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Poetry analysis
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Poetry analysis
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William Golding’s Lord of the Flies depicts many different types of authority. Despite the fact that Piggy has the potential to gain authority, only Jack and Ralph have authority over the boys in the novel. Although they both have authority, Jack and Ralph rule as chief in very different ways. Ralph rules through order while Jack rules through fear, and a system of reward and punishment. Golding shows that authority based on desire and fear always triumphs over authority based on order and reason.
Also in the poem repetition is used alot, the author repeats the line “when i watch you” (1,6,12). Describes that the author is looking
Additionally, the structure of the poem creates a sense of
A lot of Imagery makes the story more intense and easier to understand. Irony makes the poem lighter and gives it a more smooth
Starting in the beginning the poet creates a mysterious mood “We tell the wakened child that all she heard was an odd question from the forest bird.” From here it creates a mysterious mood and also connects to the theme because children aren’t used to hearing odd noises and negativity thoughts usually create fear. Throughout both poems the poets are trying to emphasize that all youngs live in
What is the purpose of all the contrasting, descriptive imagery? What elements underlyingly stand for other items? The poem opens with the speaker reflecting on their past and relating to frogs asserting that they
Also throughout the story, he is not starting fresh on a new idea he built all of his poems on the main idea of his dog, named Sky. I thought that from a teacher standpoint and as she was giving examples of different
Each and every author create a unique way of describing their own encounters that they have had in their life by bringing literary aspects and enriching the experiences from their lives and adding it to the story to place emphasis on the events that have had an impact on their lives. The author creates an emphasis on critical aspects of the story through the tone, where hearing the poet describing their own story gives light to what each poet puts emphasis on their own story and the influences that other people or have had on their lives. Not only does each poet have a unique way of telling a story but also their tone can describe many aspects of their life like what they are, passionate about, the connections that they have had which affects
The elements that Cummings uses are designed specifically to help both the meaning and the rhythm of the poem. For example; the patterns of the poem are without punctuation and fast. Therefore creating a pulling effect on the reader. Forcing them to read without pause. This tells us that the poem is in the point of view of a child.
Imagery and tone plays a huge role for the author in this poem. It’s in every stanza and line in this poem. The tone is very passionate, joyful and tranquil.
She wanted to create an atmosphere where we are suspecting and doubting the words of the mother. Whatever the mother says, the reader is to take the opposite of what is really happening into account. She exemplifies this through the use of repetition of the mother saying that the child walks backwards, and by the second time she repeats this phrase we are fully aware of the mother’s true intentions of abuse. Perhaps the poet intended to invoke emotions of anger and confusion from the reader as they have written the poem in a very raw, realistic way.
Within the first 10 lines of the poem, Bryant personifies nature. He makes you feel as if nature is the most loving and comforting person. “She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.” (Line 4-8)
Poe’s literary devices affects the poem because it uses personification and by using figurative language they get to know what the characters are thinking. The rhyme scheme and repetition affect the reader because it creates suspense in the poem and it makes the reader feel afraid.
For example, the first stanza creates the image of a little girl playing with the usual toys, like the baby born dolls (the dolls that did pee-pee), mini GE stoves, and makeup. Female readers can easily relate to playing with these toys as children. They are the typical toys given to girls at a young age, which is the point of presenting this information. It shows the girl was brought up like usual, which makes it seem like the ending of the poem could also become commonplace. It also gives a good visual representation of her body at the funeral when the speaker says she has a “turned up putty nose”, which makes the girl seem both perfect and fake.
All people have their good days and bad days. In the poems “Piano” by D.H. Lawrence and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, the speaker's experience both good memories and bad. Both speakers lived a simple life but what they as a individual were going through was not so simple. The poems each show love even if it's hard to tell. In the two poems “Piano” and “Those Winter Sundays” it shows that the conflict, setting and speaker reveal their own hardships and blessings.