It is evident that “Tony Birch revives Melbourne’s past” through the creation of structure, that creates images in the readers’ minds; and it is these images, that ultimately forms a type of a narrative, which restores Australia and Melbourne’s past – to the readers. The structure of – ‘My Words’, Beruk (Ngamajet) – 1835 – is interesting, because it creates a narrative accounting, the arrival of the British and the racism that prevailed, after their arrival. The poem’s structure can be unpacked by analyzing the poem thoroughly. The begins by addressing the arrival of the British colonial, by making references to the William Barak’s first impression of Captain Cook, who had “landed [wearing a] white jacket and brass buttons”.
In the poems "London, 1802" and "Douglass", although written 100 years apart, they described freedom fighters that fought for justice and equality. Although, the poems differ int he way they are structured and the style that they are written in, both poems were able to commemorate these politcical figures for their important contributions in unique and difficult situations. At first glance, the poems written by Wordworth and Dunbar have many similarities in structure and organization. Both of the poems start off with commemoration of important figures in the past, describe the source of trouble and the poems both end with highlights of the two freedom fighter 's characteristics. The similariteies between the two extend beyond stucture, it goes onto the imagery also.
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.
In 'Sunset Water' the experience of water dividing is primal. My father is awkwardly here, then gone. Separation in the poem is palpable; the sentences are cut in half by rippling water. In 'As By Water', water also divides, but it concerns love of a partner, perhaps a less personal, more universal experience.
Introduction. Saint Anthony Falls, known as the birthplace of Minneapolis, is located northeast of downtown Minneapolis. Since it is the highest and only true waterfall on the entire Mississippi River, St Anthony Falls have become an important cartographic landmark in the interior of North America. The Falls was called “Minirara”, which means ‘curling water’, when it was first discovered by the Dakota Tribe. It was then renamed to Saint Anthony Falls by Louis Hennepin, the first European visited the place, after his patron saint Anthony of Padua.
Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith’s work can be commonly described as ambiguous and abstract to its readers. For one to fully understand Smith’s
Starved bodies, corrupt kings, roaring waves of prejudice. These are the times that Shelley and Dunbar lived in. Whereas Shelley has a more optimistic attitude, Dunbar holds a more downtrodden one which is reflected in the different enemies, tones, and endings of the two poems. While both poems are set in trying times, they differ in their antagonists.
William “Billy” Collins is named “one of the most popular poets in America” in the New York Times. He is known for his humorous poems that have a lot of observation on the every day life. Collins says that his poetry is “suburban, domestic, middle class, and its sort of unashamedly that.” He was not very famous when he was younger, but now, his work is considered some of the best poetry in history (“Billy Collins”). Collins recognized his love for poetry as a young child, pursued his interests in becoming a poet, and was eventually recognized for his work.
The author of “London, 1802”, William Wordsworth was a romantic poet, he with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to birth the Romantic Age in English literature. We can see his romantic sense in the poem by comparing Milton’s soul to a star in line 9 in the poem and in line 10, where he says, “ Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea”. At this time, in the 1800’s, London was the largest city in Europe, which had wealth and prosperity.
This paper will be analyzing the poem, “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams. . Williams, who was a medical doctor by profession, wrote the poem in 1923, a year of rising economic desolation, while tending to a patient (Teicher). He wrote the poem in the same amount of time it takes to read it, rather quickly, when he looked out a window and saw a red wheelbarrow in the rain, and perhaps linked it to the pain his patient was feeling (Teicher). Only eight lines long, the poem uses direct adjectives and halting pauses to tell the reader not only what life is like on the farm, but how desperate it is The beginning of the poem, so much depends/ upon (557) Has neither capitalization nor commas, and instead invokes the feeling of heaviness as the poem tells the reader that so much depends-with a sharp drop to just the word upon.
In his essay “Here,” Philip Larkin uses many literary devices to convey the speaker’s attitude toward the places he describes. Larkin utilizes imagery and strong diction to depict these feelings of both a large city and the isolated beach surrounding it. In the beginning of the passage, the speaker describes a large town that he passes through while on a train. The people in the town intrigue him, but he is not impressed by the inner-city life.
The contrasting imagery of rural and urban settings to create a compelling argument about the disconnection of humanity from nature Wordsworth’s Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey illustrates the advantage in accepting the power of the natural world. Alluding to the consequences of commercial progress while granting vision to the unspoiled beauty Wordsworth paints into his composition a stark juxtaposition to startle the reader and grant credence to his poetic suggestions. Plunging the reader into a world lacking the control of urban society with specific evidence for the inability of humanity to conquer the natural world Wordsworth persuades the reader to view the institutions of society in a different manner.
Spring 2023 Research Paper Tennessee Williams is a renowned American playwright whose works have captivated audiences for decades. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," one of his most famous plays, explores complex themes of family, identity, and the American Dream. Williams' writing reflects the societal issues, historical events, and literary movements of his time. This research paper will look at how Williams was influenced by his surroundings and how these influences shaped the themes and characters in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and other literary works. This paper will show how Williams skillfully weaves together these influences to create a timeless work of literature by analyzing the play's characters, setting, and symbolism.
Furthermore, the superficial simplicity of Hughes’ poems is not meant to deceive, but to encourage readers to engage in poetry from different perspectives because there is more to the poem than meets the eye. Additional questions remain, however. Does Hughes’ experimentation with form threaten to mischaracterize or further objectify the subjects of his poetry? Does Hughes ascribe too much value to these ordinary objects and places? Are there limitations to Hughes’ experimentation?
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are the most representative and brilliant poets of the nineteenth century and in the American literature in general. However, we can also say that, between them, they have the most different styles of writing they can have, just as well as their lives. For example, as Christenbury (n.d.) stated, firstly that Walt Whitman was someone “[…] who struggled to get his poems published and who developed a broad admiring audience during his lifetime. In contrast, the reclusive Emily Dickinson died unknown to the world of poetry, leaving a box full of unpublished poems”. Nevertheless, we can find some similarities in their lives, for example, both of them lived in a difficult historical period: on the one hand Emily Dickinson, who was born the 10th of December of 1830 and on the other hand, Walt Whitman, who was born the 31st of May of 1819, lived the period of the American civil war.
