Speaker recognition

is imagery. The author uses imagery to emphasize the regrets that the speaker has about his father. In the first stanza the speaker talks about how the father worked hard for his family. The speaker starts off by pointing out that his father went out into the “blueblack cold.” “Blueblack” creates an image of darkness. This shows that it was still early in the morning, which means it was dark and cold outside. Also, the speaker describes the hardships that the father went through for him when he…

woods or is he contemplating suicide? This poem seems so pleasant, but I believe it indicates a deeper concern to the theme of suicide. While analyzing the text, in the first stanza, the speaker in the ballad, locates us to where…

those who would do anything for personal gain. Browning portrays the speaker as deceptive and bent on revenge. As the speaker observes the poison being made she “(gazes) thro’ …. faint smokes curling whitely”. The first image…

Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” is a reflection of her personal feelings with her fathers. The poem “Daddy” is a emotion filled poem that is dark and sad. The poem makes the reader feel sad for Sylvia and they try to understand the struggles Sylvia went through. The poem makes references to the holocaust and Sylvia's experiences growing up during World War ii. The darkness of this poem comes from the anger Sylvia has from her father passing away and leaving her to look for him in another man. Sylvia…

ideas of uniformity and equality. The grass in this poem symbolizes various ideas that the speaker gradually explores, one of which being the idea of equality and uniformity. Men from all walks of life, black or white, young or old, when dead, will all equally nurture nature. The grass will use nutrition equally from all the people who were supposedly different and grow on their graves. In other words, the speaker is saying that all people are equal in the face of death and nature. Moreover, the…

The piece, "To His Coy Mistress," by Andrew Marvell demonstrates his passion for a beauty he sees in a woman, although through use of allusions and references to geographical locations, objects, and even possession of power. For example, he states, "Love you ten years before the Flood, / And you should, if you please, refuse / Till the conversation of the Jews (8-10)." This I think really emphasizes the theme of the piece as statements are exaggerated and relative to significant events. Beyond…

The poem opens introducing a long and dark street. The speaker walks through the street clumsily, stumbling around due to the darkness. He hears his feet on the stones and the leaves, but also hears someone else behind him. The person behind him is doing everything the speaker is doing, but when the speaker turns around, there is no one there. The speaker can’t see or make out anything, only his footsteps. He follows the endless street around its endless corners, and says that no one…

Marge Piercy’s, The Secretary Chant, describes a woman feeling dehumanized by her job to the point where it consumes her and she becomes the lifeless, inanimate objects she works with. Piercy expresses the secretary’s emotions across in a somewhat humorous way using metaphors, onomatopoeia, and repetition. The whole poem is an extended metaphor comparing a secretary to the office supplies surrounding her. Her role as a human is belittled and she is reduced to functionaries, not seeing herself…

Erotic, emotionally raw, and enticingly lyrical, “A Challenge to a Lover Who Has Offended Her” examines the violent rage and scathing pain one experiences in the absence of a lover and the aftermath of an ended relationship. The conclusion of an intimate affiliation, particularly one filled with romance and affection, is often accompanied with a nearly indescribable amount of grief, regret, shame, and fury. Numerous memories are repeated in one’s memory, with the scenes studied with an…

In both literature and song, sometimes male’s will express their love to a female in an enthusiastic method. The song “Michelle” by Sir Paul McCartney and lines 44-53 from an excerpt of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare both converge to give insight into the male brain and their expression of emotion. The song “Michelle” exhibits imagery of a French man yearning to express his love, but being oblivious to a form of expression. In response, the man uses verbal gestures to communicate with…