I am the girl with Chapped Lips and Broken Teeth. I watch sunlight bleed between the cracks in the sidewalk beneath my feet, and I wonder when I will be whole again. I am the girl with Bad Posture and Nothing to Lose. The paintbrushes, clamped between my knees, leave streaks of silver on my skin that I do not wish to wash away (canvases aren’t meant to stay blank). She is the girl with Daffodils in her Hair and Dismay in her Eyes. She is pulling up grass while playing with his heart like a harpsichord. He is the boy with Small Words and Large Intentions, tossing petals over his shoulder. He drowns in careful indulgence, in his hesitations. And still I am the girl with chapped lips and broken teeth, but why is this such a bad thing?
Nearly everyone has had that dreadful encounter with the last person they want to see in places like the supermarket, dry cleaners, or the movie theaters. What follows are a few awkward moments of strained conversation while one looks for signs of bitter regret in the eyes of his or her ex. Carolyn Krizer’s poem “Bitch” depicts such a meeting. The poem brings the reader to reality of what really goes on deep beyond conversation while seeing an ex. Through the use of personification, diction, and tone Kizer delineates the speaker’s struggle with feelings of animosity, repression, and desire for reconciliation.
The poem “First Poem for You” by Kim Addonizio is a sonnet written by a woman contemplating on the permanence of her lover’s tattoos. The sonnet focuses on the speaker’s perspective of her lover’s tattoos as she appears to regard them with fascination and aversion. Upon closer analysis, it could be said that the speaker’s contemplation of her lover’s tattoos is a reflection of her perspective of their relationship. By comparing the permanence of her lover’s tattoos to the fleeting nature of relationships, the speaker addresses the uncertainty of their relationship and her desire for the relationship to become permanent.
The ship would take him and his crew to many places, mainly in Western Africa. Hughes was so excited to finally see Africa and to be apart of the culture there. When the ship finally reached shore, Hughes was disappointed. Thinking that Africa was actually pretty ridiculous with men walking around in white gowns, women showing their breast and little children running around naked. There were also many brothels there that Hughes described the setting as little African boys bringing the crew members to see ‘my sister, two shillings’. These brothels not only disgusted Hughes, but also disappointed him on how the Africans praised them. Hughes wrote in his journal, which is now protected at Yale University, calling them “vile houses of rotting
The Poem is a villanelle, the poem has 19 lines and 5 tercets and a quatrain. The metaphor of a corset is a good fit, because it gives the readers knowledge about the meaning the author was trying to give through her poem. The corset is what women uses to shape their bodies to make them look better in everyone else eyes, which could be restricting. Throughout the poem it seems like the use of corset shows how women are viewed through the eyes of men. Most images used in the poem seemed to be negative. One of the negative image in the poem is when the author states, “Ouch, too tight a corset.” (Mitchell, 1994, line 6). The author is describing how women are trying their best to look good at all times. Also, it could be showing how women, were
When first approaching this work, one feels immediately attracted to its sense of wonder and awe. The bright colors used in the sun draws a viewer in, but the astonishment, fascination, and emotion depicted in the expression on the young woman keeps them intrigued in the painting. It reaches out to those who have worked hard in their life and who look forward to a better future. Even a small event such as a song of a lark gives them hope that there will be a better tomorrow, a thought that can be seen though the countenance by this girl. Although just a collection of oils on a canvas, she is someone who reaches out to people and inspires them to appreciate the small things that, even if only for a short moment, can make the road ahead seem brighter.
The poem “Taste the Pain” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a very interesting and intimate poem that was actually performed musically and rendered into a song. This poem tell the story of a guy who is in denial about the strong and intimate feelings that he has for someone. Throughout the poem the author strongly develops this theme and even teases the reader/listener through slight acknowledgement of the cause of his distress quickly followed up by another statement of denial.
