Forms of Ownership Essay

Every year, during the dreary, seemingly never-ending Baccalaureate, there comes a point when some either unlucky or unknowing senior reads a poem. “If” by Rudyard Kipling, emphasizing the steps a man must take to truly become a man, is representative of the stiff, upper lip attitude that many perceive as identical and essential to masculinity. Unfortunately, sometimes, this belief – that in the face of adversity, men must be tougher, must restrain their emotions, and must remain resolute – can…

Literature Paper Poetry can be very complex and even though it can vary and use different techniques to get the point across it may come to the same conclusion and meaning, and can also be interpreted differently. Poetry is meant to be understood in the reader's own way. Why I Hate Raisins, Hand-Me-Down Halloween, and My Brother at 3AM are about the struggles of living in the reservation, but use different style, syntax and tone. Why I Hate Raisins is a poem about the struggles of not having…

1. The first and second line in the poem Foul Shot effectively portrays the situation because it sets the scene by telling the reader it is a tie game with very little time left and anyone who has witnessed this happen can recognize that it is very suspenseful, “With two 60’s stuck on the scoreboard and two seconds hanging on the clock.” Another line that is very effective at portraying the situation is line 14, “Waits,” because it is the last of three single worded lines which contain only…

By analyzing Emily Dickinson's poem, “I heard a Fly buzz- when i died-” you can see the poem focuses on the precious last seconds before death. This poem has four stanzas; each of these consists of these techniques: unusual style of writing, the poet creates images, and definite speaker. The speaker of the poem explains that even though irrelevant, the mind can focus on the strangest things. Dickinson has a more unusual style of writing; throughout many of her works you will notice the…

Good Can Outshine the Bad “There’s still a lot of good in the world.” The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two social groups, the Greasers and the Socs, who live in a city in Oklahoma. They do not get along and get into big trouble because of it. One character that stands out in the story is Johnny, because he encounters irony and lots of character development. He encounters irony mainly by killing a Soc, but soon after saving multiple children from a burning building. Throughout the book,…

Burning emotions , and cold silence are two valid choices that someone can choose to follow towards the end of their life , but if you died and had a chance to come back , would you choose the same path twice? Living through the excitement of fire that shines bright , or live in the shadow of the ice that flows through the night. In the poem Fire and Ice by, Robert Frost contemplates both options , and says which choice he would pick in certain scenarios. I believe the poem Fire and Ice , is…

Initial Reactions Beethoven’s Symphony No 5 Mvmt I opens up with the breathtaking notes. The sounds almost made me to feel as if I am in the middle of the storm. At the same time, I could see why this symphony is known as ‘The Destiny.’ The majestic and yet somewhat tragic theme sounds as if the coming of the unavoidable tragic fate. On the other hand, the receiving gentle melody comforts as if telling the hope is still there behind that. This work is also known as the one composed while…

Due to my increased understanding and demonstration of what it really means to make a poem, I should get at least a low A. My growth was mostly shown in the difference between my two poems in tone. My original poem was written in a very straight-forward manner that was meant to be taken neutrally in a very literal manner. While not necessarily a bad thing this left the poem feeling very empty and “lacking” for a lack of better term. At the start of the poem I used the words “...simple room”, “..…

The way Shakespeare sees beauty is different from Keats and Petrarch, instead of praising his mistress he speaks only about her imperfection and he compares her appearance to the sun, coral and wire then tell how she cannot measure up to them, she doesn’t have a big eyes, nor red lips, neither a neat hair rather than a yellowish skin, hair like a wire, and bad smell. But even with all of these flaws Shakespeare shows his love by adoring her voice and the way she speaks more than her physical…

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” This quote from E.E. Cummings himself illustrates just how Cummings incorporated his curious and wondrous personality into his poems. Like no other poet before him, Cummings took it upon himself to create his poems into not only a literary masterpiece but a visual masterpiece as well. Poets leading up to Cummings took a serious, more contemporary approach to their…