In the poem Heritage by Linda Hogan, Hogan uses the tone of the speaker to demonstrate the shame and hatred she has toward her family, but also her desire to learn about her family’s original heritage. The speaker describes each family member and how they represent their heritage. When describing each member, the speaker’s tone changes based on how she feels about them. The reader can identify the tone by Hogan’s word choices and the positive and negative outlooks on each member of the family.
K-9 is a wonderful poem that expresses what a day would be like, for a k-9 handler. Not only can dog handlers themselves relate to this poem, but so can every dog or animal lover in the world. The author uses so many descriptive words when describing the dogs, that you can't help but imagine your dog looking right at you while reading. Due to how the poem is written, even those who are not animal owners can find something in this poem to appreciate. These working dogs give so much unconditional attention and love, while providing safety for their owners and everyday people.
The Art of Racing in the Rain Pg. 155 “Yes one more lap. One more lap. Forever, one more lap. I live my life for one more lap.
Question: In the moments when Dawée rejects her life in the East is she longing to return to her original lifestyle, or is she longing for something separate from the two societies she has experienced? In other words, where does she feel she belongs? In the beginning of the story, we see Dawée longing to travel to the East, be it out of envy for her brother who had already spent three years there, or out of a desire to explore the unknown.
Officially, the goal of the Israeli operation in Lebanon was to define the establishment of peace and security for the Northern territories of the country. However, this goal is only partially met reality. The main goal was to crush the Palestinian resistance movement, the center of territorial dislocation which after the bloody clashes of 1970 in Jordan became Lebanon. Certainly understanding that Israeli soldiers were sent not to their war arose, within the Israeli army, and chiefly within the creative elite; basically, we see it in the works of Harnik and Ravikovitch. ‘At Night’ is a culmination of the mourning of the mother from the loss of her son during the first Lebanon war.
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.
Michael Laskey’s poem ‘The Flat-warming’ is used to explore the consequences that occur as a result of ignoring a problem by excusing it as being nothing to worry about as well as refusing to seek help when it is required. The direct issue that is mentioned in the poem is the bleeding foot that “wouldn't, couldn’t, didn't clot”. The partial rhyme of these words as well as their positioning at the end of the poem, is used as a way of implying that the results of the subjects voluntary ignorance towards their health had a negative result through the use of the negative contractions that each word possesses. Despite the fact that the blood from the cut had been “spreading, pooling on the dark blue vinyl for some time” the speaker comments that the subject of the poem saw it
Elizabeth Reicher p4 Miles Halter, a junior in high school, had one friend at best in his hometown in Florida. His favorite activity is to memorize the last words of famous people, his favorite of them all was “I go to seek a great perhaps”, stated by the poet Francois Rebalais. Miles feels that his life now in Florida is not up to par with what he wishes it was. The prospect of boarding school excites Miles and is a family legacy on his dad’s side. Mrs. Halter, Miles’s mom, is nervous for him and doesn’t want him to leave but his dad thinks Culver Creek will be good for him.
In Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays,” the speaker reflects on his relationship with his father during childhood. The speaker explains that his father woke up early on Sunday mornings to create a fire and warm up the house, painting him as a hard-working and selfless figure. However, since the speaker was too young to comprehend his father’s sacrifices, the father remained thankless. Through his use of diction, personification, and a remorseful tone, Hayden expresses the theme of “failing to acknowledge a person’s sacrifices will lead to regret.” By using diction, Hayden communicates the magnitude of the father’s actions, elevating the importance of acknowledging them.
1. Charles Characters • Charles- He is a little boy in Laurie’s kindergarten class. He is very bad and gets into a lot of trouble most days in school. For example he hit’s teachers and punches kids in the stomach.
Hotline scream Organize and rally the people, the pigs are loose and stinking up Las Angeles, there 's been beatings and shooting, as graphic as your worst nightmares! Those who bear witness to these events have battle scars to match their story, like Michael Zinzun, an ex-black panther, he fought against racial injustice, and that doesn 't just include blacks. At 1 am, he awoke to screams in the distance, startled, he rushed outside in his night clothes to find a handcuffed man, being beaten on the ground. Or Gil Garcetti story of how a man in uniform, can cast a spell on the jury like a mythical Greek siren does sailors. Also, when the gears of war start to turn, and the sound of gunfire fills the streets, shop owner Richard Kim does his
In many poems, poets use nature as a metaphor for human life. In "Storm Warnings" by Adrienne Rich, she uses an approaching storm as a metaphor for an emotional storm inside herself. Although, there is a literal meaning of the poem. There really is an incoming storm. Rich uses structure, specific detail, and imagery to convey the literal and metaphorical meanings of the poem.
Don’t Lose Your Self Certain words and phrases are used in Diane Glancy’s poem, “Without Title,” to convey a theme about Native American tradition how when you lose your identity, you lose yourself. An example for this is the word “buffalo” in the story how it expresses how the father is like a buffalo because of his hard work and his mentality as well. The father would “hunt” in the story and bring back meat to the family, he would also bring back their horns and hides as trophies in a way, although the wife didn’t agree on that part maybe because she wasn’t Native American. In the story the father has a “vision” which he imagined going and working in the city instead of hunting the buffalo.
When the poet talks about how his father’s hands “ached”(3), or how the father made the fires “blaze”(5) in order to keep his family warm, this use of assonance is a slow, mournful sound, which communicates into how the dad might feel, having to get up and to work to keep his family happy so early every Sunday. In Robert Hayden’s Those Winter Sundays, the poet’s purpose in writing it is to show the reader that parents make sacrifices out of love all the time for their families,even if they don’t always see it at first. The poet is able communicates his theme by using figurative language and sound
When the wind begins to nip at your face, when the sky becomes a light grey, when all life seems to be hidden away, one knows that there is a high chance of snow. Plants seem to lose their color and become as barren as that of the sky. Animals and humans seem to burrow up from the cold weather outside. But one can only anticipate the white flurry substance coming from the sky. Snow is a magical thing.
