C&C Essay #2 Abraham Derese March 8, 2015 In the poems “A Blessing” by James Wright and “From Blossoms” by Li- Young Lee, the poets examine and describe blissful, emotional moments in their lives. They both use vibrant imagery to evoke a serene tone of blissfulness to wildlife and soothing language to reveal their love for nature. James Wright uses vibrant imagery to reveal his admiration for wildlife while Li- Young Lee uses it to show the excitement eating peaches gives him. In “A Blessing” the narrator begins to describe his setting very
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While “Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota” the narrator transitions to a more personified description of his surroundings to “twilight bounds softly forth on the grass”. The manner in which the narrator personifies nature reveals his love for the wildlife surrounding him. He then introduces “two Indian ponies” with eyes “darken with kindness”. The narrator returns to using very specific words to describe his surroundings such as “Indian ponies” and eyes “darken with kindness” when saying “ponies” and “kind eyes” could have revealed his surroundings. This shows the narrator’s attempts at defining the wildlife around him very critically revealing his love for nature. In “From Blossoms” the narrator uses vibrant imagery to evoke the bliss he feels when eating peaches. Lee says that peaches are a gift from nature. In the title of the poem and again in the first line, he reminds readers that fruit comes “from blossoms.” He goes on to describe “the laden boughs” (6) of the trees that give people who buy the peaches “nectar at the roadside” (8)
While “Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota” the narrator transitions to a more personified description of his surroundings to “twilight bounds softly forth on the grass”. The manner in which the narrator personifies nature reveals his love for the wildlife surrounding him. He then introduces “two Indian ponies” with eyes “darken with kindness”. The narrator returns to using very specific words to describe his surroundings such as “Indian ponies” and eyes “darken with kindness” when saying “ponies” and “kind eyes” could have revealed his surroundings. This shows the narrator’s attempts at defining the wildlife around him very critically revealing his love for nature. In “From Blossoms” the narrator uses vibrant imagery to evoke the bliss he feels when eating peaches. Lee says that peaches are a gift from nature. In the title of the poem and again in the first line, he reminds readers that fruit comes “from blossoms.” He goes on to describe “the laden boughs” (6) of the trees that give people who buy the peaches “nectar at the roadside” (8)