Poetic form

Many poets will express their perspectives or nauture in various ways. In the poems, “Ode to enchanted Light” by Pablo Neruda and “Sleeping in the Forest” by Mary Oliver, the poets utilize similar and contrasting key elements to express their views of the beauties and powers of nature. In “Ode to enchanted Light,” Pablo Neruda touches upon the beauties of light and appreciation for the nature that surrounds us, through the use of figuative language, theme, symbolism, and mood/tone. Mary Oliver…

showcases many persuasive skills and rhetoric. Aristotle once stated that rhetoric classifies as “the ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” Among the three main arguments in Paradise Lost, each carry, at least, one form of Aristotle’s rhetorics: Ethos, Pathos, and/or Logos. Whether it be Eve persuading Adam, or Satan persuading Eve, each argument succeeds in its intentions, ultimately winning over the counter-arguments. The first of the three arguments…

William Blake wrote many different poems, two big books filled with them, one book being called Songs of Innocence and the other being called Songs of Experience. Within these two books, four were brought up to the attention of the class, The Lamb, The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, and Infant Sorrow. These four poems had different messages but also different archetypes or comparisons. Each one, William Blake made sure to point out what he was really trying to get the reader to notice as he wrote…

Donald Howard was a professor of English at Stanford until 1977. He went on to study medieval tradition which led him to write his first book, The Three Temptations; Medieval Man in Search of the World. This is an analysis of his critical study of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In the article, Donald Howard discusses the symmetry and parallelism found throughout Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. He notes that the symbols inside the poem are defined by the author and are not left to be…

What once was known to be someone’s thought that turned into someone’s words is known to be related to poetry. Thoughts and emotions play an important role in not only confessional, but also beat poetry. In Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California” different techniques are used to capture a reader’s feelings. Throughout this poem Ginsberg allows the audience to sense emotions in ways such as using word choice with specific punctuation, contrast of metaphors, and use of active voice.…

The 1920s, a time for new innovations and was the rise of popular culture. People were expressing themselves more freely and enjoying life. During the year 1928, Robert Frost wrote a poem titled, “Acquainted with the Night.” From the title we can guess that Frost enjoyed partaking in the festivities of The Roaring Twenties. Maybe he enjoyed going out to socialize with a drink in hand, but unfortunately that is far from the truth. “Acquainted with the Night” is a work that depicts Robert Frost’s…

In Just- Poetry Explication E.E. Cummings major approach to unfoalding the theme would be the use of diction. While many words in the poem are made up such as, “mud-lucsious”, this emphasizes how the speaker is excited that he or she has to put together words to describe the feeling they are having. Because of this use of word, the speaker could be portrayed as a child because during the spring time children often play in mud and enjoy themselves. Also, one can assume the speaker is a child by…

Robert Frost’s stopping by the woods on a snowy evening and Amy Lowell’s The Taxi show many differences with no similarities. Robert Frost talks about a man on riding on a horse through the forests, stops by to watch the woodlands fill up with snow, and then tells himself that he has to go before it gets too late. In the Taxi, the woman tells us that she misses her lover, and that she wants to see them again. Frost’s poem has an iambic pentameter while Lowell’s does not have any rhythm and can…

Howl by Allen Ginsberg, as I have researched it, is said to be one of the greatest poetic works in America. Upon reading the poem, however, I have felt the need to ask- why? Why is it that of all the poetry flying about, this one seemed to strike a chord with members of American society? Was it the controversy of the crude language used in this conservative 1950s era? Or perhaps the cold imagery of a dystopian wasteland? Was there something in the characters- the “who’s”- that the common person…

examples of how human emotions can be expressed. Both readings specifically touch on the idea of doubt and how it is manifested in Keats poem and Crummell’s story. The tone, and mediums used to tell each of the author’s stories encourage the reader to form an opinion on which they feel is more convincing when portraying the emotion of doubt. Du Bois proposes doubt as a temptation in the story and life of Alexander Crummell, whereas Keats takes somewhat of a nihilistic view to display his doubt…