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Compare/Contrast Essay – Block Method
Over the years, children have been underestimated, and not given the credit for the things that they are truly capable of doing. For instance, whether it is having an inner talent, passion, or even a feeling they must be given the rights to truly show, and express what they care for. This can be shown in the poems Clutches, by Hunter J. Fowler, and Soldier Daddy, by Gina M. Makowsky. Both poems were able to analyze, and unravel the feeling of pain, and grief of when a loved one may be sent to war to fight for his, or her country. It shows that young children understand many things that adults may think they do not, and that a feeling or emotion is something that any living …show more content…
When employed properly, the different literary devices help readers to appreciate, interpret and analyze a literary work. Both literary devices Imagery and tone were both used in clutches multiple times throughout the entire poem. Imagery was shown when the poem stated, “There’s a little boy standing by the fence with a flag in his hand” (1, Fowler). This shows that the boy understands that what his father may be doing is dangerous, and hard to bare with. However, he knows that the only thing he is able to do is support him and hope the best for him, thus having the flag in his hand. Imagery can also be seen in this poem when the young boy yells “Daddy come back” (11, Fowler), when his father “waves at him from the bus’s window” ( 9,Fowler). It shows that the boy understands that his father is in great danger, and that he may never see him again. A final time imagery can be seen in this poem was when the boy …show more content…
As you can see, the literary device, imagery helped show everything happening in the poem and the struggles that the young boy had to face, and was successful throughout the poem in helping the readers follow along. Tone, was also used countless times to help support this theme. It can be seen when the little boy states, “why does it have to be my daddy?” (5, Fowler). For starters, it shows that he is a young boy because in most scenarios it is the younger children that refer to their parents as “daddy” or “mommy”. This also shows that the child understands that war is something to not be joked around about, or to be thought of as irrelevant or unimportant. It also shows that young children should not be looked down the way that they are, and thought of as people that do not understand the feeling of pain, and grief. Since, you do not need to be a certain age to have a type of feeling towards something. Another time tone was used to show this theme in the poem was when the young boy said, “ I love you”( 29, Fowler ) it shows that the young boy truly missed his father, and had a hard time leaving him and being away from him. It is easy to say that tone was also an important key that was displayed wonderfully that showed how it can be very hard for children to get over a loved one going to war. This
Compare/Contrast Essay – Block Method
Over the years, children have been underestimated, and not given the credit for the things that they are truly capable of doing. For instance, whether it is having an inner talent, passion, or even a feeling they must be given the rights to truly show, and express what they care for. This can be shown in the poems Clutches, by Hunter J. Fowler, and Soldier Daddy, by Gina M. Makowsky. Both poems were able to analyze, and unravel the feeling of pain, and grief of when a loved one may be sent to war to fight for his, or her country. It shows that young children understand many things that adults may think they do not, and that a feeling or emotion is something that any living …show more content…
When employed properly, the different literary devices help readers to appreciate, interpret and analyze a literary work. Both literary devices Imagery and tone were both used in clutches multiple times throughout the entire poem. Imagery was shown when the poem stated, “There’s a little boy standing by the fence with a flag in his hand” (1, Fowler). This shows that the boy understands that what his father may be doing is dangerous, and hard to bare with. However, he knows that the only thing he is able to do is support him and hope the best for him, thus having the flag in his hand. Imagery can also be seen in this poem when the young boy yells “Daddy come back” (11, Fowler), when his father “waves at him from the bus’s window” ( 9,Fowler). It shows that the boy understands that his father is in great danger, and that he may never see him again. A final time imagery can be seen in this poem was when the boy …show more content…
As you can see, the literary device, imagery helped show everything happening in the poem and the struggles that the young boy had to face, and was successful throughout the poem in helping the readers follow along. Tone, was also used countless times to help support this theme. It can be seen when the little boy states, “why does it have to be my daddy?” (5, Fowler). For starters, it shows that he is a young boy because in most scenarios it is the younger children that refer to their parents as “daddy” or “mommy”. This also shows that the child understands that war is something to not be joked around about, or to be thought of as irrelevant or unimportant. It also shows that young children should not be looked down the way that they are, and thought of as people that do not understand the feeling of pain, and grief. Since, you do not need to be a certain age to have a type of feeling towards something. Another time tone was used to show this theme in the poem was when the young boy said, “ I love you”( 29, Fowler ) it shows that the young boy truly missed his father, and had a hard time leaving him and being away from him. It is easy to say that tone was also an important key that was displayed wonderfully that showed how it can be very hard for children to get over a loved one going to war. This