Type your title The poem I chose to do for this assignment was “Surprise” by Jane Kenyon. This poem was relatively short with it only being 11 lines. It was also written in a prose format. The poem itself was about a girl whose, what I'm assuming to be, boyfriend is trying to throw her a surprise party. We're not told what the party is for but I'm assuming it is for her birthday. When she finds out that there is a surprise party she is not so surprised by the party itself but instead with how easily her boyfriend could lie to her. Which is the opposite reaction of what you would think. Most people in this situation would be happy that their significant other took the time to throw them a surprise party. This poem is a great example of situational …show more content…
You get a clear sense of the Imagery in the poem. For example when she is talking about her friends pulling up on the sandy shoulders of the road where the ferns unfurl in the dutchess. The ways he describes the surrounding is almost melodic in a way. Another great line that uses imagery is the line following the one in my last sentence. She says “ and this year's budding leaves push last year's spectral leaves from the tips of the twigs of the ash tree.”. From this, we can gather that it is springtime which brings me to my next topic symbolism. I would say that symbolism is an important tool that she uses in this poem. The first symbol i noticed was springtime. Springtime is often associated with rebirth but it is also cyclical implications. Which pushes the idea that life has certainties one of them being the seasons. The next one I saw was the birthday party which is also a cyclical thing. But just like with the seasons each passing birthday symbolizes change which is an uncertainty. You can be certain that they are going to happen but you are not sure what happens afterward driving home the theme of uncertainty that is in this …show more content…
At first, she hooks you with the title that promises a surprise. Usually, when you think of surprises you think of good things but with this poem that is not the case causing two different and opposite emotions, uncertainty, and happiness, to build which helps the tension in the poem. Unlike in most stories, though, the tension is not resolved and it not an outward thing. In fact, the girl is the only one aware of the tension as she is the only one feeling uncertainty. The tone of the poem went exceptionally optimistic or exciting. In fact, it is written like a narrative that describes a scene from an average normal life but with one event that brings dimension to the person flat life. There is no special rhythm in this poem but some of the lines seem to be gently rhyming.Some words are united into integral images supporting this impression with sound effects, for instance: “budding leaves / Push last year’s spectral leaves from the tips / Of the twigs of the ash trees”. Lines like this give off the impression of rhyming and adds a certain lyrical undertone to the
There are multiple examples of visual imagery in this poem. An example of a simile is “curled like a possum within the hollow trunk”. The effect this has is the way it creates an image for the reader to see how the man is sleeping. An example of personification is, “yet both belonged to the bush, and now are one”. The result this has is how it creates an emotion for the reader to feel
Throughout the poem, the speaker is trying to alleviate the “Bitch” from within by persuading herself that the man no longer poses a threat, but as the memories come rushing back to her, it becomes more challenging. She starts reminiscing about her past relationship in lines 19-27. The dog is no...
Imagery is made up of the five senses, which are sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. The first sense of sight is seen throughout the whole poem, specifically in the first two lines, “I had the idea of sitting still/while others rushed by.” This sight she envisions is so calm and still and the perfect example of appreciating the little things that life has to offer. Through the use of these terse statements, she allows it to have more meaning than some novels do as a whole.
Imagery is when the author uses detail to paint a picture of what’s happening. This is shown when Kendra is looking out of the window, “...fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her..” (1). This is imagery because you can imagine the tree flying past. These literary devices help deepen the plot of the
Imagery is when the author presents a mental image through descriptive words. One prime example of imagery that the author uses is in paragraph 3; where she tells of a moment between a man and a woman. In this narration she states the time, year, outfit of each character described, and what the female character was doing. These details might come across as irrelevant, or unnecessary, but this is Didions way of showing what the blueprint of notebook it. Using imagery reinforces the foundation of the essay, and what the essay’s mission was.
