almost…

who's real name is Neftali Reyes, life through the use of pieces of poetry and prose. This structure aids the book in discussing topics such as abuse, love, and childhood imagination. The Dreamer earned the Pura Belpré Award because of the use of both prose and poetry within this text. The poems within The Dreamer represent Neftali’s imagination. By utilizing onomatopoeia and complex imagery, Pam Muñoz Ryan demonstrates how poetry was a method of escape for Neftali.…

Every activity has a language; in this essay I will express the various types of languages that poetry preserves. The word “Poetry” comes an ancient Greek word that means to create. The language of poetry provides a meaning to a thought, an emotion, a desire or fantasy, through a more profound way of expression. Through a poem the reader creates an inner connection with the sound of the words, the position of each pause in the stanzas, and the profound thought that the writer has written the…

When he writes that “So all their praises are but prophecies/Of this our time, all you prefiguring;” (9-10) he is reflecting on the ambiguous nature of love poetry. A poem about a flawless person who the author is madly in love with could apply to most readers and can be used to express the feelings of many people. This is the fault in love poetry that Shakespeare is highlighting. Since the feeling of love is universal it is hard for a poet to uniquely capture their feelings. It becomes one of…