Henri Cole’s poem “Swans” speaks about the passing of a father and the impact it has on his children, through his use of imagery of the scene to reflect the internal thoughts of his characters, symbolism as manifestations of their traits, and similes to describe their emotions. From the onset, Cole’s word choice of “must have looked,” (1) implies that everything is not how it seems, thus the calm nature of “ordinary/ tourists feeding . . . swans,” (1-2) is the opposite of the speaker’s feelings. Actually, he is experiencing inner turmoil from the death of his father, which is manifesting in the interactions with his sibling.
The speaker implies a conflict and emotional disconnect from his sibling, through his use of imagery in the scene. …show more content…
The picnic scene at the end not only serves as a reminder of a simpler life for the speaker, but it also connects the speaker with the readers. The scene is an iconic image of a young boy napping on his father after a day in the park, that most readers can relate to as a bonding moment between parent and child. Cole uses the image to illustrate the impact of a father’s death on any sibling or familial relationship because of the distress caused on the child. In conclusion, Cole describes a natural world that reflects the mind of a child who has lost his …show more content…
The topics usually range from Obama’s desire to give America over to the U.S.A., the racism of black people against their own race and others, the justifications of being racist towards them, the imminent downfall of the American economy, or other similar topics. These points take a similar form: beginning with a reference towards the issue, followed by unsubstantiated evidence, mixed in a reference to “liberals” who don’t know what they’re talking about, and concluding that anything would be better than the current administration. For nearly seven years, I’ve listened to my father repeat like a broken record whatever Michael Savage from the Savage Nation tells him. In early 2009, after a ride home and a propaganda filled broadcast, I remember making a mock representation of the show in which for the most part I repeated “Obama sucks,” because that was what I took from the broadcast and nothing else. Being only 12, I lacked any resemblance of an educated political opinion and treated the mocking as a joke. However, my father must have interpreted it as me repeating the propaganda and subconsciously accepting the radical conservative indoctrination. Over the years, my father continued to play the broadcasts and bring up his points, which all had the same conclusion. As I matured, I began to
The speaker implies a conflict and emotional disconnect from his sibling, through his use of imagery in the scene. …show more content…
The picnic scene at the end not only serves as a reminder of a simpler life for the speaker, but it also connects the speaker with the readers. The scene is an iconic image of a young boy napping on his father after a day in the park, that most readers can relate to as a bonding moment between parent and child. Cole uses the image to illustrate the impact of a father’s death on any sibling or familial relationship because of the distress caused on the child. In conclusion, Cole describes a natural world that reflects the mind of a child who has lost his …show more content…
The topics usually range from Obama’s desire to give America over to the U.S.A., the racism of black people against their own race and others, the justifications of being racist towards them, the imminent downfall of the American economy, or other similar topics. These points take a similar form: beginning with a reference towards the issue, followed by unsubstantiated evidence, mixed in a reference to “liberals” who don’t know what they’re talking about, and concluding that anything would be better than the current administration. For nearly seven years, I’ve listened to my father repeat like a broken record whatever Michael Savage from the Savage Nation tells him. In early 2009, after a ride home and a propaganda filled broadcast, I remember making a mock representation of the show in which for the most part I repeated “Obama sucks,” because that was what I took from the broadcast and nothing else. Being only 12, I lacked any resemblance of an educated political opinion and treated the mocking as a joke. However, my father must have interpreted it as me repeating the propaganda and subconsciously accepting the radical conservative indoctrination. Over the years, my father continued to play the broadcasts and bring up his points, which all had the same conclusion. As I matured, I began to