Imagery is a way to describe objects, scenarios, scenes, etc. by using language that would appeal to physical senses such as; smell, sight, touch, taste, and sound. For example, “Then the darkening firs And the sudden whirring of water of the knifed down a fern-hidden Cliff and splashed unseen into mist in the shadows.” (II. 5. 3-4) This quote is explaining how the day is turning into night, the trees are darkening, the water is swaying with the wind, and the trees vanishing behind the thick fog. “we slogged Through the
The writer uses imagery, because he wants to let the readers into his mind. By describing the scene for the readers, makes the readers fell like they were there. Therefore, it gives us a better ability to emphasize with him.
...ictures for the reader. The similar use of personification in “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker and the use of diction and imagery in “Nighttime Fires” by Regina Barreca support how the use of different poetic devices aid in imagery. The contrasting tones of “Song” by John Donne and “Love Poem” by John Frederick Nims show how even though the poems have opposite tones of each other, that doesn’t mean the amount of imagery changes.
Imagery is a key part of any poem or literary piece and creates an illustration in the mind of the reader by using descriptive and vivid language. Olds creates a vibrant mental picture of the couple’s surroundings, “the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood/ the
The use of imagery is very commonly used in fictional literary work, especially poems. Imagery according to Crowder Collage Introduction to Literature’s glossary, “The collective set of images in a poem or other literary work,” (1991). The definition of imagery is rather vague by itself. It is very enlightening on the other hand when the term image is defined, “A word or series of words that refers to any sensory experience (usually sight, although also sound smell, touch or taste). An image is a direct or literal recreation of physical experience and adds immediacy to literary language,” (Gioia 1991).The imagery in Chana Bloch’s “Tired Sex” is a wonderfully helpful in communicating the poem’s general theme.
A good example of imagery can be found at the end of the story in the last paragraph. For this part of imagery, the main character Jackson Jackson has received his grandmother’s regalia from the pawn shop employee without having to pay the total of $999 he originally had to pay. (Alexie) “I took my grandmother’s regalia and walked outside. I knew that solitary yellow bead was part of me. I knew I was that yellow bead in part. Outside, I wrapped myself in my grandmother’s regalia and breathed her in. I stepped off the sidewalk and into the intersection. Pedestrians stopped. Cars stopped. The city stopped. They all watched me dance with my grandmother. I was my grandmother, dancing.” This statement made at the end of the story indicates a strong sense of imagery that details Jackson’s emotions towards getting his grandmother’s regalia from the pawn shop. The yellow bead he mentions was his strongest symbol of feeling toward his grandmother, feeling as if he were a part of that yellow bead, in this case, his grandmother. Jackson describes in more detail of how he felt more like his grandmother after he wrapped the regalia around him. The pedestrians, city, everything around him was watching him feel like his grandmother, like some sort of flashback he could be
life upside down but as the poem continues her emotions are leaked and the readers are able to
“Seeing” the Unseen The brain conjures sight internally from carefully crafted text as easily as the lung breathes in and out. Did you see in your mind imagine a lung decompressing and expanding? Then the visual imagery in that statement served its purpose. Imagery is how a poet can make their point, how they set their scenes, and how action commences through the poet’s utilization of the different aspects of written language. When it comes to literary works, converting the visual to visual takes skill, and an excellent poet can shape a phrase or a word into a treat for the eyes.
She only allows her to see her worth in having a clean home and a satisfied man. She never once tells the girl to follow her dreams or even talk about what they are. The mother only keeps on instructing her on even the simplest things like smiling : “...this is how you smile to someone you don 't like too much;this is how you smile at someone you don 't like at all;this is how you smile to someone you like completely...” this poem is filled with the phrases “this is how”. “ don’t do this”, and “ be sure to..” the speaker does not even give the girl a chance to speak her mind or form her own thoughts. The young girl was only able to get one sentence out the whole poem : “...but what if the baker won 't let me feel the bread?”
Though we know she is thrilled and eager to have found someone who is a nobody like her, we also know she wants to keep this a secret. She tells the person she meets to not tell about them being nobodies, despite how excited she was for meeting someone else to whom she could relate to because of her fear of becoming somebody. She believes if someone other than the two of them found out, “they’d advertise” (4), and as already mentioned at the beginning of the poem, the author enjoys having no recognition and being unknown.