The Next Line

Breaking apart this poem, a verb has started every line leading up to this couplet (line 7). As readers, it is difficult to comprehend what Brooks or the seven pool players meant by “Jazz June.” Some thought that it was a sexual term. Considering that “Jazz” is a verb, people found ways to look at the word sexually and to replace the phrase “have sex with.” At first glance, the reader reads the word “June” as a month, but considering that “Jazz” should be a verb, readers could possibly presume that “June” be a person’s name. Looking at this line a different way, readers would see “June” as a time of celebration, freedom, considering its around the time school tends to end. “Jazz” would then be considered a form of celebration or dancing of some sort. The next line drastically changes the tone of the whole poem. The rebellious young boys go from having a good time and bragging about there behavior, and now admit that drinking, lurking, and playing pool will lead to an early death. Ending the poem with “We Die soon,” surprises the reader. It states that the young boys accept their fate and that they can be proud to “Die soon.” Possibly they want to die young doing something that they love. Even though analyzing this poem, stanza-by-stanza, line-by-line, the reader must realize how they picture these young boys. The reader must remember that in reality, African-American males are not the only…

but this is not the case. Certain lines in the poem discuss themes of emotional detachment, obligation and promiscuity – typical of what readers would expect of someone who lives a life of sexual debauchery. Analyzing this poem with these themes in mind, the poems ' main speaker can be easily understood as a woman who sleeps with men for money. Below are some of the lines within Parker 's poem that lead us to this fact, and how they can be read as the practices and feelings of a prostitute, as…

it is a metaphor about the speaker’s struggle to fully surrender their life to God, and through understanding this metaphor we can gain a clearer understanding of who he believes God is. The start of the song, line 1, says “I’ve given up on giving up slowly.” Through this line, the speaker is saying that he is about to take action in his life, because he is tired of slowly giving up something and waiting for the outcome. The connection that can be made to religion in this line is that…

Effective works of short fiction often rely on a central theme or metaphor to make a lasting impression upon the reader. This is certainly true of the work of renowned American author, Ray Bradbury. Bradbury’s themes and metaphors often elevate his fiction far above what is typically expected of popular “horror” fiction. For instance, Bradbury’s classic short story, “The Next in Line,” utilizes the fear of death as a running theme throughout the tale. But the tale holds far more meaning than its…

Organizational Structure Organizational structure defines how job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated. (Robbins, pg. 494). At my job the organizational structure is standard for a large company. We have multiple departments that do different things. We have a planning department, clerical department, relay department, dock department, and so on. Each department needs one another to run the company successful. For example, the relay department depends on the planning department…

Making Jobs extremely frustrated (Krantz, 1999, p. 1). It was these emotional pitfalls that caused him to leave the very company he created. However, in that decade Jobs took his love of graphics, movies, and computers to establish Pixar in 1986. This was possible when Jobs purchased the computer animation department from Lucas Films. Jobs also founded NeXT Computer. Standing against his doubters and critics who underestimate Jobs ability to be able to master the business part of technology…

that I should not be a part of even tho a lot of people mess up, but I do not want to mess up when other people are involved. This career fits my lifestyle because, when I’m with family and friends I’m working with them, showing them that I care and how life has a lot to offer. I’m taking part in making my friends and family happy as a social worker and as a person to the people that I live and who will always be in my life. I do not think that there is anything that does not fit with my work…

The poem moves forward again as the line 3 starts with “Everything moved.” You break out of the surreal moment when the author creates the setting and admiring the area then all of a sudden you break out of your reverie when the poem continues with the words “Everything moved.” The natural order of plants moving and flowing to the wind. The feeling of things being normal with everything moving and no sooner does everything start, there is stillness again as the poem continues with “a bell hung…

interest that probably rooted from her father’s occupation as a linguistic professor. Chin humorously uses a hyperbole in order to lightly brag about the brain of Chloe in Stanza 2, “However, even though Chin spoke so highly of Nguyen’s intellect, as the poem begins to shift it makes the reader question if Chloe wanted to be seen as the stereotype of a “Smart Asian.” As Chloe grows up in Marilyn’s poem, the reader starts to notice that Chloe has experienced dissatisfaction going on in her life.…

singing. They were standing in a straight line and all within…