“On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries” Julia Alvarez’s poem “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries” talks about a girl who has just discovered a poetry book that has made her want to also write poetry. Alvarez uses many different poetic devices to show how the poetry book made the speaker want to become poet even though she is a girl. Alvarez uses imagery and diction to convey the speaker’s realization of wanting to become a poet and not being a thief. Alvarez uses imagery to convey the speaker’s realization of wanting to become a poet and not be a thief. After deciding to read this book of poems Alvarez says “Page after page, your poems/ were stirring my own poems words rose, breaking the surface;/ shattering
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.
In his argumentative essay, Paul Bogard uses literacy diction and allusions to give credibility to his argument. By using words like Van Gogh, “Starry night sky”, and given. These words evoke a feeling of recollection. Also using the words van Gogh, Paul gives his paper further credibility all while persuading the audience to be on his side. Furthermore Paul also uses imagery in his argument to evoke a feeling of both sadness and a feeling of missing out.
One poem that I found particularly interesting in this section of the book is Recovery. In this poem, Thomas and Beulah have been married for a while now and it is becoming obvious they have lost their spark. Beulah is reminiscing on a younger, more romantic Thomas and states, “Years ago, he had promised to take her to Chicago. He was lovely then”. It seems that Thomas has put away his romantic side.
The Satires of WWII The main reference to satire in the book Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut is the life at war. It is mentioned in his book that many of the men sent to war are just babies, and are not ready for the front lines of battle. Also, another direct reference of satire is the advancements in modern warfare. The book takes place in Dresden during WWII.
She has clearly demonstrated this through the uses of the many effective poetic techniques throughout the poem. To give an example, “Here where they have memorial park. One-time lubrus dug for yams”. What remains here is the memorial park. In the following example, “And where the digeridoo, calling us to dance and play.
In Connecticut College, fall 1968, the author Julia Alvarez conveys the speaker’s discoveries in another person’s poem, Louise Bryan’s The Blue Estuaries. She uses her own poem to address the speaker’s discoveries in Bryan’s poem which influenced her own self discovery on what she was passionate about which was writing poems helping others pursue their love for poems and bring out their passions as well. Alvarez describes how her being an outsider and coming into our language and culture made her feel out of her place until she came across Bryan’s poems which fueled her passion to write her own. Within the poem, she exploits devices such as tone, imagery, and selection of detail to convey the discoveries.
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.
The poem begins with the narrator describing being alone in the woods. She is being dragged through the water, by a mysterious man which develops the sense of imprisonment. She describes the man’s language as not human and she turned to prayer to find strength.
The reader can feel her great depression through the poem. In addition, in order to handle her problems, under the guidance of her psychiatrist, she wrote poetry as her therapy. The form of her poem, which was not organized, could be explained through this fact. It looked like she wrote her thoughts quickly. One thought chased another thought.
the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings. ”(lines 25-28). The point of view is in third person, and example “He left the past year’s dwelling for the new,” (line 18). That is about all we found in our first poem.
She personifies objects to compare living things to those of inanimate to compel the reader to think and observe the realities of life. For example, line five from “Missing You” says that “waiting buds [are] in suspended animation” (Ting 167). Analyzation of this poem led to the belief of lost potential in someone who died young or the loss of a family member. Suspended, in this line, means being stopped or refrained from living, like a person “waiting” in a coma or never being able to finish what was started. She uses this literary element to add “life” or meaning to her poems.
In detailing the events that led up to her change in perspective, she made note of the honeysuckle that covered the walls of the well-house, the warm sunshine that accompanied going outdoors, and the cool stream of water that she felt as she placed her hand under the spout. These details kept the reader with her in the moment as she felt something less simple, but still universal; the returning of a, “ misty consciousness as of something forgotten.” In using rich diction, she maintained a sense of intimacy with the reader which allowed her to call on personal details from her own life and theirs. Later in the passage, she described how, once the reality of language was opened to her, and she returned to the house, “every object which I touched seemed to quiver with life.” She had gone through a complete shift of perspective, one that, to her, was felt entirely through senses other than sight or sound.
The beginning of the poem shows the author reflecting on experiences she encountered; then she transitions to her thoughts and feeling about speech in general. In the beginning of the poem Joseph compares her
She uses many sound patterns, all the while sticking to a fairly strict meter. An example of sound pattern used in the poem “In a Library” includes alliteration. “A precious, mouldering pleasure ‘t is… / A privilege I think,” (1 and 4).
