Throughout the poem, Brooks uses wealth imagery to show how when exposed to the unpleasant reality of poverty, the affluent, although well-intentioned, will refuse to help those in need. In the beginning of the poem, Brooks descriptively describes the wealthy women in Ladies’ Betterment League. While creating an image of these women, Brooks states that the women “are full,/ Sleek, tender-clad, fit, fiftyish, [and] a-glow..." (14-15) These well-off women who make up the Ladies’ Betterment League use their money to keep themselves well-fed, clean, and healthy. In fact, these fortunate women possess an excess of money to spend on themselves. The use of the words “full” and “tender-clad” create an image of comfortable, wealthy women who use their immense amount of wealth to …show more content…
Later in the poem, the same wealthy women from the Ladies’ Betterment Society decide they want to donate some of their immense wealth to charity, specifically to a local poor house. When the women visit the poor house to see where their donated money would go, they are unable to stop comparing the poor house conditions with those of their mansions. The women lament how "Nothing is sturdy, nothing is majestic," (42) in the poor house when compared to their expensive homes. In the eyes of the wealthy women, the poor house is the complete opposite of their expensive homes in every way from the poor house’s lack of cleanliness to its feeble structure. In fact, the use of descriptive adjectives such as “majestic” further emphasizes characteristics the poor house lacks. The image of wealth and power that the use of “majestic” evokes shatters as the negative word, “nothing,” removes any perception of grandness. This contradiction of the image of wealth demonstrates the large differences between the women and the impoverished. The rich women cannot help but be completely overwhelmed by the harsh reality of the daily living conditions of the poor when compared to their relatively
The news is out and Sister Wives star Mykelti Brown is engaged. This makes her the second one of the Brown children to decided that it is time to tie the knot. Her sister Maddie Brown is already married to Caleb Brush. Logan Brown seems close to an engagement, but hasn't proposed just yet. Us Magazine shared the news about Mykelti being engaged. Her fiance is Antonio Padron and fans can't wait to start seeing him on the show.
The poem “Always Something More Beautiful” by Stephen Dunn is certainly about running a race, but the speaker is also arguing that pursuing something beautiful can help guide us through life. Through the title, we can see that we should constantly look for more beautiful things in life. The poem begins with the speaker describing his experience before a race. He uses words like “best” and “love.” The tone is extremely enthusiastic. In the first line, he talks about coming to the starting place. This can be a metaphor for beginning our lifelong journey. The speaker also implies that we need to approach it with a positive attitude. In the next few lines, the speaker indicates being tested in excellence
Simon Armitage has written about different kind of poverty in his poems. This includes the poems “to poverty” and “hither, “Gooseberry season”, “about his person”. I will write her more about Simon Armitager poems and his tequnies.
In “Useless Boys” the writer, Barry Dempster, creates a strong feeling of disappointment and shame in himself and society as he looks back on his youth to when him and a friend made a promise to each other to “not be like their fathers”. Dempster expresses a sort of disgust for the capitalist society his world seems to be built around, a life where even if you’re doing something you initially enjoyed you end up feeling trapped in it. The poem is a reflective piece, where he thinks back on how he truly believed he would end up happy if he chose a different path than that of his parents. The author uses simple diction and syntax, but it’s evident that each idea has a much deeper meaning, which assisted in setting a reflective/introspective mood.
Set in modern time, the play Haiku written by Kate Snodgrass is a thirty-minute drama with themes of unconditional love and deception, in the play Haiku, the audience looks on the life of a mother and her two daughters. In the play, the mother, Nell, is described as a woman in her 50’s who has been taking care of her daughter Louise, who is in 20’s and has some form of autism (possibly Tourette’s). During her time taking care of Louise, Nell discovers that sometimes Louise is more present, and when so, she is able to communicate with Nell by reciting haikus. After allowing this to go on for three years, Nell’s other daughter Billie comes to visit. During this visit, Billie is told the truth about her sister and how she has episodes of normalness
When sorting through the Poems of Dorothy Parker you will seldom find a poem tha¬t you could describe as uplifting or cheerful. She speaks with a voice that doesn’t romanticize reality and some may even call her as pessimistic. Though she doesn’t have a buoyant writing style, I can empathize with her views on the challenges of life and love. We have all had experiences where a first bad impression can change how we view an opportunity to do the same thing again. Parker mostly writes in a satirical or sarcastic tone, which can be very entertaining to read and analyze.
"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal [but] which the reader recognizes as his own." (Salvatore Quasimodo). There is something about the human spirit that causes us to rejoice in shared experience. We can connect on a deep level with our fellow man when we believe that somehow someone else understands us as they relate their own joys and hardships; and perhaps nowhere better is this relationship expressed than in that of the poet and his reader. For the current assignment I had the privilege (and challenge) of writing an imitation of William Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 87". This poem touched a place in my heart because I have actually given this sonnet to someone before as it then communicated my thoughts and feelings far better than I could. For this reason, Sonnet 87 was an easy choice for this project, although not quite so easy an undertaking as I endeavored to match Shakespeare’s structure and bring out his themes through similar word choice.
