Spenserian stanza

Research Questions: How is identity affected by colonization and exile? This is the broadest concern of the proposed paper. How is poetry a vehicle for understanding identity under these conditions? There is a rich tradition of poets-in-exile; I have chosen Mahmoud Darwish as representative and his book Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? as the particular vehicle under question. How does the identity “Mahmoud Darwish” transform into a metaphor for Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation?…

This essay will analyze the similarities and differences between the meaning of death in three texts, namely Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by Jarrell, and “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” by Yeats, all three texts examine the concepts of life and death. All three texts view death as inevitable; however “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” is more aligned with the ideas expressed in Slaughterhouse 5, that time isn’t a set path, but a picture where…

a man. For example, “He kindly stopped for me.” This scene shows death stopping for the author and taking her on his carriage. By using the word “kindly,” it suggests that the author and death are two lovers, or they are strangers. The first stanza also personifies immortality as he was with them on the carriage. Emily says “The carriage held but just ourselves- And immortality.”…

Both of these poems cover the theme of a hierarchy. However, they cover it in different ways. In his poem, Owen takes a more analogical approach, drawing parallels between the biblical story of Abram and Isaac and the governmental faculty of the first world war. However, throughout the poem, he makes several deviations from said story, rather than fire and wood, he uses using “fire and iron”, which were the materials used to make guns. Sitwell chooses to display it in a more realistic fashion,…

Range Finding is composed of two stanzas, in which consist of unequal lines. (The first stanza consists of 8 lines, while the second stanza has 6.) This consists of 14 line breaks, individually standing alone and telling a story, yet there is no need to pause as if you were reading an end-stopped sentence. Each line Frost has written is a beautiful enjambment of its own. The overall shape of this poem is perceived from more of a conveying meaning rather than a verbal significance. *This poem can…

Cadence and rhythm. This is poetry at its mechanical essence. It was once thought that those who could not hear the flow and intonation of language could not possibly compose one of the most complex and labyrinthine forms of expression (33). Yet, they did, and they did well. By referencing some early poetic works, The Minstrel Boy by James Nack, and The Mute’s Lament by John Carlin, the absolute ability of deaf individuals is realized, as well as a sample of some of the intimate topics they…

Hayden Carruth is an American poet who wrote during the twentieth century-modernism movement. He served in World War II and uses a lot of his personal experiences in his writing (Contemporary Authors Online). In “None,” Carruth is able to use many different allusions to show the speaker’s underlying regret for not showing his friend off properly. Carruth uses images, irony, and allusions to show the speaker’s remorse and regret to how his friend was treated. Carruth uses images of the…

Writer’s Statement for Break Free Break Free is written from the perspective of someone unhappy with his life and society. He also wishes to be free and fantasise in his head. The poem takes the reader through a journey and emphasises points and ideas throughout with different techniques such as metaphors, similes, symbols. The first verse is all about setting the scene, of a man unhappy with himself and feeling stuck. The first three lines are about him rejecting the world and his life. It…

In Shapiro's "Auto Wreck," the speaker questions the role of cause and effect in human experience as opposed to random chaos. In the poem, the speaker views an “accident” as situations that seem to occur without a concise cause and effect relationship. In life, we usually see a clear relationship between what happens in our lives. However, when that order eventuates in chaos, we tend become guilty of seeing ourselves as victims of these situations. Thus, despite the uncertainty of the horrors of…

the dark stream” and “deed redeem”, the poem uses intentionally sound devices to give their poem a certain tone. For example, in the phrase “since in silence slept”, the s sound indicates a snake-like slyness or danger. In the context of the entire stanza, this contributes to the meaning of the broken ties with British--thus leading to war between the two peoples. Likewise, Does the poem spring from an identifiable historical moment? In 1775, the British and the colonists fought against each…