Poem Analysis Essay

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…

Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney was one of the two Fireside poet that’s in our notes and is the creator of the poems “Indian Names”, “slavery”, and “Our Aborigines”. The first fireside characteristic is frequently nostalgic, melancholy, and/or wistful in tone. This is like a sad, bittersweet, and yearning type of writing with a down emotion type deal. When Sigourney says, “Ye they passed away, /That noble Race and brave, /That their light canoes have vanished” (109). This is a sad nostalgic part…

In a terrific analogy David Marcum compares the systems of the ego to those of the human body, “To keep our body healthy, our immune system creates molecules called free radicals that fight viruses and bacteria. However, when environmental factors such as pollution and pesticides cause free radical production to become excessive, the molecules attack not only the viruses and bacteria but good cells and vital tissues as well, causing illness, premature aging, cancer and other diseases. Ego is a…

My favorite worship song would have to be “Out of Hiding” by Steffany Gretzinger. The first time I heard it, I was at The Oaks Freedom Weekend and the Lord was setting me free from several things that were holding me back that I didn’t even realize were present. He was breaking away identity issues that others placed on myself and He renamed me as worthy and chosen. This song is dear to my heart because it reminds me of that day and also the point of view of The Father singing over His children.…

In the poem, Prairie, there are several instances of repetition. For instance, The first line of the poem states, “There is nothing”. Then, the last line of the poem also restates that there is nothing. In addition, the author continues to speak about a person's eye, repeating that they can see to the end of the earth's ledge. Repetition…

quote, he means that even though the land is not perfect, there is something to be found under imperfection such as something beautiful. Dumont repeats, “this land is not” three times throughout the poem to make sure the readers understand that the land is not to be taken advantage of. In both of the poems, the land is more than just a place to live. “Not Just a Platform for My Dance” compares the land to a teacher. “this land is not/just a platform for my dance” (13-14) is a good quote to…

are told, “Adam, indignant, would not eat with Eve.” This leads to only Eve having to leave the garden. As the poem continues God gives Eve another “helpmeet”, but Adam is left in solitude. Adam watches in envy as Eve has a life with her new partner. This contrasts the biblical story in which Adam and Eve together start a new life outside of the garden. One key turning point in the poem is between the two stanzas when there is a shift in the pronoun used for…

The two poems I will be comparing and contrasting are Gwendolyn Brooks’ “Speech to the young, speech to the progress toward,” and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask.” I find that the poems are similar, in that they deal with human nature and tendencies. But they contrast in how they choose overcome the problems at hand. I will explore each poem’s views on human behavior and how the humans deal with emotions, according to the author. The focus. In Gwendolyn Brooks poem, the title “Speech…

exemplifies Bishop’s mode of poetic process in that the poem very much reflects Bishop’s thought progression. Bishop gives the poem a specific geographic location in order to further contextualize her reflections. In her poem, Bishop acknowledges that time and change move forward consistently and severely. Perspective for Bishop is the key to seeing which helps the reader understand the shifting perspectives within the poem. Throughout the poem, “Paris, 7a.m.,” Bishop explores the themes of…

same rights they had when they were children. This allows the children to experience freedom without the constant badgering by overbearing parents. With that being said, within the poem “The Red Hat” by Rachael Hadas’, the author plays around with the literary tactic of a narrative poem in which the speaker of the poem is the mother of the child who’s growing up right before her own eyes. Questioning herself with thoughts such as: Was it too soon to let go? How could I have predicted the…