Shatori DePonte Cabison
12/16/14
Eng 256-WI
Karyn Sims
Final Essay #1
Humanity in literature
In literature an artist can express anything they want, and that right there is the beauty of literature. There are endless amount of topics or themes an artist can write about in any type or form of literature. Literature gives us the opportunity to express through our words and thoughts. Language is used in literature and language contains many figures of speech to spice things up and make it more interesting. Literature allows readers to read about anything going on in the world at any previous time and which the best and most accurate knowledge about history. Throughout this semester we went through many different poems that proves literature expresses deep concerns for humanity; some of these poems include but are not limited to Diving into the Wreck, Song of Myself, and the Silence of Women. …show more content…
Adrienne Rich wrote this poem to basically show what it means to be a man or woman, how we relate to the past and how it feels to be alone. “Adrienne wants to go back to figure out what happened in her life that left her somewhat damaged in a way but she also wants to find what’s left that is still worthy”. The line "First the air is blue and then it is bluer and then green and then black I am blacking out and yet my mask is powerful". Shows that she's going deeper and deeper in the ocean, which symbolizes her dark journey and how it’s fearful. The line "There is a ladder. The ladder is always they’re hanging innocently" represents that she can always turn and go back out of her journey. The line "And now: it is easy to forget what I came for among so many who have always lived here " explains how easy it is to forget why she's in the U.S where its supposed to be about freedom, rights, and peace when while she wrote this poem the total opposite was going
12/16/14
Eng 256-WI
Karyn Sims
Final Essay #1
Humanity in literature
In literature an artist can express anything they want, and that right there is the beauty of literature. There are endless amount of topics or themes an artist can write about in any type or form of literature. Literature gives us the opportunity to express through our words and thoughts. Language is used in literature and language contains many figures of speech to spice things up and make it more interesting. Literature allows readers to read about anything going on in the world at any previous time and which the best and most accurate knowledge about history. Throughout this semester we went through many different poems that proves literature expresses deep concerns for humanity; some of these poems include but are not limited to Diving into the Wreck, Song of Myself, and the Silence of Women. …show more content…
Adrienne Rich wrote this poem to basically show what it means to be a man or woman, how we relate to the past and how it feels to be alone. “Adrienne wants to go back to figure out what happened in her life that left her somewhat damaged in a way but she also wants to find what’s left that is still worthy”. The line "First the air is blue and then it is bluer and then green and then black I am blacking out and yet my mask is powerful". Shows that she's going deeper and deeper in the ocean, which symbolizes her dark journey and how it’s fearful. The line "There is a ladder. The ladder is always they’re hanging innocently" represents that she can always turn and go back out of her journey. The line "And now: it is easy to forget what I came for among so many who have always lived here " explains how easy it is to forget why she's in the U.S where its supposed to be about freedom, rights, and peace when while she wrote this poem the total opposite was going