“Walking Point”, is a poem published in the Iowa Review written by Terry Hertzler. While flipping through the journal, the poem did not seem interesting at all but I decided to read it anyway. The poem is a free verse poem that consists of seven tercets. The whole first stanza focuses on describing a young child.…
“On the Subway”, by Sharon Olds shares with us the readers the similarities and differences in the poem between the life of a Caucasian person and that of an African American person. Sharon Olds uses a variety of literary techniques such as a tone, poetic devices, imagery, and organization. You can see very clear the literary terms used as follows. Sharon Olds utilizes a lot of imagery in the poem, most vividly dark and light as well as animals to contrast the two characters she uses in the poem.…
Cars have always had a huge impact on Americans and their lives. Americans have the need for speed, the beauty, and the muscle for types of cars. Cars are more than just transportation. They are symbols of who Americans are and what we have done to get there. Like Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, a proclaimed millionaire with all the cars and speed he wants.…
The common theme of both the story and the poem are that it’s okay to still do old fashioned things. In the story, the man follows in his grandfather’s steps of clearing the long sidewalk of snow for kids who walk to school everyday. He mentions that most of the houses now in his town don’t even have sidewalks because no one walks anywhere anymore. Instead, people just worry about cleaning off their driveways so their cars can get to the road safely. Even though it is a hassle for him, he feels like it is his occupation to do so since he lives right by a high school and a elementary school.…
Is life on the road for everyone? Life on the road is not for everybody which in theory is understandable because traveling can be unpredictable. People who do not like to travel have their reasons; some people may say that they dislike traveling because they find it to be boring, while others will say that traveling causes them to stress due to fear of the unknown and therefore would rather avoid unnecessary worries and fears. There is also many thrill-seeking people who find that traveling the open-road is adventurous and that it gives them a sense of freedom because they are not tied down to any one specific area.…
In Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” she explains the ups and downs of life and finding yourself on the way. Her purpose for writing this poem was to let the audience know life is a journey. It’s not always easy but you can get through it. The speaker is the author of this poem, Mary Oliver. She is writing about one of her journeys though life.…
This poem is about racism and discrimination. In this situation, the reason why I choose this poem was because the author has a positive attitude and I also enjoy this poem. From this poem, I learned how people discriminate each other in different forms and ways like when people talk behind your back or even force you to do something that you don’t really like. It reminds me of a previous experience I encounter, which was getting a perfect score on a test, and my classmates accused me of cheating. Therefore, I do not really like this part of the poem, because it reveals the unpleasant side of human beings.…
Imagery has a major impact in the all poem’s but in the poem, On The Amtrak from Boston to New York. The Speaker states certain lines to make the reader understand what is going on visually through the conflict between the white woman and the speaker. The speaker synthesizes his history and the white woman’s history. In the beginning of the poem the woman isn't generally speaking to him about her history.…
This poem was a sonnet written in 1936 composed of iambic pentameter and free verse, published in 1941 a few month before the United State of America entered World War 2. “The Gift Outright” received special attention when Frost recited it at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on January, 1961. Frost had originally planned to recite a poem titled “Dedication” that he had written for the event. However, because of the glare of the sun and his poor eyesight; he was unable to read his copy of the poem and instead recited “The Gift Outright.”. I choose this poem because the title catch my attention and I’m a big fan of history.…
Great job on your post! I also chose Romanticism as the literary movement that "Fast Car" represents, so it was nice to read your thoughts on why you believed this song best represents this specific "ism". I loved it when you explained how your second quote referenced the freedoms of a bird. I had never thought about it like that. When you mentioned this, it changed my perspective on this song lyric (just like Brielle had mentioned).…
America’s gift to my generation “ And now we lie, in Flanders Field,” That was always my favorite line of the poem,but no-one asks a flower what their favorite line of a poem is more less anything. And no-one asks what a flower knows, or has seen .People don’t talk to us seriously because we’re just flowers. The line in the poem makes me remember memories.…
Have you ever imagined losing your rights and freedom? Back during the time of slavery, slaves did not have any privileges. Slaves were not able to speak their minds, participate in their government, or all other freedoms. Overtime, slaves gained their rights and began to fight to end segregation. Slaves were not respected and in order to gain their rights they were forced to protest for peace.…
The poem “ Blink Your Eyes” by Sekou Sundiata, an African American poet and performer, is about him showing his outrage towards racial profiling. He is trying to drive to go see his women, but there is something stopping him from doing that. He is pulled over by a policeman and he feels tension because he understands that there is a possibility he can be subjected to the law for doing nothing wrong. The policeman accuses the African American man of committing a crime just because he is black. He realized that his life could change at any instance just because the law is unfair to him.…
Are latino Immigrants truly happy living in America? I took it as him speaking the hidden truths about what his people lived with and faced everyday trying to find their own "American dream". Latinos are not as happy trying to obtain the “American Dream”. With as much emphasis as society puts on that concept, their hope can only sustain their mindsets and will to continue for so long.…
Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” is a bold poem written during an eventful time for civil rights history, the Harlem Renaissance. During the Harlem Renaissance the African American community endured extreme racism and degradation. McKay wrote this poem with the intent to display his feelings as an immigrant who moved to America for a better life but instead was thrown into a situation where he was treated like an animal instead of a person. He chose to write this poem in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet, which ironically is a more common form for the writing of love poems and “if we must die” is nothing of the sort.…