Creating memories is one of the most beautiful and happy moments for an individual especially if those moments are with their loved ones. Although memories can last forever, people do not live forever. Anything can happen today, tomorrow or the day after, but the real question is how can an individual endure the pain of a lost one? In "Passed On" by Erin Belieu, the author reveals that even if an individual loses a loved one, the precious memories that they have created will remain with them forever and happiness will overtake their sadness; thus, creates an important theme towards the poem using symbolism and figurative imagery.…
From Little Things Big Things Grow The song “From Little Things Big Things Grow” is a song written and released in 1991 by Paul Kelly and is a song about the protest from the Gurindji people and Vincent Lingiari during their argument about land rights at Wave Hill station in August 1966. The Gurindji strike at Wave Hill station was an revolutionary incident that occurred in August of 1966 at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory. On the eponymous date in 1966, Vincent Lingiari, a spokesman for the Gurindji people, led his fellow Gurindji compatriots and walked off their worksite and began a seven year strike.…
In the poem Genetics, Morrissey decides to use the form of a villanelle in order to emphasize the importance of “my hands,” and “my palms.” This is of importance in the poem because, her hands are the only memory she has of the union of her parents, after their divorce/separation. “My father’s in my fingers,” the speaker does not actually mean that his/her father is actually residing there, but that the speaker’s fingers resemble his/her father's, which allows us to understand the title of the poem;…
The presence of nature is strong in this poem, but the meaning can also be perceived in various ways. The nature present in the poem can allude to the events of daily life. Nature contains major resources that are worn away by humans, just like humans can tear down other humans. The theme of the poem is pain and grieving. One tree grieves for the health of the other.…
God, who created both the heavens and the earth also gave birth to life. When Whitman refers to grass as a “handkerchief of the Lord” (7), as a gift. When people look at the grass, they do not think of it as a creation…
C&C Essay #2 Abraham Derese March 8, 2015 In the poems “A Blessing” by James Wright and “From Blossoms” by Li- Young Lee, the poets examine and describe blissful, emotional moments in their lives. They both use vibrant imagery to evoke a serene tone of blissfulness to wildlife and soothing language to reveal their love for nature.…
The Farmer’s Bride poem shed the painful light on how deadly lack of knowledge can be by featuring the farmer’s situation. The farmer was stuck in a situation where he want to marry and have family so his barn business can continue in the children’s hands but the woman paired with the farmer refused to marry him because he treated her like animal with only purpose of mating and she didn’t want to marry or bear the children of a stranger. As result, farmer was frustrated by his wife’s behaviors but he had respect for her rights though he couldn’t understand why she didn’t want to bear his child. The farmer couldn’t have children because he treated his wife like other animals in barn but with special purpose since he “imprisoned” her in the…
More traditionally poetry is used to share details of a poet’s thoughts, emotions and views on different things that he or she has experienced. The author of the poem “Sixteen”, Chelsea Rathburn, seems be using it to share experiences she has had facing motherhood as a single parent but Chelsea then explains that it is a persona, kind of like a fictional narrative. Chelsea is a creative writing professor at Young Harris Collage and is marred to James Davis May. Together the couple had a child named Adelyn; it is very simple to assume that she has the experiences in the poem, since it is about a daughter and a mother just like her and her daughter, but when interviewed Chelsea explains otherwise.…
In life, there is always a front yard and a back yard. The front yard generally remains trimmed and manicured, a shining example of sophistication and splendor, whereas the backyard is a wasted effort that no one bothers to tend to. In the poem “A Song In The Front Yard” by Gwendolyn Brooks, imagery, rhyme, and symbolism are used to describe the barriers between the “front yard” children and the “backyard” children. The overall meaning of this poem is to showcase the stark difference between the “sheltered child”, a shy girl who yearns for more freedom and the “unsheltered ‘charity children’” who possess said freedoms only through a lack of structure in their own lives.…
Growing up as a hispanic woman in America has always been more difficult than I thought it was going to be. There were many times where I felt excluded, judged or like I am not as good as other people. Throughout my life this has always affected my happiness because it was never as easy as I wanted it to be. With that being said, many people that are also a different race also struggle with this problem and this affects their wellbeing as well. I came to realize what a struggle being a person of color is to other people as well after carefully reading a short story by Junot Diaz called “Wildwood” and a poem by Claudia Rankine called “From Citizen Six” where both of the characters were treated unfairly, and ran into issues on a daily basis because…
Poems can make people feel countless ranges of emotions. The sonnet “Back Road” by Bruce Guernsey goes from a cold, melancholy day to something out of the ordinary. The story is almost similar to a joke with a setup, building up the scenario, expecting something to happen, then the punch line. The set up as follows the main character is driving and alongside the road, then sees children huddling together. Building on the picture of the story the poet mentions that it is a winter morning at the moment it is evident by the kids gathering for warmth.…
In Walt Whitman 's poem, "A Child Said, What is the Grass," Whitman takes about the major theme death and how in nature there is always death. This is similar to Emily Dickinson 's poem, “I Heard a Fly Buzz Before I died,” because they both have death in them. However…
In the second chapter, Barbara made use of Figurative language when conveying her message. Metaphor is a figurative language present in every chapter of the book but more so in the second chapter. She makes use of metaphor as a tool to creatively convey the situation of the low-wage workers. Here are some very good examples. “Repetitive injury of spirit (106)”.…
The moment I step on the soccer field lets my life slow down. I feel like I’m home, although I’m far away from it. I’m born and raised in Germany, where I started to play soccer with four years. Only a few months ago I decided to study and play soccer in the United States. Everything is so different and requires me to adapt, but soccer always stays the same.…
For example, Whitman describes the “grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation”(6). This comparison illuminates that the grass is a symbol for the human self. Just as grass sprouts anew from the earth, humans also start out young…