Beli had a horrible life, much worse than any other character in this book. Our first interpretation of Beli was that she was a mean spirited woman and a crappy mother. In chapter 3, we realize that there is a reason for this. Her life does not really begin until La Inca finds her at a very young age in horrible conditions. This chapter is called The Three Heartbreaks of Belicia Cabral because Beli is someone who loves with everything she has.…
In poems “The Lighters” and “Nursing,” Rennie McQuilkin articulates the variety and complexity of his feelings towards the sickening and passing of his mother. To vividly illustrate his sentimental attachments, McQuilkin extensively and effectively utilizes literary techniques such as contrasts, diction, and allusions in these two poems, leaving an accessible yet woeful depiction of his desperation and resignation in response to his mother’s suffering. McQuilkin frequently employs sharp contrasts to emphasize the significance and gravity of his language. For instance, in “The Lighters,” the elderly woman’s resolute decision of discarding her precious possessions of china and mementos is immediately contrasted with her cautious preservation…
If one were to draw a connection between salmon and the corruption of people due to technology, it would sound absurd due to how stretched out it is. Although, in Sherman Alexie’s poem “Without Salmon,” a connection between similar ideas play off of each other in order to transition into how two unusual items are connected. For “Without Salmon” is a simple sonnet written with a simple diction, but the meaning placed behind it is impactful as a result of Alexie employing a tone of questioning mania. Alexie’s poem has a discreet tone in which the protagonist, the author, reflects on past events and draws a dichotomy on them. In the poem, when “The river is empty.…
Following the pre-Raphaelite period, Christina Rossetti features many of the popular aspects in the arts surrounding in her own poems. Akin to numerous other poets of the era, Rossetti presented strong amorous themes of passion and often subtle indications to Religion. Her most recognisable work is from the ‘Goblin Market and Other Poems’ anthology which was released in 1862. The collection was Rossetti’s first published selection of poetry and includes poems such as Goblin Market, Echo, Maude Clare and Shutout. Prior to this she began her literature career in 1848, the first two poems from Rossetti were published in the Athenaeum, an English Literary Magazine published in London from 1828 to 1921.…
In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, a young orphan girl named Jane Eyre is unfairly and unequally treated by Mrs. Reed. Jane feels inferior compared to Mrs.Reed’s children and is spoken to as if she is a misfit child. This chapter of the novel has imagery and dialogue that expresses how Jane is being constrained and imprisoned by Mrs.Reed. Jane introduces this chapter with an imagery that describes her emotions. She describes that particular day with “the cold winter wind ...with its clouds so somber and rain so penetrating…”, which expresses her inner feelings of loneliness and helplessness.…
Robert Haight’s poem, “Early October Snow,” has many feasible interpretations. One viable way to read the poem is in the literal sense. Therefore, in the literal sense this poem is about the speaker describing the beauty in a snowy October day. The speaker uses vibrant words to make this black and white picture become vibrant with colors.…
“Full Moon,” by Elinor Wylie is a short poem, written in first person, about being repressed by societal pressure and standards of their society. Many believe that because the poem is written in first person, and depicts most of Wylie’s life, that this poem is about her own struggle, but it is not made clear if that is true. Wylie’s use of figurative language, symbolism, and tone describes the internal and external conflicts and thoughts of the speaker due to the expectations of their social status.…
I stay in bed, not wanting to get up and face the dreary day” (102). Through this, the author demonstrates that the rain has already created misery, and foreshadows that there will be sadness and trouble in the day. After Papa has been…
Gwen Harwood’s ‘Suburban Sonnet: Boxing Day’ and Sylvia Plath’s ‘Morning Song’ both explore the idea of a loss of identity due to motherhood. Harwood’s poem follows an unhappy woman oppressed by her role as a suburban mother on Boxing Day. On the other hand, Plath’s poem journey inside a mother’s mind as she rapidly beings to lose a sense of identity after the birth of her child. Both poets use structure, symbolism, language and the title to explore the idea of identity loss through motherhood. Both Harwood and Plath have utilised structure to explore the idea a mother’s identity loss.…
Marie Therese Colimon is a female poem writer who wrote “Encounter.” In this poem she uses the literary element imagery to discuss how an individual, preferably a woman is acting when she runs into someone they knew very closely and she neglects to tell the other individual how she truly feels internally. The form of imagery that is being represented by the author is used to express the emotional and complicated role of a female. For example, in the poem Marie portrays a conversation to show the imagery of gender roles of a female being caring, vulnerable, and emotional. One quote that represents the gender role of social outlook and imagery is “ Listen to that tune from the house opposite, then we would each other go off across the city, carrying in our hearts, full with silent sobs.”…
Robert Frost strongly emphasises nature’s power and strength in its original state compared to mankind’s weakness in his 3 main poems: “Acquainted with the Night”, “Birches”, and “Desert Places”. This contrast between nature and humanity is mostly highlighted in “Desert Places”, when the narrator describes a scenic view by saying “And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, but a few weeds and stubble showing last”. Frost demonstrates the existence of mankind in nature, through the presence of “stubble” which suggests man’s interference with the natural world. Frost seems to criticise humanity, as he portrays it as destructive and brutal towards the world, as it leads, quite literally to the death of nature. However, Frost also emphasises…
The first poem I will be will be looking at, ‘Remember’, is a sonnet written by Christina Rossetti in 1849. Christina Rossetti suffered frequently from various illnesses, including depression, therefore many believe that she wrote the poem ‘Remember’ convinced that she would soon die, although she lived many years after it was written and published. In this poem Rossetti suggests that death is not the end for neither the dying person or the loved one left behind therefor making it a comforting poem. Rossetti achieves this effect by using many different and effective literary devices, some including the sonnet form of the poem, the use of euphemism to soften the loss of the loved one, the use of imagery, metaphors, contrast and lastly, repetition.…
Coming to a Realization The best poems always bring up the good old times and past lovers. Artists often intertwine the two concepts in order to form beautiful narratives and thought provoking images. This is precisely what John Hollander has done with his poem, “An Old-Fashioned Song.” Throughout the 21-line poem, Hollander takes the reader on a melancholy trip that begins as a sad realization that there are no more walks through the woods, to a nostalgic story about a magical relationship between two young lovers that ended in tragic way. The poem makes use of unique and intentional literary skills, such as structure, tone, and choice words, in order to tell the story of a sad man who lost his lover and reminds himself of it by walking in…
At one point, in a showing of the elements of an ars poetica, she breaks the form of the poem to relate an overarching theme of the poem; where one expects another line ending with “Heart,” the speaker completely steps out of the narrative and disguises an empathetic message meant to tug at the heartstrings of the reader in the form of a quote from Head: “You will lose the ones you love. They will all go. But even the earth will go, someday” (4). This speaking from outside the poem changes the second half of the poem for the reader, causing them to ingest it from a different, more personal perspective. Head’s consolatory words to Heart resonate with the reader, causing them to reflect on their own lives, especially if they have experienced distress akin to Head and Heart.…
Rather than a defined period of someone’s life, childhood is an abstract period created only when one can look back at it. In order to explore themes such as remembrance and childhood, it is crucial to consider linguistic features and the communications of emotions or feelings such as warmth. It is believed that copious poems all portray the subject of innocence of the younger; poems including ‘Prayer Before Birth’, ‘Half Past Two’, ‘Piano’ and ‘Hide And Seek’ are no exception to being exemplars of poems which typify the theme of remembrance and childhood, which could be further supported by the poems ‘Remember’ and ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’. Seeing as that they all convey their memories in conflicting ways with child-like characteristics, each…