Poem Analysis Essay

Title: War Is Kind, about the good things war does for people and how it accommodates them positively. Paraphrase: Do not cry girl, war is good. Just because your lover got shot and his horse ran away, you shouldn’t cry. The drums of war are loud, the battlefield is full of your men who are craving a fight. These men were born to take orders and die. A flag flies above them where the spirit of battle is great, but the spirit left a thousand dead. Do not cry baby, war is good. Don’t cry…

The Exeter Book is a collection of Anglo-Saxon poems that were put into a book. They are a group of poems that were written by Vikings a long time ago about their experiences. Many of their experiences were out on the ocean considering they would be away from home for around five years at a time while they were trying to capture a territory. Some of the wives would write poems about what it was like while their husband and a large amount of their male population was away for five years, and the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0aJMtkPX-g 5-10 Min: Class discussion, essential questions for “Hay for the Horse” · What does the poem say, what’s the message? · What purpose does the poem serve? 15-20 Min: Small group Activity; compare and contrast “Howl” and “Hay for the Horse” 5-10 Min: Journal Response: · Reflect on “Hay for the Horses” and answer the essential questions independently. Lesson…

audience. Life-Cycle is arguably one of the most Australian poems, and tells the story of Australian rules football culture, by referring to common slang terms; such as “carn”, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (A.N.Z.A.C) pledge and “bludger”, that transforms the reader into the passionate and vocal audience of a football game. So yes, this poem, at surface level, is Australian - although, the main theme of loyalty is universal. The poem explores the stages of life that a child goes…

“Diving into the Wreck” is a poem that is an experience, rather than a poem about an experience. The diver has read a book of myths and decided that she must go on a journey alone to discover the past, whether it is her own past or everyone’s past. Adrienne Rich uses a book of myths, a ladder, and the ocean as symbols to illustrate the quest an androgynous narrator who ventures off to discover the truth. The book of myths is the first and last image of “Diving into the Wreck”. It is given the…

As a child I recall hearing this song too many time too count. I never thought of this more than just another song. As I've grown up I've realized that it is much more than just that. The song “Hotel California” was written by the eagles in 1976. This song is rich with symbolism and abstract ideas. The song tells a story of a lonely traveler, after a long journey he or she happens upon the Hotel California. They are warmly welcomed and the traveler tells the story as it happens in real time. I…

When I started editing “Sticky Fins,” I knew I had a lot of work to do, but I didn’t know where to start. I wanted to improve the clarity of the poem so that it communicated the theme of invasiveness. In my final version, “their words,” I think I was able to do this. Although it may seem like a completely different poem at first glance, I used many of the major motifs, images, and themes that were part of the original version. For example, I expanded upon the images of “peanut butter” and…

“The Cost of Separation, the appeal to division”, the title of my poem which is based on how equality is a slumbering ravine that peels away creativity until society is in a state of sleep pushing a game. This recurring game of catch up, never truly catches up so when we feel as though we have caught up it is no longer sweet. There is a direct juxtaposition between the image a people have in media and the relationship these people have with others. Also depending on this relationship the…

Voices give writing a tone, being able to read the voices you are able to read a different perspective. In the poem I read, I had heard three distinctive voices to tell his story on life. The three voices I had read the dark, strong, and disagree. Her story is about struggling to live and how life is extremely hard. This poem was all about her dark life and how she had to fight to live everyday. How she is going to put on a smile, but about to cry. I read this as she is covering up her true…

When Last Week Tonight first premiered on April 27th, 2014 many people were quick to judge their format in comparison to other late night TV shows. Until then, the culture of late night was dominated with short skits, leading into a celebrity interview. John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight, found his niche by focusing his shows on one event that happened in the last week. This one event is well researched and in some cases he gets the point of a broken system across better than most news…