Whether it is poetry from William Shakespeare to Edgar Allan Poe, all poets use different elements of poetic language to present a message for their audience. Some believe that myths and allusions are important aspects of a well written to poem, while others do not think there is a reliance on these components. In the two poems, Social Notes II by Francis Reginald Scott and Poetry by Marianne Moore, they present the side where myths and allusions are not key for a strong poem. This is shown through clear and blunt arguments, being equally as express fully strong as a poem with myths and allusions, and the use of strong themes and motifs to present the poet’s point. While myths and allusions may have a role in poetry, they are not fundamental …show more content…
Scott presents his criticism of the government; “There is nothing like hard times/ For teaching people to think.” (Scott Lines 46-47) and does this by building a theme of politics in the Great Depression and explores the various issues during his time. He revolves his message throughout the entire poem and never allows the reader to forget the sole purpose of the poem. Moore’s theme is her empathizing with the reader of how poetry is hard to understand and how she recognizes this struggle, “when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not poetry,/ nor till the poets among us can be/ “literalists of/ the imagination”” (Moore Lines 19-22) This true emotion allows her to draw in the reader and have them also be emotionally invested in the poem, Moore uses a lot of imagery to help build upon this, such as “Hands that can grasp, eyes/ that can dilate, hair that can rise” (Moore Lines 4-5) These two poems show how there is not a need for myth or allusions in order to present a strong message for the audience, rather the use of themes and imagery is simply enough for readers to understand what the poet is trying to say.
Myths and allusions can be useful in poems, however they are not fundamental elements of poetic language. Shown through the two poems, Social Notes II and Poetry, that poems without the use of myths and allusions can easily hold an argument, be equally as emotional and present a message by using themes and imagery
Have you ever marveled at the powerful stories a poem can tell with just words? I will be analyzing the similarities and differences in figurative language and the elements of Chinese poetry in the Chinese poems “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu” and “Thick Grow the Rush Leaves.”
Good poetry provides meaningful commentary. One indication of a poem’s success in this is the depth of thought the reader has as a result of the poem. The poems I anthologized may take different
Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities; it is solely used to evoke emotive feelings in the reader in which to convey a message or story. This form of literature has a long history dating back thousands of years and is considered a literacy art form as it uses forms and conventions to evoke differentiating interpretations of words, though the use of poetic devices. Devices such as assonance, figurative language, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve a musical and memorable aspect to the poem. Poems are usually written based on the past experiences of the poet and are greatly influenced by the writer’s morals values and beliefs. Poetry regularly demonstrates and emphasises on the
Figurative Language in used throughout poems so the reader can develop a further understanding of the text. In “The Journey” the author uses rhythm and metaphors throughout the poem. “...as you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn through the sheets of the clouds..”(25-27). The author compares the star burning to finding your voice. Rhythm also develops the theme of the poem because throughout the story rhythm is presented as happy showing growing up and changing for the better is necessary and cheerful. In “The Laughing Heart” the author uses imagery and metaphors to develop the theme throughout the book. “There is a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness”(5-7). Always find the good out of everything, even it
Looking back at the narratives and the significance of the poems in them is that many of the poems are inspired by nature around the authors. Also, the poems provide more of the voice of the authors instead of just the voice of the narrator and helps present the emotional tones of the characters in the narratives to the reader so that there can be more of a connection to it when it is being read. The poems make for a simple addition to the narrative and allows for a much more meaningful experience for a reader and makes for a much more engrossing story, thus adding to the to experience as a whole.
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 elements in the poem work very well together to help set the theme of this poem. The tone set the overall mood of the poem, so show that it was rushed but not in a chaotic way. The imagery helps to show us little details of the setting, which are very helpful. And finally, the figures of speech, help the reader to compare the scene to things they have experienced in their lifetime to fully understand the poem.
Poetry is often forgotten in our society. Poetry is mistaken for something less than its greater meaning. Four specific poets demonstrate the true meaning of poetry through their words and imagery. These poets use their own language to speak to us in poetry, by describing a major event that has happened in their life. It is truly captivating to hear these poets speak from another aspect that we are not use too.
Myths are, arguably, the most important allusion. Myths find themselves littered around the world and throughout time. Since the beginning of written language to present day, people experience myths in literature. Before science and modern religion, myths were what people used to explain the world around them. They used them to make the sun setting and rising, seasons, the
Poetry like so many other things in life is complicated and easily misunderstood, similar to the poem entitled “Poetry” by Marianne Moore. Through her unique way of writing Moore uses literary devices imagery and personification to make the readers question why it is she has come to “dislike”(line 1) poetry. In particular, her word choice leaves a lot of room to wonder exactly why she has chosen to write it this way. A main theme that is represented in this poem is conformity and whether or not it is something to be followed.
It is imperative for us, especially all poets and writers of prose that use language to express figurative meaning, to critique this theory because it only decreases creativity and denies that artist say anything beyond the literal with their words and metaphors. Davidson's ideas violently affront to the purpose of our craft. If we become completely dependent upon objective, literal meaning and learn to reject subjective, figurative meaning in words, we will consequently become less human and more detached from the world, from our natural surroundings, from our fellow human beings, and from the spontaneous, creative voices deep in our guts that often speak of truths literal expression cannot capture.
Poetry is a form of literature which can be characterized by rhythm. Poetry may be short or may be long. There is no limit to themes that a poet may use for their poem. A poem can be about animals, nature, and a common theme, love. The two poems that will be discussed in the paper have a common theme of love. While one poem speaks of love for a woman, the other explains what love is in general. Theses two poems are "When You Are Old" by William Butler Yeats, and "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" by no other than William Shakespeare.
Marianne Moore wasn't just a modernist poet, she was also a sports fan. Although the poem took a couple times of me reading to finally understand the poem. It seems like Moore wasn't at the game by they would she used. She talked about the "Owlman watching from the press box" which was giving us the assumption that she could be listening to it on the radio. Since Moore can't see the game herself, she has to go off of the commentator and try to visualize what is happening. The exact same thing happens when we have to read it ourselves, we have rely on Moore to give the details us. This is one of the reasons I believe make the poems so interesting to read. We get to hear the facts but we also get to imagine the rest.
“The Figure a Poem Makes” by Robert Frost talks about his perception of how poem should be view by people. Frost says all poems have their own unique characteristic from one another and always have morals that the readers can benefit from while being entertained. Every poems “begin in delight and end in wisdom (Frost, 630).” Poems make the readers to discover something they previously do not know. Frost also said that poetry cannot be truly understand through purely logic, but the readers can evaluate it through their emotions. The essay also mentions “no tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader (Frost, 631).” This line also suggest the feelings the writer put in his/her work connecting to the feeling of the readers. This is probably one of the best goal a writer can ever achieve, to be able to connect to his readers, and show his/her feelings through writing.
T.S Eliot, widely considered to be one of the fathers of modern poetry, has written many great poems. Among the most well known of these are “The Waste Land, and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, which share similar messages, but are also quite different. In both poems, Eliot uses various poetic techniques to convey themes of repression, alienation, and a general breakdown in western society. Some of the best techniques to examine are ones such as theme, structure, imagery and language, which all figure prominently in his poetry. These techniques in particular are used by Eliot to both enhance and support the purpose of his poems.