This suggests that the woman’s body is very weak, like a dying flower, and also conveys the writer’s love for her – he believes she is beautiful, like a delicate flower. The theme of isolation is explored in an effective way when the writer speaks of a distance of pain “neither she nor (he) can cross”. The word “nor” isolates the words “she”
The poem “That girl” by Gary Soto has the theme of religion cannot determine your romantic interests. Through the use of allusion and repetition, the author exemplifies the theme. The boy in this poem is truly distracted by the girl he is attracted to. But he always fights his feelings against it because it’s not right in his mind.
In Kim Addonizio’s poem, 31-Year Old Lover, Addonizio introduces two characters, a 31-year old man and an older woman. At first I thought the man was her lover but really the 31-year old man is just someone who has a nice body as Addonizio describes in the poem and as the author portrays the older woman in the poem as being young and it is her way to contrast it with the process of the woman becoming old and weary. The last line in the poem Addonizio says to do with aging is, “I am going to have it back the only way I can” (1398), and it seems the only way she can get her youth back is trying to take his youth by sleeping with him. Addonizio, views the male body in a sexual way that as Addonizio quotes, “When he takes off his clothes/ the milky, lubricious of butter being unwrapped/ when its take from the fridge still hard”. (1398)
In the poem “Love Poem without a Drop of Hyperbole in it,” Traci Brimhall utilizes her shift in order to exude her change of thought. In the first half of the shift she is in this state of love where she is in a deep affectionate for this guy while the second half the relationship seems to be a one sided relationship. In the beginning half you can see Brimhall also has this devout feeling of love for this guy. Brimhall alludes to sacrificing herself for this relationship with this guy when she uses the simile “I love you like the pawns in chess love aristocratic horses.”
The love is categorized as a deeming and damning affection therefore mastering the hardship of what love is or is perceived to be. Looking at the first stanza, one is able to notice that it starts off very romantically. In line 1 the poet, Cynthia Zarin, refers to her man as ‘My heart’ and ‘my dove’. ‘My heart’ indicates how much the poet’s lover means to her as a heart is sustenance for life. The poet also makes it clear that the love is pure in line 1 by referring to her lover as
The Constant Contemplation of Sharon Olds’ “Sex without Love” This poem dramatizes the conflict between the speakers opinions on sex, opposed to others. In this poem, Olds presents a speaker who is contemplating the mentalities and thought processes of people who are able to have sex without love, compared to themselves. Although no first person dialogue is presented in the poem, contrasting statements and implications of phrases used highlight how the speaker feels about the subject. The theme of the poem is largely one of personal contemplation and of human emotion.
Cisneros is not implying she is an adulterer, but that she will do what she pleases, and men will not hold her down. A theme of empowerment, and how intensely it is needed, is shown throughout the poem. She is strong and confident and refuses to let anyone tell her otherwise.
When the reader goes to find deeper meaning in her poems, it comes out to be a very personal and emotional piece of writing. Her poem “Sex Without Love” can connect the reader personally with society. A lot of people in the world are obsessed with the act of having sex. Olds shows the contrast between coldness and physical heat. (McGiveron).
The ones who make love without love,” meant to make the reader confront the issues involved in engaging in sex with those we don’t love. By including the phrase, “make love,” rather than a phrase such as, “have sex,” the poem forces readers to confront how people can engage in an act of love without actually feeling any love for one another. The poem further disparages love-making that doesn’t come from the heart by describing those who partake in it as, “beautiful as dancers,/gliding over each other like ice-skaters/over the ice, fingers hooked.” The symbolism induced by the
Child Labor Child labor has been an issue in many countries for many years. Even though countries such as America has banned child labor, other poorer countries still struggle with child labor law. According to International Labor Organization child labor is defined as, “Children or adolescent participating in work that affects their health and personal development or interfere with their school” (International). Child labor can also be defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. Child labor can be considered whenever a work is mentally, physically, socially, or morally dangerous and harmful to a child.
In the song,” Believer” by Imagine Dragons they sing about the hardships they faced. He talks about taking the situation into his hands and making the best of it. He used the pain he experienced to help him move along in life. Its trying to express that your greatest strengths come from your greatest weakness. He realized he was in charge of his own life.
The poem 's content points not to just a single memory, but an entire sexual affair from the speaker’s youth—chronicling the erotic encounters that would eventually lead to his lover’s “footfall light” and both of them “silent as a stone”. Thus the memory is also clouded by the nature of erotic
This quote draws an emotional experience to many readers. Many young people grow up with fairy tales and the idea of unconditional love, regardless of our flaws. So, this emotional connection can see the tone reflects the speaker 's unconditional love for the woman. The poem 's form, diction, imagery, and tone relay the speaker 's attitude toward the woman. The order of the stanzas and the word choice makes it apparent that the speaker loves the woman.
Love and relationship between man and woman has been the focal point of countless literary works, music pieces and other art objects since times immemorial. Depending on the personal experience and worldview of the author, the feeling of love has been interpreted in many individual ways. Consequently, to find two masterpieces which depict love similarly seems inconceivable. The texts under analysis – J.L. Borges’ “What can I hold you with?” and the song “Anything for Your Love” by E. Clapton – although written by two contemporary artists and elaborating the image of love, produce an absolutely different effect on the reader.
It adds to the imagery by adding the wind and personification also takes place in this stanza which is defined as giving a non – human thing, human life like qualities and abilities. In the following stanza, “Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.” The speaker introduces the first detail of their relationship and points to a possible reason for its demise when he admits “sometimes she loved me too.”
