Paul Allen

American Voice American Voice is characterized by themes of Hard work, Equality, and also Freedom. The American Voice is characterized by the theme of Hard Work of the poor innocent people that try to bring their family forward. This is demonstrated in ‘’I Hear America Singing.’’ Everyone by race and gender work hard to keep their family maintained. In The Poem Lines 3-8 talk about the laborers and the women also working for their husbands and families. This Supports the claim because the…

Did you know that the representation of the American Dream was not always positive within songs in the Roaring Twenties, a time of success and culture advancement. Throughout the time of America the Declaration of Independence has been looked at being an essential document as it brought upon the term; The American Dream, the pursuit of happiness, success and contempt that was looked on everyone in America. The poems “America” by Claude McKay and “I too Sing America” by Langston Hughes relate…

Have you ever experienced slam poetry and actually liked it? The Mayhem Poets are a small impact towards everyone around us. They perform using movements, staging, and sound effects with experienced of their performance around the world. Spoken words where a huge impact towards this kind of poetry talk. While, the mayhem poets used free verse most of the time, they had a mixture of rap, style, rhyme, and rhythm. The rhythm of the Mayhem Poets had a mixture with the combination of elements.…

The American Voice What is the American Voice? Today many people have different views of what is the American voice. For example some people say the American voice is that about corruption and tyranny. As others suggest the voice is hardworking and patriotic. Throughout history there are those great people who establish identity of the things we know today. Like Patrick Henry,Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes,and Barack Obama all establish parts of the true American voice. They believe the voice is…

Walt Whitman is widely recognized as one of America’s leading nature poets. His wide-ranging description of the “voluptuous coolbreathed earth” (“Song of Myself” line 439) in his lyrical works suggests both the poet’s respect for the natural world and his transcendentalist belief in the world’s unity in diversity. Whitman comes to a more complete and fulfilling grasp of his humanity through the various poetic discourses evident in his poetry. The first concerns a discourse between the internal…

You Talkin To Me? (read with a NYC accent) Somehow, someway, before I was born, before my existence was even a concept, before fate found it’s stepping stone, Walt Whitman was thinking of me. He was dreaming of all of us; the people he would never meet, the people who may never know his name, the people of the past, present, and future. Few evidence can be found that Whitman had any clairvoyant powers, yet he seemed to know what to look for, when thinking, dreaming, and wishing for the future…

NBA Draft Profile: De’Aaron Fox, PG, Kentucky Key Stats: 16.7 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 4.6 APG Measurables: 6’3, 187 pounds Strengths: De’Aaron Fox comes into the NBA with a lot of tools that should translate well from his days in college. His biggest draw is his speed , at 6’3, Fox has elite speed can only be matched by point guards such as John Wall, Russell Westbrook and other freak athletes at the position. His end to end speed is amazing and if he can get the rebound it’s off to the races. He…

Walt Whitman once stated, “the art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” Whitman is known as one of America’s most influential poets. He was an American poet from Long Island, New York. He wrote hundreds of poems for the New York Times Journal newspaper and his book, Leaves of Grass which was published in 1888. After writing his ninth edition of his novel, Leaves of Grass, he published it then passed a few days later. He generally wrote…

Life and Death In Allen Ginsberg’s “HOWL,” there are many different institution. The main institution that was discussed was drugs, the government, religion and society. In Part I, II, III and the footnote of Allen Ginsberg’s “HOWL,” Ginsberg uses different tones to convey the main points of each part. All parts culminate to reflect the theme of the whole poem by giving it that roller coaster effect where it starts smooth, climaxes into anger then cools down towards the end. By doing this, it…

Howl by Allen Ginsberg During the 1950’s America was a different culture then what we live in today. In the epic three part poem “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg, he gives us a radical depiction of post World War II America and the mayhem that surrounds him. Using colorful and descriptive language he lays out what is happening during his time. He takes us through a journey back in time where readers can get a glimpse of what it was like to be in the middle of chaos as an outsider. Allen Ginsberg is…