I evaded nostalgia. Tried hard to forget. But one does not forget by trying to forget. One only remembers. I remembered too well that education had changed my family’s life.
Although both poems talk about how sexual desires makes one forget memories, H.D. approaches this through the
He could imagine his deception of this town “nestled in a paper landscape,” (Collins 534). This image of the speaker shows the first sign of his delusional ideas of the people in his town. Collins create a connection between the speaker’s teacher teaching life and retired life in lines five and six of the poem. These connections are “ chalk dust flurrying down in winter, nights dark as a blackboard,” which compares images that the readers can picture.
We can read the missing, reflection, and overall gratitude of his experiences. Imagery helps Adame and writers to offer rich descriptions to readers that let us take free rides to meaningful and beautiful places. While reading this poem, I learned of great examples of imagery and how they can add to my reading experience by striking my five senses. I will keep imagery in my pocket when I write so I too, can produce precious images that in turn, are priceless yet mean all the
Teasdale is able to elicit a strong image of this memory to the reader. She uses rhetorical devices to describe the light shining on their clothes, the scenery of a hill littered with fallen blossoms from surrounding trees,
A common theme of life that can be seen "Nostalgia" is remembrance. Throughout this poem Collins talks about these characters who remember a time period, "These views assume that nostalgia depends, in some way, on comparing a present situation with a past one" (Howard). The first character begins with, "Where has the summer of 1572 gone? Brocade and sonnet marathons were the rage" (6-7). The first character is remembering a time when a certain activity
Memories can play a huge role in a person’s life for it can cause an individual to drown or float in the sea of life. In the narrative poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe and the short story, “I stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen, the two well written texts show the effect past memories can have on individuals. These effects can be thoroughly seen through the grieving man from from the poem and Emily, the fragile daughter from the short story previously introduced. Everyone has events that they remember, and these past memories cause an individual’s identity to be crafted in a specific way that only the individual himself will truly understand why. To begin with, in “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe, the poem shows how past memories shape an
“You remember what you want to forget and you forget what you want to remember,” (McCarthy 12). With most aspects of life, the horrendous moments are the times that no one can erase. This applied to The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Towards the end of the novel when the son loses his father proves to be the most indelible moment with the assistance of the feelings experienced during that part. The son encounters a variety of emotions including loneliness, loss and hope.
As the modern world becomes more technologically advanced, people have forgotten to focus on the simple aspects of life. Social media has changed the way people spend their down time, and they have neglected to recognize the seemingly mundane but rather imperative aspects of life. Billy Collins is an established, American poet who is known for his attention to the ordinary. While his poems are popular due to their witty and humorous nature, Collins uses his poems to cause his readers to have a deeper understanding of the everyday. American writer John Taylor stated,“Rarely has anyone written poems that appear so transparent on the surface yet become so ambiguous, thought-provoking, or simply wise once the reader has peered into the depths”
A good example of remembering occurs in the passage “Night Surf” by Stephen King. In “Night Surf” King writes about the characters remembering the good times of what they used to have in their lives. To explain, “We came here in the summer, Maureen and I, the summer after high school, the summer before college and reality and A6 coming out of South-east Asia and covering the world like a pall” (King 5). Having characters be able to reminisce about how times used to be helps them comfort themselves. Clearly, their past lives are important to them and whichever pandemic they are going through gets rid of that past life.
Memories are one of the most important parts of life, there is no true happiness without the reminiscence of pain or love. This concept is portrayed in "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. The story tells of a 12-year old Jonas, who lives in a “utopian” society, where all bad memories are destroyed to avoid the feeling of pain. Jonas becomes the receiver, someone who receives good and bad memories, and he is transmitted memories of pain and pleasure from The Giver and is taught to keep the secret to himself. The author shows one should cherish memories, whether it be good or bad, as they are all of what is left of the past, and we should learn from it as to better ourselves in the future.
Kelly Cherry also uses imagery in her poem “Alzheimer’s”. “He remembers himself, A younger man, in a tweed hat, a man who loved Music. There is no time for that now” (lines18-20). Here Cherry uses her imagery to describe a happy man in the past tense to fit the theme by showing the change in the man’s life.
And it was Darwish 's creative work and precise language that transcended his experience not only as a Palestinian writer, but also as a writer who aroused the universal, while managing the aesthetic transmission of the oppressive side of the human condition under occupation. In his prosaic memoir, Memory for Forgetfulness, Darwish writes in hauntingly surrealist manner: "He 's looking for a pair of eyes, for a shared silence or reciprocal talk. He 's looking for some kind of participation in this death, for a witness who can give evidence, for a gravestone over a corpse, for the bearer of news about the fall of a horse, for a language of speech and silence, and for less boring wait for certain death. For what this steel and these iron beasts are
How is the theme of remembrance explored in “Piano”, “Poem at Thirty Nine”, “Remember” and three other poems? The theme of remembrance is often reflected in poems through the poets’ use of language, structure and literary devices. This presents readers with a sense of time, evoking the poet’s powerful emotions. “Piano”, “Poem at Thirty Nine” and “Remember” are three poems that shows poets remembrance of powerful memories.
The theme of remembrance is constantly explored in literature. The poems ‘Piano’, ‘Poem at 39’ ’ are no exception to this. Piano and Poem at Thirty-Nine takes a slightly different approach to the theme, however Lawrence uses very strong and emotive language to convey a sense of nostalgia. . The mood of the poem is sad and nostalgic. Whereas‘Poem at Thirty Nine ’ adresses her relationship with his father , “how I miss my father”, she wants to return to the warmth and comfort of his childhood days .
