Native Speaker

Hindus, which translated to “The world is sound”. Julian then goes on to mention a statistic on how everything around us is vibrating. I think this is a good hook in the way it grabs the viewer’s attention and gives a clear explanation on what the speaker is going to talk about. 25. He starts off by saying how listening is an active skill and that how hearing is a passive skill. So basically, you hear all the time, even when you are sleeping, and you only listen when you actively want to e.g.…

hand of a parental figure; in a sense, this poem portrays one's actions as self deprecating compared to another's actions. In this poem, the speaker views his actions as not good enough compared to his deceased mother. The reader can assume that the speaker’s mother is dead because of the way he describes how his mother “would” season the pork. The speaker degrades his self confidence when he describes the way he prepares the ingredients saying, “I’ve seasoned the pork like I imagine/my…

constricting and burdensome to keep. Freedom is considered lost through the moral obligation of a commitment when the poem states how, “If you promised, you might grieve for lost liberty again.” These short stanzas reflect upon old, brighter days as the speaker considers…

Reading your analysis of these two poems brings so much to real life. Besides your quote "Don't judge a book by its cover", you can also say that you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. People on the surface can be so confident and secure in their own skin when in the public's view, but once they get to the seclusion of their own home they can portray a much different side to their personality. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is the story of a very wealthy man who kills…

4. This stanza,written by Edward Taylor in the 17th century,from a part of his poem Upon a Spider Catching a Fly, states the moment when the devil "saw a pettish wasp" and is cautious if it because of "his sting". Taylor uses a metaphor using the wasp as one type of man that is a sinner but tries its best to be free from its sin, and the spider as the devil who spins threads of silk to catch its prey. In other words, a sinner has fallen upon the devils wrath but because the sinner is one who has…

Snow White was listening(102) carefully to the woodsman's message, as she was sensing(102), understanding( 102), evaluating( 102), and responding( 102), to what he was saying. Snow White understood what he said because she knew she was in danger. She responded by questioning what he was saying, seeing as, she was in shock and had not previously know her stepmother's intentions of murdering her. There were many different types of listening styles( 106) used during the conversation;Snow White…

This one is a Metaphysical poetry. It deals with new actuality. By new actuality meaning the new findings in 19th century. This Piece instead of metaphysics deals with actuality, for there are no references and abstractions. The unknown anonymous speaker in the poem is a lover who scrutinizes the very aspect of love. He starts the poem by implying that the love he holds is “rare” and “strange” because it was “begotten by Despair, Upon Impossibility.” He continues by saying that for him only…

The sounds of sheep baaing, the heavy breathing of a dog, the wind howling, and the nice smell of the evergreen forest and the quietness of the outdoors all combine to form the imagery of a unique, quiet painting. In the painting Shepherdess with Her Dog by Charles Emile Jacque, this rich description is exactly the imagery of shepherdess depicted in her environment. I have recently visiting The Tweed Museum in the University of Minnesota Duluth where I found this painting. The Shepherdess with…

Speaker: The narrative voice in the text is Sarah Vowell. Vowell provides the reader with hints that she possesses a liberal quality that is contrary to judgements of her father whom seems to align with a conservative way of thinking. An example of this would be when Vowell quotes, “I’m not saying who was the Democrat or who was the Republican – my father or I – but I will tell you that I have never subscribed to Guns & Ammo, that I did not plaster the family vehicle with National Rifle…

society. Dickson illustrates images that represent how torn she is about her performance as a woman. The poem begins with the lines “I felt a cleaving in my mind/ As if my brain had split” (1-2) creating a strong image of an intensive division that the speaker feels. She continues to say “I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit” (3-4). When she is trying to match things seam by seam the reader is presented with an image of someone trying to match something such as a quilt…