In “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Julia Alvarez incorporates the use of imagery and selection of detail to convey the speaker’s discovery of a book of poems and the inspirational effect it has upon her. In this poem the speaker, who is in the poetry section of a college store, discovers “The Blue Estuaries” by Louise Bogan. The speaker develops an inner conflict of stealing the book or not and attempts to find her voice in literature. In “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Alvarez uses imagery to convey the discovery of the book and its inspiration to the speaker.
"Crossing the Swamp," a poem by Mary Oliver, confesses a struggle through "pathless, seamless, peerless mud" to a triumphant solitary victory in a "breathing palace of leaves. " Oliver's affair with the "black, slack earthsoup" is demonstrated as she faces her long coming combat against herself. Throughout this free verse poem, the wild spirit of the author is sensed in this flexible writing style. While Oliver's indecisiveness is obvious throughout the text, it is physically obvious in the shape of the poem itself.
Repetition serves to emphasize the characters' fears and heighten the tension, keeping readers engaged and anxious about the outcome. Through its vivid imagery and character dialogue, the original text of "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed" effectively establishes a suspenseful mood that captivates
In the passage from Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America, writer John M. Barry details the many complexities of the Mississippi river and juxtaposes its characteristics with many other well known rivers in order to communicate and share his fascination with the river to the audience. One of the most stand out ways in which writer John Barry conveys his fascination with the river to others is through intense description of the many complexities of the Mississippi river. Rather than simply stating the flow of the river, Barry opts to incorporate words such as “extraordinarily dynamic combination” and “tremendous turbulence” to paint a vivid picture in the reader’s minds. Barry’s word choice in describing
They show that skin color isn’t what is important and that they should be recognized for what they do instead of how they look. This road to their achievement might not have been smooth, but all that matters is that they succeeded in the end. Through imagery, the author of the poem, Sara Holbrook, portrays a deep meaning about how an individual can cope with tribulations. She writes about new opportunities and the risks that come with taking them. It starts off by saying, “Safely standing on the bank of what-I-know, Unfamiliar water passing in a rush.”
The speaker then goes on to say that there is someone always standing at the edge of the river watching time go by. Thesis: The theme of the poem “The Mississippi River Empties into the Gulf” written by Lucille Clifton is that the flow of water is a part of the
Literary elements such as repetition are used in Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. In this novel, the life experiences of Billy are shown during a war. Repetition is used to help with imagery, which can be difficult for the reader in intense scenes. By repeating something more than once, readers are more likely to remember it and use it in their thinking and observations. For example, if the author repeats certain words or phrases, it can be key to helping the reader understand or continuing the significance of the story.
In the poem, “Crossing the swamp”, Mary Oliver makes the swamp a resemblance of her and her life. And how we so often get “stuck in the mud”. In the line that says “here is swamp, here is struggle”, Oliver very bluntly put, the swamp is her struggle. Her day to day, life is a constant struggle to which she feels as if she is constantly being pulled down and not being able to achieve her full potential in whatever it is she chooses to do. The relationship between the author, Mary Oliver and the swamp is a relationship of the inevitable.
In her poem "Crossing the Swamp" Mary Oliver portrays the swamp as the basis of everything. Oliver uses a combination of both imagery and denotation to demonstrate how a swamp is the basis of all things. The first instance of imagery appears in lines 1-3 where Oliver writes "Here is the endless/wet thick/ cosmos..."(Lns 1-3) showing that the swamp is similar to a vast, cosmic land. Oliver continues to use imagery, appearing strongly again in lines 13-15 stating "My bones/knock together at the pale/joints"(Lns 13-15).
In the poem, the speaker first addresses the swamp by repeating “here is”. This repetition that emphasize the existence of the swamp suggests that the speaker and the swamp has a direct and strong relationship. The relationship between the speaker and the swamp is further emphasized when the speaker describes the swamp as “the center of everything”. The speaker is almost worshipping the swamp as a immovable and powerful being. However, at the same time, the speaker observes that the swamp is “dark”, “seamless” and “pathless”.
Alexie's repetition also evokes emotion from the reader. The reader immediately becomes interested in Alexie's life. When he uses the same phrase he used to relate to his life and talk about the Native American children, the reader feels
For instance, later in the passage Mary Oliver speaks of the immobilizing scent of roses. She speaks of them as “ a sweetness so palpable and excessive that, before it, I’m struck, I'm taken, I'm conquered.” This comment of Oliver’s shows that the simple scent of flowers overwhelms her mind. Further evidence is shown when Mary Oliver says in reference to the flowers that she is “filled to the last edges with an immobilizing happiness.” Here she is so happy that it engulfs her mind and renders her immobile.
In the poem “The Swamp” by Mary Oliver the speaker talks about their relationship with the swamp. We can compare her struggles with something in our own life, wither it is school, work, or just your personal life. We can sew a struggle between the swamp and speaker through her word choice but also the imagery that the poem gives off. Imagery is used in the poem to get the reader involved in what a swamp might look and smell like. “here is struggle, closure pathless, seamless, peerless mud”, from this quote one gets a strong image of what the struggle of getting through a swamp might be like.
In her poem, “Crossing the Swamp,” Mary Oliver uses vivid diction, symbolism, and a tonal shift to illustrate the speaker’s struggle and triumph while trekking through the swamp; by demonstrating the speaker’s endeavors and eventual victory over nature, Oliver conveys the beauty of the triumph over life’s obstacles, developing the theme of the necessity of struggle to experience success. Oliver uses descriptive diction throughout her poem to vividly display the obstacles presented by the swamp to the reader, creating a dreary, almost hopeless mood that will greatly contrast the optimistic tone towards the end of the piece. While describing the thicket of swamp, Oliver uses world like “dense,” “dark,” and “belching,” equating the swamp to “slack earthsoup.” This diction develops Oliver’s dark and depressing tone, conveying the hopelessness the speaker feels at this point in his journey due to the obstacles within the swamp. As the speaker eventually overcomes these obstacles, he begins to use words like “sprout,” and “bud,” alluding to new begins and bright futures.
Max Sharawy English IV Mrs. Schroder 7 December 2016 Ambition Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a tale of ambition of all forms. Whether it is the narration of Robert Walton, the tales of Dr. Frankenstein, or the point of view of the Creature, ambition drives the characters within the novel. In Walton’s case, he strives to discover new things and expand his scientific knowledge.
