The 1970s were a rough year for African-Americans, still fighting for social and political rights in the United States. Consequently, women still did not receive equal rights. However, in 1972, “Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution, which reads: ‘Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex’ (History.com Staff).” Out of the thirty-eight necessary states only twenty-two ratified it right away, it was relieving for the moment because the feminist advocates had been trying to be ratified since 1923. The First African-American woman elected into Congress was Shirley Chisholm.
In the poem “Ego-Tripping” by Nikki Giovanni, she normalizes her worth by continuing to royalist herself as a black woman who is essential to mankind. Giovanni creates a vision throughout the poem, which leaves a thought in mind of how woman should look at themselves with much confidence as Giovanni does. “Ego Tripping” was written by Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr. who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 7, 1943. G9iovanni is a writer, poet, activist, and educator whose work was influenced during the Black Power Movements and the Civil Rights Movement. The poem was released in 2002.
However, the two different tones could not be accomplished without their structure. For example, some lines have certain types of punctuation for a reason. In the poem “Last Night” by Sharon Olds, there are few periods and more commas because multiple lines are supposed to be together. The commas allow the reader to pause, but tells them that those thoughts belong together.
Licata "After Us" Essay In "After Us" Connie Wanek uses imagery of rain to show that the human race will either continue to grow or it will destroy itself. "After Us" is talking about the human race, either at the beginning or end of its existence. It talks about a perfect world, one that has grown and flourished, but it starts to rain. They do not know if it is the rain will stop and they will continue to live, or if the rain will go on forever therefor eventually destroying humanity.
Poetry Analysis Once the poem “History Lesson” was written numerous poetry foundations celebrated it for many reasons. “History Lesson” not only makes an impact on literature today it has also impacted people also. This poem inspires people and moves them to the point to where they can find a personal connection to the poem itself and to the writer. Not only does it hold emotional value for those who were victimized and those whose family were victimized by the laws of segregation, but the poem is also celebrated for its complexity. The poem uses many techniques to appeal to the reader.
These two lines have off rhyme to signify the end of the
Timed RewriteLoosing anything is seemingly disastrous. Modern poet Elizabeth Bishop uses syntax and perspectivism in "One Art" to portray an accepting and discontented tone towards loss to convey that there are some feelings of deprivation that are just unconquerable. Throughout the whole poem, Bishop utilizes and a and b rhyme scheme except in her fourth and sixth stanza. Both of these pattern breaking stanzas have personal instances and thoughts. This strategy helps Bishop create her false sense of acceptance between lines 1-15.
Rina Morooka Mr Valera Language Arts Compare and Contrast essay on “The poet’s obligation”, “When I have fears that I may cease to be”, and “In my craft of sullen art” The three poems, “The poet’s obligation” by Neruda, “when I have fears that I may cease to be” by Keats, and “In my craft of sullen art” by Thomas, all share the similarity that they describe poets’ relationships with their poems. However, the three speakers in the three poems shared different views on their poetry; the speaker in Neruda’s poem believes that his poems which were born out of him stored creativity to people who lead busy and tiring life, and are in need of creativity, while the speaker in Keats’ poem believes that his poems are like tools to write down what
The next two drafts I had worked on changing the starting of the poem and the ending of the poem. I had changed many stanzas, lines, and phrases and had given my poem more length because I was able to come up with more ideas and make the poem sound better. The stanzas/lines at the start of the
In the third stanza, although there is a comma instead of an enjambment at the end of line 9, the coma serves a similar purpose to one because it creates a pause that seems less severe than the dashes at the ends of the rest of the lines; and helps prove the stanza’s message that a “self encounter” is more severe than an external one. Lines 9 and 11 do not rhyme, which therefore disrupts the rhythm of sound and draws attention to the lines. Line 9 talks about external danger, and line 11 discusses internal danger; so the author wants to convey that internal haunting is different than external haunting by not rhyming them. Throughout the whole poem, the first and third lines of each stanza are all almost in an iambic pentameter, followed by
In the first two stanzas, third person point of view is used. However, that all changes in the third stanza. The poem shifts to first person point of view all of a sudden. An example of this is “I would build that dome in air” (Coleridge Line 46). This causes the poem to lose its plausibility and realism.
The poem A Step Away From Them by Frank O’Hara has five stanzas written in a free verse format with no distinguishable rhyme scheme or meter. The poem uses the following asymmetrical line structure “14-10-9-13-3” while using poetic devices such as enjambment, imagery, and allusion to create each stanza. A Step Away From Them occurs in one place, New York City. We know this because of the lines, “On/ to Times Square, / where the sign/blows smoke over my head” (13-14) and “the Manhattan Storage Warehouse.”
“Life begins at your comfort zone.” Neale Walsh once said. Many share this same outlook in life while others may say otherwise. Al Young shares the same belief in life as Neale Walsh in his short poem. “For Poets”, by Al Young, is an uplifting and inspirational poem.
The line break that stands out the most to me is “Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead” (W. H. Auden). The short but strong line creates an uneasiness in a person’s mind if put towards one they may love. Included in the same sentence is the dictation that stands out the most to me which is, “He is Dead.” A poem is written to draw the reader in, creating the scene, emotion, and mood for one to feel what the writer is expressing in in the poem, consequently he was able to write a masterpiece including all the essential key components making me feel the sorrow of the
In the two poems The Gift by Chris Banks and Poem for my sister by Liz Lochhead family relationship are explored in different ways. Both viewpoints are 1st person, implying the poets are talking from their own experiences. In The Gift we see the storyline from the viewpoint of a mother who got caught it an accident while in Poem for my sister we see through the eye of a older sister trying to warn her little sister of adulthood. In Poem for my sister, the story start with Lochhead’s little sister trying her older sister’s shoes.
