Good Morning class, my name is Broden Ingram and I am privileged to take part in the “Take Part” Festival of 2016. My poem “Ying Yang” is derived from Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise”. The poem explains an issue I feel strongly about: the ignorance regarding inequality when it comes to race and skin color. I have employed a variety of structural and literary devices to develop my thoughts and ideas.
Good Morning class, my name is Broden Ingram and I am privileged to take part in the “Take Part” Festival of 2016
The structure of the work was intentionally chosen to emphasize certain ideas. In the first stanza, I chose to indent the feelings and physical actions that the “colored” skin people go through. This possibly create sympathy to the targeted audience. This technique could potentially lead to readers feeling the need to “push the issue”. Similarly, in the third stanza, it can be comprehended in first person, providing an example of what parents and children had to go through and put up with. Therefore, on a small scale, individuals take minor actions which will have a major effect. Coming one step closer to equality. …show more content…
Additionally, the diminishing length of these lines develops a sense of helplessness, although many civilians seem to be affected by this issue, little or nothing is done about it. Which is why I have also employed a rhetorical question. To develop the sense of confusion surrounding the issue and make the audience think, do they have any contribution? Also, to encouraged this sense of questioning where the reader is encouraged to make up their own mind rather than simply be
Good Morning class, my name is Broden Ingram and I am privileged to take part in the “Take Part” Festival of 2016
The structure of the work was intentionally chosen to emphasize certain ideas. In the first stanza, I chose to indent the feelings and physical actions that the “colored” skin people go through. This possibly create sympathy to the targeted audience. This technique could potentially lead to readers feeling the need to “push the issue”. Similarly, in the third stanza, it can be comprehended in first person, providing an example of what parents and children had to go through and put up with. Therefore, on a small scale, individuals take minor actions which will have a major effect. Coming one step closer to equality. …show more content…
Additionally, the diminishing length of these lines develops a sense of helplessness, although many civilians seem to be affected by this issue, little or nothing is done about it. Which is why I have also employed a rhetorical question. To develop the sense of confusion surrounding the issue and make the audience think, do they have any contribution? Also, to encouraged this sense of questioning where the reader is encouraged to make up their own mind rather than simply be