Poetry

the two poems because Cavendish also explores the topic of love in her poem. However, the entire poem, and a majority of Donne’s poetry, are about love and his emotions. This is not unusual considering most of the poetry written during the Renaissance falls into the genre of lyrical poetry which is characterized by the authors’ expression of emotions. Lyric poetry fell out of favor by the time of the Restoration. In its place, poems examining science, politics, and religion became more…

Throughout this article, Jason will be going over how concrete poetry can be an interesting genre to analyze and what makes concrete poetry an authentic genre. By looking at concrete poetry through the lens of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), Jason focuses on how the content blends together with the visual appearance to create a deeper meaning. Going back to 7th grade, my english class was learning about the broad genre of poetry. At first, I thought “Oh boy. . . another writing…

Renaissance poetry, which included the works of such poets as Samuel Daniel, Edmund Spenser, and Francesco Petrarch, began in 13th-century Italy and spread throughout much of continental Europe. By the 16th and 17th centuries, the Renaissance ideals had begun to shape the literary compositions of England, resulting in the production of a variety of poems varying in structure, rhyme scheme, and argument (Black 546). Despite the common motif of the Renaissance woman presented in both works of…

The assigned Emily Dickinson poems seem to have a theme connecting death with God. I believe Dickinson sees the world through the lens of loss. Grief seems to consume her poetry. It is as if Dickinson ruminates on the subject of death analyzing it from many angles. Her poetry also hints at her attempts to reconcile her thoughts and feelings about death and her relationship with God. I think in the grief-filled aftermath of loss, Dickinson’s contemplates the role of God in life and death as…

''Poetry'' by Marianne Moore was very interesting. For you to understand this poem you have to break it down paragraph by paragraph to truly understand the meaning that's in this. This Poem at first was confusing I had to read it a second time to understand what's going on. The way this poem was set, it was hard to find out the meaning. I think out of all the other poems I think this one was the hardest to crack down, but the best thing out of this poem was when I finally understood it, I was…

The readings this week are “Poetry is not a Luxury” by Audrey Lorde and James T. Stewart’s “The Development of the Black Revolutionary War”. In the text, Audrey Lorde discusses poetry. Not poetry in terms of rhyming words or specific stanzas, as white literature frames it, but poetry as a mode of communicating and accessing our emotions. Stewart discusses the revolution of black arts. Not in general terms but in a way that African-Americans saw themselves and clearly understood that this new…

written poetry that is still read to this day. War poetry deals with gruesome, heartbreaking, harsh and sometimes happy details of the war that are generally faced by soldiers first hand. War poetry is the writing of experiences, horrors, traumas of war generally experienced first-hand by soldiers who have fought wars. Apart from the themes of suffering, conflict, death and horror the poems deal with other areas as well. One common theme, I’ve noticed, that occurs in a few of the war poetry is…

Poetry and Rap When one envisions poetry they most likely visualize soft spoken rhymes and rhythms that tell an emotional story. On the other hand, when the music genre of Rap is thought of, it's described as harsh language with negative, and sometimes inappropriate diction. However, while some differences between Rap and poetry are noticeable, they also share evident similarities. Today Rap music has gained an immense amount of popularity, but with that popularity Rap has also garnered…

wanderlust years, in western China he meet a Taoist mystic named Ssu Ma Ch’eng-cheng, who takes Li Bai as his student. He becomes associated and a well-known practitioner of Taoism and embodies it through his poetry. At age twenty-nine in 730 A.D., he makes the first of four marriages and lives in Hupei. Li Bai was born free and his vision in life was to be free. He wanted to be great, but in his own personal path. “ Li Po was an obscure person who greatest hope of advancement lay in convincing…

quirky with its selection of settings and objects, but upon analyzing deeper, it is clear that Cuban poetry and literature is depressing and distressing, Themes of oppression and immigration surge through the literature of the region, developed by other literary devices, but why? Cuba, under the rule of Fidel Castro, is a downcast nation. The influence of the dictatorship is clear in Cuban poetry through theme, diction, symbolism, and personification. Themes prevalent in Cuban literature are…