Form 10-K

There are a vast number of poems that vary from overall message, level of difficulty, and use of literary devices. Poets will manipulate these factors to aid them in the process of creating a product that will embody their purpose. As a result of different mindsets and individual expression, certain poems are more difficult to analyze than others. To explore this concept it is necessary to analyze poems from each spectrum of difficulty. The poems “Messy room” by Shel Silverstein, “The Reason Why…

Law Over Man Ten is the number of times the word blood is written in Faulkner’s short story. Perhaps, or maybe not, blood is thicker than water. Yeah, what a cliché, right? However, what happens when being loyal to family includes breaking the law? In William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” through the use of Sarty’s internal conflict on betraying his father or abiding by his principles and Abner’s fixation on sticking it to the man, Faulkner portrays the conflict of Man vs Self and Man vs Society.…

Of particular significance is Holst’s fifth movement, entitled Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age. Alan Leo’s book on astrology described those born under Saturn as having the potential for long life but inclined to plod through life slowly and steadily, often being unresponsive. Interestingly, Holst’s own personality is quite similar to Leo’s description of a person born under Saturn. Saturn was Holst’s favorite movement of the planets; perhaps Holst recognized its similarity to his own…

“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” is certainly a very simple and happy love poem centered on the gifts the narrator is willing to give his love if she were to come and stay with him. I think part of the reason this particular poem is so inviting and calming is because of the pastoral images and diction used by the author. Even materialistic objects are related and combined with natural elements. The narrator mentions “a gown made of the finest wool” (13), “a cap of flowers and a kirtle /…

to Greek Alexandria of the third century B.C., when the purpose of the poems were to be presented on objects such as an ax handle, a statue’s wings, an altar—even an egg. Concrete poetry, also called shape or pattern poetry, is poetry written in the form of a shape or image. Also, the visual appearance of the poem must be related to the topic of the text. Concrete poetry is a creative genre with space as an additional category by arranging words in non-linear patterns on the page. Drawing using…

The Weekly Sierra Citizen describes the government being unethical and overbearing to the public. The Weekly Sierra Citizen contains a large number of statements of disapproval of the governor’s actions during the San Francisco Vigilance Committee. These statements range from some that would not seem unusual today, to others that are impossible to imagine being used in a modern campaign. The public saw Governor Johnson’s proclamation with “much disapproval” understanding that he was unethical to…

In the stories “Black Swan Green” and “Letters to a Young Poet”, both the young poet and Jason are going through similar situations. Both of them want help on their poetry. The central idea is that both mentors want their mentee to look to themselves and ask, “Do I need writing to live?”. The mentors want their mentee to stop writing about cliche love poems and to start writing about what they know. The mentees need to be honest about writing and if it's what they want to do. This central idea…

of the greatest poems that he has written, and surely others will agree in the future. It seems that rather than completely inhibiting his poetry, his melancholy in fact inspired one of his best works. Although Coleridge “may not hope from outward forms to win / the passion and…

Canovan in her article ‘Trust the people’ writes how she is sceptical of populism. Although highlighting many negative points of populism she suggests it reinvigorates democracy and is always inevitable. Like Canovan I am sceptical of populism, as she calls it the “shadow of democracy” but I go one further to believe populism does indeed have no place in a well-functioning democracy. Firstly, one must define a well-functioning democracy: this allows the demos to limit government power due to…

The Wander is an Elegy-style poem that depicts the suffering, exile, and memoirs of an anonymous narrator who refers to himself differently according to what part of his life he is sharing; a "Lone-dweller", an "Earth-stepper", ect. Although it is commonly believed that there is only one narrator, there is still a lot of debate on whether or not there was only one narrator throughout the poem or if there were several. The Wanderer is believed to have been created around the 5th or 6th…