2nd Essay: Responding to Poetry Poetry mainly describes love, loss, and regret. However, every writer adds his or her own twist. For example, “Last Night” by Sharon Olds and “Cherrylog Road” by James Dickey deals with the same theme but are two different pieces of writing. They explore the theme of forbidden love and use imagery to show the lust between the two characters.…
This weeks reading takes a look at two specific ways in which globalization has shaped the American South by charting shifts in the demography and the economy. Raymond Mohl's Globalization, Latinization, and the Nuevo New South looks into the demographic changes of the region brought by shifting migration patterns in the 1980s and the willingness of companies to secure a low cost labor force has since culminated in a shift the black and white binary of the South into an ethnic plurality with the influx of Hispanic workers into the region. Timothy Minchin's Shutdowns in the Sun Belt makes the case that the demise of the Southern manufacturing economy is often overlooked in light of the Sun Belt economy and was comparable, if not more harmful…
1. At times in this essay, Michelle Cliff uses rich description with poetic language. Provide 3 different quotes, where, in your opinion, she demonstrates this. Examine their overall effect on the reader.…
Language can also effect people’s emotions everyday. Although these three themes are present in each interpretation there are unique points in the pieces as well. Language is an essential part of human life, it is how…
I have never before read a book of poetry structured like this. The use of symbols instead of words was new to me. My use here is limited but still it was fun to do. I would have liked to have imitated other characteristics of his style those having to do with content and individual poem structure. He often takes an incident or scene and develops it in a very spare and elemental way but still finds a way to slip in drama, surprises and sometimes even shock and awe.…
Do you think that the way we grow up has a lasting effect on us? The things we go through and are surrounded by as children will shape our personality and how we deal with things? The underlying theme of these poems is a very deep and difficult subject to talk about, the breakage of a person and of a friendship. The way we deal with our past make us who we are, but how much can a person handle before they break? Stuart broke, Jackson was broken by Stuarts suicide attempt because he didn't know how to react to it, and these poems purpose an idea that we should handle suicide differently because, a suicide effects not only the person but the people around them, it breaks them.…
Throughout the last seven weeks I have learned a lot as a writer through reading works written by Johnson, Dawkins, Barthelme, and King. Through analyzing their techniques and continuing to practice I have become a better fiction writer. These writers have taught me how to use concrete sensory detail to reveal emotion and tone. In addition, they taught me the importance of white space, poetic language, building tension, and creating dialogue that reveals character. While writing my midterm story, Don't Run, I worked to embed many of these elements into the piece.…
For this analysis paper, the lyricist I will be discussing is Nathan Sharp, also known as NateWantsToBattle. Nathan is most known for his covers of other artists’ songs, but recently, he has released his first original album entitled, “Sandcastle Kingdoms.” The songs on this album contain a variety of themes through . For example, his song, “Live Long Enough to Become the Hero,” has an encouraging theme that tells the listener to keep persevering despite all the trials they may face while his other song, “StopRewind,” has a mixed theme of belittlement and love. These are only two of his songs, but I will also get in a couple other of his…
“Foxtrot Fridays” Through a New Critical Lens New criticism is a common approach to analyze poetry through, and takes all elements of the text into account, but not the author’s intent or reader’s personal identification. “Foxtrot Fridays” is a good poem for this approach because it is relevant to the reader and easy to understand. This poem also has an interesting structure that places emphasis on the both the poem’s subject and elements, adding to its organic unity. “Foxtrot Fridays” is an accessible poem with a strong rhythm and overarching tensions between the calculated yet graceful diction and imagery.…
Every student learns different ways to analyze and write literature based off what their teachers have imposed on them. In the passage, “From Silence to Words: Writing as Struggle” by Min-Zhan Lu the author informs the reader about her childhood growing up in China during the revolution. She expresses the multitude of problems that come up while she tries to balance learning English at home and Chinese in the classroom. Growing up with these two different lives, the author dignifies that learning two different methods of interpreting literature left her with conflicting perspectives. At school it was frowned upon to speak English, but at home her parents had the opposite attitude and prioritized the learning of English.…
“Everything happens for a reason.” Everyone has probably heard that saying at least once in their life. Some people might roll their eyes at how cliché it is but I believe in fate and that every step you’ve taken will lead you to your calling. A person is born for a sole purpose, that purpose might be unknown, but there is a hole to fill. There might be times when you feel lost at sea, gasping for air…
The poem “My ex-husband” is written by Gabriel Spera, who was born in Staten Island, and raised in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Spera also earned a BA in English from Cornell University, as well as a MFA in poetry from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. “My ex-husband” is about an ex-wife talking about her now, ex-husband and their divorce, which was caused by an affair to her suggested new lover. This poem happens to be a re-vision of the original poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning. When looking over the criteria for poem criticism, Spera’s poem does not fully fit the criteria of being discussed in an English 102 class.…
Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond. Ed. Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, and Ravi Shankar. New York: Norton, 2008. 20-21, Print.…
“The Victims” “The Victims” by Sharon Olds is written about a child that holds a heavy hate towards their father. Through the use of diction, Sharon Olds creates a tone of resentment in “The Victims”. The tone is set through both the connotation and denotation behind the specific words that she uses. Olds creatively practices these tools when she changes the construction of the language about half way through the poem.…
English 1 Kristen Brenda Walker Group M April 08 2016 Tuesday 12:20 Douglas Kaze Conduct a critical analysis of the poem “In My Craft or Sullen Art” by Dylan Thomas Dylan Thomas explores a poet’s love and devotion to poetry through the poem “ In My Craft or Sullen Art”. Thomas was a well-known Modernist poet who challenged the primary values of the Western society. His attitude towards society is made evident through the words in the poem.…