Tony Hoagland Poem

Broadside Analysis The author I choose was Tony Hoagland. The reason that I choose him is because I was indecisive with choosing an author, so I had one picked for me. He was chosen for me because we shared the same first name. After, reading some of his works I noticed that we had similar beliefs in the world and change. I liked that a lot of his poems had to do with the American culture because to outsiders it is weird. The broadside that corresponds with this poet is based on the poems that I have read, the strategies that I try to mimic, and the images that I am trying to convey. The poems that I have read from the poet Tony Hoagland are, “Jet,” “lucky,” “The Change,” “At the Galleria Shopping Mall,” and “America.” In the poem “Jet” Tony Hoagland compares jets burning jet fuel to drinking beers ("Tony Hoagland"). He uses a lot similes and metaphors to contrast our size in the world. He ends this poem saying to appreciate what we have. The Poem “Lucky” is about being thankful for being healthy because there are people that are not. He reinstates the line “If you are lucky in this life” multiple times in the poem to emphasize the importance to this line (Hoagland "Lucky"). The next poem that I have read was, “The Change” it was about changes in American society where African Americans were being treated more fairly in American society (Hoagland "The …show more content…
The reasoning to this would be because my poem is about working out and being an athlete. I also, would like to add something about nutrition because I think it is important to note how important nutrition is with working out. Then, I wanted to add in the loss of valuable time and memories that would need to be scarified to be in the athletic trend. Therefore, I have come up with the look of a Nike logo with a nutrition label that reads about the missed opportunities to be with your family when working