The poem “What were they like” can be compared to the poem “Night of the scorpion.” They are both related to culture. In “What were they like”, the poet describes events about the Vietnamese people before the war and in “Night of the scorpion”, the poet is describing an event that happened to his mother. Both poems are related to culture and they use poetry as a form of story telling.
In the poem “What were they like”, it is showing the relations of the Vietnamese people amongst each other. It is showing how the people got together for “ceremonies to reverence the opening of buds.” This shows that they must have been a close community and it also shows that this must have been the tradition of their ancestors. Similarly, in “Night of the scorpion”, even though it is not a cause for celebration, the people are shown to be a close community by the way they all have come to the mothers aid. It also shows the relation between the poet, his mother, father and neighbours. They are trying “every curse and blessing, powder, mixture” to cure the mother. This also shows us that they must have...
Gordon’s voice is sad and stressful but all of this just what she thinks about the history, but Chinese Poetry is different, they has a lot of diversity voice in there, some sad, some depressed, some hopeless, but there are some of them is hopeful and want to have a better life in America. In my opinion, I like the way people who look into the history to learn and improve themselves than just getting angry and sad with something happened long time ago. Reading Chinese Poetry, I can feel the sadness of them Chinese and Vietnamese have similar culture and I could understand why they were so anxious and stressful. China is far away from the America, the Chinese Immigrants have to go really far to get into American with hopefully that they could have a better life for them. In fact, the Chinese immigrants did not be treat as they respected.
The death camp was a terrible place where people where killed. Hitler is who created the death camp for Jews. The death camp was used for extermination on Jews. This occurred on 1939 – 1945. The death camps were in the country of Europe. Hitler did all this because he didn’t like Jews and the religions. The book Night is a autobiography written by Elie Wiesel. The poem called First they came for the communist written by Martin Neimoller is a autobiography.
Literature shows us the changes of our society from time to time. It also gives us an idea about people, culture, politics, gender traditions, as well as an overall view of previous civilizations. As a part of literature, poetry introduces us to different cultures with different perspectives. Ancient Egypt and ancient China may differ in terms of culture, politics, economic stability, tradition, or even in religious belief. However, in poetry, especially in love lyrics both Egyptian and Chinese poems portray common area of describing women, social attitudes toward love, sexuality and the existence of romance or selfishness in relationships. . If we look at the Egyptian poem “My god, my Lotus” and the Chinese poem “Fishhawk”, we will see both poems have similarities in describing relationships. Also, they have the similarity of imagining the lovers and their expression of love toward each other. However, both poems have some significant differences in terms of representing female sexuality, gender disparity and the display of love.
... overall themes, and the use of flashbacks. Both of the boys in these two poems reminisce on a past experience that they remember with their fathers. With both poems possessing strong sentimental tones, readers are shown how much of an impact a father can have on a child’s life. Clearly the two main characters experience very different past relationships with their fathers, but in the end they both come to realize the importance of having a father figure in their lives and how their experiences have impacted their futures.
As Edgar Allan Poe once stated, “I would define, in brief the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.” The two poems, “Birthday,” and “The Secret Life of Books” use different diction, theme, and perspective to give them a unique identity. Each author uses different literary devices to portray a different meaning.
Different works by different authors can occasionally echo the same themes, events, or tones. This is displayed in the book Night by Elie Wiesel and the poem “I Sit and Look Out” by Walt Whitman. The works both talk about how the authors either went through pain, suffering, death, and abuse, or saw it first hand. Night shows this by Wiesel talking and sharing about his experiences in the concentration camps during WWII, and how the Germans abused him and his fellow Jews and treated them like forgotten cattle. “I Sit and Look Out” shows the pain and suffering of people when Whitman reveals his compassion on the people in this world who are mistreated, and abused. Specific lines in the poem “I Sit and Look Out” can be directly compared to ideas or stories from Night.
All the poems you have read are preoccupied with violence and/or death. Compare the ways in which the poets explore this preoccupation. What motivations or emotions do the poets suggest lie behind the preoccupation?
