Robinson Jeffers

“Fire on the Hills” Robinson Jeffers uses paradoxical metaphor and chaotic imagery to depict a forest fire in which he suggests that every part of life is controlled by fate and that “beauty is not always lovely,” (Jeffers 4). Contrarily “Invictus,” a poem by…

According to the Hindu religion, Shiva, the powerful last deity of the Hindu triumvirate, is responsible for the destruction and re-creation of this world (BBC). Many believe his powers destroy the imperfectness allowed to spawn in this world so as to make way for necessary and valuable changes. With just a casual flick of his blue-tinted wrist or a deadly performance of the Tandav dance, Shiva is able to send the world spiraling into chaos, though some Hindus call it “constructive destruction.”…

an adaptation by Robinson Jeffers, the other translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien, it is clear there are differences that affect the reading of the drama. Euripides had a unique way to tap into and connect with the audience and the play Medea is a perfect example. Robinson Jeffers provides a refined version of the work and in his version, the rhetoric is more straightforward, being trimmed to only the essential parts. Jeffers says “Poetry is not a civiliser, rather the reverse.” The adaptation…

The poem “Science” by Robinson Jeffers consists of fifteen lines describing the consequences of modern man which ends with a question of their ‘dream.’ The poem references man’s inventions, science and technology, and nature or the environment where man first came to live and proceeded to destroy. Jeffers begins with a description of man, and then ends by questioning, “who would have dreamed this infinitely little too much?” (14-15), referring to what man or humanity has done which displaying…

Poetry Analysis: “Fire On The Hills” The poem “Fire On The Hills” by the California poet Robinson Jeffers describes a scene in nature utilizing descriptive imagery and oxymorons in order to explain the inevitability of fate. Jeffers begins the poem by describing deer fleeing from a fire. Jeffers utilizes phrases such as “bounding like blown leaves” and “roaring wave of the brush-fire,” which create a completely different view. Although such linguistic methods are commonplace, Jeffers infuses…

For instance, there would be parts where it almost broke your heart but a little later it would have you feeling excited and happy. There was a lot of tension throughout the book as well. Like when Steve had had enough and was going to get himself out of the Robinson house right away. During that scene it kept you on edge, wondering if Willie Robinson was going to show up on the street anytime and drag Steve back into that nightmarish house. One part that stood out to me most was a simple…

Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He moved to Pasadena where he went to high school, and junior college. He excelled in track, football, baseball, and basketball. He would then go on to compete in these sports at UCLA. After college, Jackie enlisted in the Army and served in Fort Riley, Kansas.(Robinson, 13). At the army base Jackie experienced racism, “ Finally, taking for granted that I was white, he said, ‘ Lieutenant,let me put it this way. How would you like…

the beginning of the play the audience Cory can be viewed as a foil to Troy in the sense that he seems to be on the path to great success unlike his garbage man father. Cory is doing well in school and he is being recruited to play football in college on scholarship. It seems like Cory is everything a father could hope for in a son but, Troy cannot see the same picture. All Troy seems to see as success is getting a job and putting a roof over your head. Cory could be so much more but, Troy’s…

ball. According to Weintraub (2013), more than 500 major league players served during World War II, and some did not survive. Great players such as Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Hank Greenberg, and Joe DiMaggio, famously served in the war. When baseball resumed following the end of the war, the game and the men, were as much a part of Americana as hot dogs and apple pie. Jackie Robinson Following World War II, baseball’s popularity was evident as stadiums filled to capacity and the term “national…

1940’s, baseball was majority played by white Americans. Thanks to Jackie Robinson, today baseball is one of the leading professional sports who employ minorities. Jackie Robinson was a professional athlete for the game of baseball, but what he came to understand was that he also had to play a totally different type game. A game that was more powerful…