In the world of teenagers everything seems to come and pass by so quickly. For instance the beginning of senior year. In Spite of being happy and excited were also generally nervous and anxious to see what our future holds. As senior year comes to an end, It then becomes as temporary as the summer sun but also the boundary of our life before we enter adulthood. Even then our future is still undefined.
Eight line, eight line is the length of the poem “We Real Cool”, but it is loaded with literary devises and contains an underlining meaning. This poem titled “We Real Cool” is written by Gwendolyn Brooks and it was published in 1960. The title is ironic because one would think the poem would be about a group of people and their flamboyant, cool lifestyle but the poem explains that this lifestyle is a dead end that leads to death. It is also interesting to note that the vowels sounds of the title and the first line of the poem go from high to middle to low. This poem describes seven pool players who are skipping school to do things they consider to be cool, but it ends with “We / Die soon” (lines 7-8) which leaves the reader puzzled and pondering
In all sections of her poem, Brooks uses the repetition of words to stress her main thematic idea that when wealthy people are exposed to the hardships of poverty, rather than make a difference, they will avoid completely solving problem. In the beginning of the poem, Brooks introduces a group of wealthy women who make up the Ladies’ Betterment League, a group of women who donate money to groups in need. The specific chapter of the Ladies’ Betterment League in the poem however, plans to donate their money to "[t]he very very worthy/ And beautiful poor." (23-24) By repeating the word “very” two times, Brooks emphasizes the high standards the women believe the poor should uphold. The use of repetition in this line demonstrates the wealthy women’s inaccurate perception of those living in poverty, as the repetition of the word “very” with no other words in between draws the reader’s attention to the
In analyzing the two poems, The “Lost Sister” written by Cathy Song and the “Myth of Spirits” written by Monica Mody both share a similar free verse style of writing. The two poems are both penned with applying metaphors and unique symbolism. Meanwhile, suggesting the importance of spirituality that helps create a greater experience of self-identity. However, they differ in their characteristic examples of ethnicity. In the analyzation of the characters portrayed in these two poems, the concept of how “freedom” is relatable in fairly different aspects. In an initial examination of these two poems, a reader may discover that the two poems have no comparisons. There are not many comparisons between the two poems but, what holds true is the
"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks have four stanzas, each of which is a two line couplet. Every word in the poem has only one syllable. This poem has a regular meter, with three beats and a pause. There is more to this poem that meets the human eye. “We Real Cool” have a compelling message behind it. Gwendolyn portrays the core of distraught teenagers living a carefree life. The teenagers in this poem are skipping school to be mischievous. Brooks is clearly portraying a message that if they continue to live the lifestyle that they are living they will eventually end up dead. The teens are obviously not affectionate about attending school. However they skip school to find pleasure in a pool hall. It seems like the teenagers absolutely do not care about their education and go day by day living a carefree lifestyle. The broad tones, numerous symbols, and vivid themes complement the historic poem “We Real Cool” marvelously.
The purpose of this essay is to analyze and compare and contrast the two paired poems “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning and “My Ex-Husband” by Gabriel Spera to find the similarities presented within the pairs. Despite the monumental time difference between “My Last Duchess” and “My Ex-Husband”, throughout both poems you will see that somebody is wronged by someone they thought was a respectable person and this all comes about by viewing a painting on the wall or picture on a shelf.
The literary comparison shall explore the following pieces: Plath’s “Lady Lazarus,” Woolf’s “A Haunted House,” and Atwood’s “Siren Song,” and “Happy Ending.” The first comparison is between Lady Lazarus and Siren Song, both poems contain themes of manipulation and the role of women in a patriarchal society. Furthermore, Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” contains two major ideas to be studied: role of women and manipulation. The role of women can be seen as the speaker struggles in her life as revealed by her suicide attempts. The quotes, “I have done it again / one year in every ten” and “I am only thirty / And like the cat I have nine times to die” reveal that she has tried it, it is now a tradition for her to attempt and cause her own death (Plath 1-2,
In the novel Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, the Dashwood family is left with much less money after their father dies. When their cousin takes them in, they move to a new home and start their new life. In this time period money and social rank were the most important things. For most marriage has nothing to do with love, it is about gaining property, money or rank. This is why Elinor and Marianne’s, two of the Dashwood sisters, answers to the question: “what have wealth or grandeur to do with happiness?” (122) are so important. Elinor, the eldest Dashwood sister has all the characteristics of sense and responds, “grandeur has but little . . . but wealth has much to do with it” (122). She is implying that to be happy in life one must have money. Marianne seems to be the opposite of Elinor and embodies sensibility; she disagrees and claims that money “gives no real satisfaction” (122). This theme is seen throughout the novels with many characters specifically with the characters of the two Dashwood sisters, Edward, Mr. Willoughby and Colonel Brandon. These ideas influence the characters’ decisions and have many consequences.