Both authors use figurative language to help develop sensory details. In the poem It states, “And I sunned it with my smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.” As the author explains how the character is feeling, the reader can create a specific image in there head based on the details that is given throughout the poem. Specifically this piece of evidence shows the narrator growing more angry and having more rage. In the short story ” it states, “We are below the river's bed. The drops of moisture trickle among bones.” From this piece of text evidence the reader can sense the cold dark emotion that is trying to be formed. Also this excerpt shows the conflict that is about to become and the revenge that is about to take place. By the story and the poem using sensory details, they both share many comparisons.
The poem demonstrates the discord that exists when people do not treat others humanely. When we discriminate based on culture or wealth, the ending is a tragic one. The author is able to combine diction, which makes violence occur in the readers mind after every stanza, with a view into both worlds in the society to demonstrate the flaws within the form of government. The author not only brings the tragedy to life, she makes it personal. The poem causes the reader to empathize with the workers and realize that they were slain for no reason other than a cultural difference and an inability to leave.
In the poems ‘presents from my aunts in Pakistan’, by Monica Alve, and ‘Vultures’ by Chinua Achebe, there is a use of colour, powerful imagery, various techniques and possible connotations to emphasise the particular setting, or the feelings of the particular person, and to also highlight the two sides in each poem. In ‘Presents from my aunts in Pakistan.’ Monica begins the poem in a vivid manner, causing vibrant images to immediately form in my head. Through the words ‘peacock blue’, and the simile ‘glistening like an orange split open’ I am figuratively told that she is attracted to the flamboyant traditions of Asian culture, however she goes on to say ‘bangles snapped, drew blood.’ This emphasises to me that although she had grown up with Pakistani traditions, the ‘snapping bangles’ represents the demise of that particular culture in her life, and how she is reluctant to feel apart of it. Also, the use of blood, which can be interpreted as a deep red colour, its shows her Pakistani life coming to an end at a young age. Additionally, in the poem ‘vultures’ the opening sentence is ‘in the greyness.’ which tells me that the setting is dark and morose at that specific time. This also tells me that the poem may not be the most pleasant, since the colour grey, could represent something insipid and melancholy. However, reading forward, the words ‘nestled close to his mate..’ create the feeling that this poem may not be as gloomy after all, showing that there can also be love in bleak situations. Linking back to ‘presents’ Monica may feel uncomfortable with the fact that she may be part Pakistani, however apart of her will always love it, and she has to embrace that.
In his preface of the Kokinshū poet Ki no Tsurayaki wrote that poetry conveyed the “true heart” of people. And because poetry declares the true heart of people, poetry in the minds of the poets of the past believed that it also moved the hearts of the gods. It can be seen that in the ancient past that poetry had a great importance to the people of the time or at least to the poets of the past. In this paper I will describe two of some of the most important works in Japanese poetry the anthologies of the Man’yōshū and the Kokinshū. Both equally important as said by some scholars of Japanese literature, and both works contributing greatly to the culture of those who live in the land of the rising sun.
result it has on people. In all three poems the last line of the poems
On the surface the poem seems to be a meditation on past events and actions, a contemplative reflection about what has gone on before. Research into the poem informs us that the poem is written with a sense of irony
Commentary on the poem Night of the Scorpion Commentary The poem “Night of the Scorpion”, written by Nissin Ezekiel has an interesting contrast of good and bad hidden within it (an essence of equality). The poet has made the mother’s experience of getting bitten by a scorpion sound very painful and endless. The poet has conveyed this by using some descriptive language. E.g. “May the poison purify your flesh of desire, and your spirit of ambition”. This poem which was written by the first person, has other techniques such as; alliteration – “I watched the flame feeding on my mother”; tone of voice (short sentences giving a tense atmosphere) – “My father, sceptic, rationalist, trying every excuse and blessing”.
In conclusion, poetry can effectively capture and present the detrimental effects of conflict. The overall negative opinion towards conflict can be further strengthened using techniques discussed previously, such as semantic choice and sensual imagery. The poems ‘War Photographer’ and ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ explore the effects of war and ‘Telephone Conversation’ explores racism. Finally, to sum up the poems, conflict, in any form, has very harmful effects towards humans and the world and the world would be better without conflicts.