Tow weeks ago one of my classmates has presented a poem from his culture, and I am sure that it’s a Latin culture. The poem is called “Saddest Poem” written by Pablo Neruda who is as I understood one of the most famous Latinos poet. This poem was translated to English, even though it didn’t lose its original structure. No one can argue about the main idea of this poem that it’s a sad poem and we can clearly see that from the title. Neruda uses many of the poetry techniques to complete a perfect picture ending with this poem. Sitting, metaphor, sounds, and imagery all were the elements that leaded to this nice piece of literature.
In the two poems “Facing it” and “The names” there is a great deal of similarities and differences that can be compared and contrasted between the two pieces of writing. Some of these comparisons being in the similar themes of each poem, the difference in situations that are being used, and the differences in how they go about explaining the aftermath and effects of so much death and/or tragedy.
It is a dark and gloomy day and it seems to be night time, but you realize it’s still daytime. Outside its raining and chilly and you can feel it from the comfort of your home, like most people you feel gloomy because of the darkness and the cold weather. This is the setting in which Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Sestina” places the reader as they go through this poem. Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Sestina” is a very moving poem that explores a slightly darker area which is an area that poet’s enjoy writing about. September is the first month of fall, September also seems to be very important in the poem not only because it’s the first word but because of the feeling it provides to the poem.
If you change the way you look at things, do the things you look at change? Jennifer Keith and Herbert Guitang relate their poems to the topic of perspective. The significance of the poem “Eating Walnuts” by Jennifer Keith is discovering an alternative for opening walnuts. In comparison to “The Third Eye” by Herbert Guitang, illustrating the ability of the third eye to reveal reality. The poems “Eating Walnuts” and “The Third Eye” have a primary theme, but differ in language.
When reading poetry sometimes one assumes that it is automatically an awesome poem because it is published in a book. Sometimes people also automatically assumes that if the poet is well known in literature, that his or her poem is automatically the greatest work of all. For example, one may assume that Shakespeare’s work is automatically great because his literature is used widespread in today’s society. But what one may not know about Shakespeare’s work in literature is that it was not seen as great as it is in today’s society. So the question we are left with is, what makes a poem great? Or on the other hand what makes a poem bad? A poem may be a great poem depending on its reader. No two person are alike in everything they do. People listen to different type of music, prefer different type of movies and believe it or not people are very selective about where they get lunch from, so why wouldn’t they be selective about what they read? When I was going through the anthology I fell in love with the poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” and thought it was a great because I love fairytale stories and poem, but if someone dislikes fairytale like things would despise this poem base on its content and its rhythm. Whether a poem is good or bad depends on the opinion of the reader and his or her point of view on the topic, rhythm, rhyme and flow of the poem.
To me, it seems as though Kraut is being blunt with herself producing a tone that is honest, but coming off harsh. These non-makeup items are what is concealing her face as if they were makeup. The only color she has to her face is from drinking (Lines 1 and 2). Is something in her life driving her to drink? It is almost as if she does in fact have much going on in her life, but covers it up with makeup in an ineffective way, the blemishes are still visible physically. It emphasizes the meaning since she is being honest with the reader, but it comes off harsh as if she’s being nonchalant about it and does not care. I feel like what Kraut is trying to convey in this poem is to show indirectly with her facial features the current hardships going
The story that I liked the most was “Kids Who Die”. This poem is about the kids who died during tragic events. The poem was just saying that kids will die and the fact that this is a fact is messed up and that is what he is trying to portray. The idea of the poem was to inform people of what will happen and years later it came true. This poem is really interesting yet sad to know that something like that is eventually going to happen to our youth.
The archetypal situation of nature vs. the mechanistic world often implies that nature is good while society and technology are evil. While technology advances nature suffers as individuals try to always improve society neglecting the consequences of their actions. In fiction and in non-fiction satirical elements expose faults in a society by using humour and exaggeration as a lens through which the world can reflect on itself. The archetype of nature vs. mechanistic world uses satirical aspects to portray technological advances that lead to the obliteration of humanity, nature and social classes.
Poetry unlike fiction is solely based on the author’s personal take on a certain subject. The tone, diction, syntax, and mood of a poem are all determined by the author of the poem. For some readers, to interpret a poem or explain the plot can be a difficult task. Other forms of literature such, as fiction is much easier to understand and discuss.