The poem “Letter To Matthew Olzmann From A Flying Saucer” by Matthew Olzmann is about how his futuristic self can relay a wise message to his younger self. Olzmann uses the poetic structure in the form of an epistle, calm and serious, authoritative diction, and intellectual figurative language in “Letter To Matthew Olzmann From a Flying Saucer” to counsel his younger self through his futuristic self.
The first element, poetic structure, consists of a twenty-five line free verse epistle. An epistle is a poem that is written in the form of a letter. Someone usually writes a letter to someone else or other people to inform them about the events in their life or others.The fact that the speaker, essentially writes a letter that speaks directly to himself is very questionable and thought provoking. Olzmann could have easily left a voice message or published the poem in the telegraph, but he chose a communication method, much more personal. The title of the poem “Letter to Matthew
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These lines are examples of calm and serious authoritative diction. “Listen son, when we shine this tractor beam on you,/ you need to hold still”. The reader becomes intrigued by the authority of the speaker and wants to understand why should they should “listen”. The statement “you need to hold still”, Olzmann’s future self is communicating to his younger version that he needs to stay calm and stand still. The statement “when we shine this tractor beam on you” is very intriguing because it shows the speaker is not talking about an average flashlight. A tractor beam would be brighter and shine light over an entire person, not just parts of them. Olzmann is also telling his younger self to not be afraid of the light. This is part of a wise message due to the fact the older version of the speaker understand that the younger version of himself, would be afraid to have the spotlight on him and is telling him he shouldn 't
The second element the authors share is the message in their stories. To begin with the first
In the poem “Cartoon Physics, part 1” by Nick Flynn, children are idealistic and naive in their beliefs, however knowledge causes their views to change. The author uses many literary elements to help the audience understand the theme.
To help Year Twelve students that are studying poetry appreciate it's value, this pamphlet's aim is to discuss a classic poem and a modern song lyric to show that even poetry written many years ago can still be relevant to people and lyrics today. By reading this may you gain a greater knowledge and understanding of poetry in general, and not just the two discussed further on.
The speakers and audience in poem are crucial elements of the poem and is also the case in these poems. In the poem Untitled, it can be argued that the poem is being written by Peter based on what his father might say to him...
The human author, John, was likely to be a pastor or evangelist who built churches in the Mediterranean world. John the apostle, son of Zebedee, one of the twelve was extremely passionate for Christ and was writing a letter to a church who needed to hear God’s truth. Though we are not sure which church it was specifically, we can be confident that this letter was to teach the believers about Jesus, God’s commandments, and love. Fortunately, this letter can also be applied to our own daily lives.
3. Ellmann, Richard. Modern Poems: A Norton Introduction. p. 797-803. W.W. Norton and Company, 1973.
Franz Kappus, a 19-year old student, wanted to solicit a career advice and a literary critique for the poems he had written (“Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet” 1). Kappus solicited the advice and critique of Rainer Maria Rilke, a pioneer Austrian poet (“Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet” 1). Rilke wrote ten letters in order to provide assistance to the needs of Kappus. These letters were in Rilke’s work, entitled, “Letters to a Young Poet.”
Theodor’s poem caught the attention of a remarkable number of scholars, researchers and individual readers who partici...
The speaker has a very ironic tone, and he speaks with middle to informal diction. This helps identify with more people in today’s society, to whom the speaker is trying to communicate and identify with. He does not chose to write it with any kind of rhythm or rhyme, but told more as a story of ones feelings or perspective. He uses many types of meters, such as iambic Trimeter, iambic Pentameter, iambic Tetrameter, Iambic Dimeter, and iambic Pentameter, which makes the poem flow
He wrote, "Man is his own star", "the eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray" and "every heart vibrates to that iron sting" to show how a man should be their own brightness to have confidence and to deeply think about their previous encounters with problems in society. With the use of hopeful objects such as hearts, stars and eyes which can be the essentials of an independent man it brings a pessimistic side.
Progress is in the eye of the beholder. Throughout the years society has forced nature out of its life and has instead adopted a new mechanical and industrialized lifestyle. Technology may be deemed as progress by some, where it is thought of as a positive advancement for mankind. Yet technology can also be a hindrance for society, by imposing itself on society and emptying the meaning out of life. In “Autobiography at an Air-Station,” Philip Larkin conveys his distaste of how society has denounced nature. By employing an ironic tone in the sonnet, Larkin comments on the significance of the sonnet in relation to industrial life. Life has become ironic because it is no longer a natural life that society leads, but a fabricated life. Through his use of rhyme and meter, the extended metaphor comparing the air-station to life, imagery, and diction, Larkin reflects on what life has come to be: a deviation from the intrinsic.
In Letters to a Young Poet “Letter One” by Rainer M. Rilke, a young poet sends his poems and writes a letter to Rainier Rilke seeking advice from the poet himself. In the letter that Rilke sends to the young poet, he offers the poet advice by using specific words choices and phrases to make an impact on the meaning and the tone of his letter. By giving the young poet advice, Rilke uses a form of commands in a sincere, friendly kind of way. He advises the young poet to avoid certain things in the art of poetry and to write from within himself. Rilke’s word choices create meaning by focusing on the importance of the individual in his or her own artwork.
A quest for relevant existence is embedded in the human nature. However, this quest is often left unfulfilled. Both main characters in “Out, Out-“by Robert Frost and “A man said to the Universe” by Stephen Crane fail to attain the level of existence they had anticipated. These poems are similar in theme but differ in other aspects, particularly tone.
This is a long one-stanza narrative poem. All the lines have five stresses and are written in iambic pentameter or blank verse, which was also Shakespeare's chosen meter in his plays.
a more personal level. However, it is only one's past, present and the attitude with which he or she looks upon the future that determines the shade of light in which the poem will be seen. (pg 621)