A Jungian Reading of Beowulf The epic poem, Beowulf, depicts the battles and victories of the Anglo-Saxon warrior Beowulf, over man-eating monsters. The noble defender, Beowulf, constantly fought monsters and beasts to rid the land of evil. The most significant of these monsters, Grendel, represents Beowulf's shadow, the Jungian archetype explored in the essay collection, Meeting the Shadow. The character Grendel portrays the fallen self, which will assert itself violently if neglected
William Wordsworth; now one of the most visited literary shrines in the world. “The World is Too Much With Us” is one of many excellent poems written by William Wordsworth during the early 1800’s. The poem’s theme revolves directly upon the material inclination of the world, and the tragic result of human kind losing sight of all things truly meaningful. When reading such texts based upon such controversial (and at that time) revolutionary ideals, especially when expressed in such remorse and disgust;
where she lived for seven years. During that time she also got married to a lawyer and had her daughter Rebecca. From an early age she was introverted and quite shy, most likely due to a terrible accident. She immediately retreated into solitude, reading poems and stories and then finally writing. “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self”, by Alice Walker, is an essay that reflects on her ideas of beauty as a child, a teenager, and as an adult. Walker spent a great deal of time outside, due to the
On Reading Poems to a Senior Class at South High In his poem, "On Reading Poems to a Senior Class at South High", the author, David Chapman Berry, has relied on metaphors and similes to carry out his view of a typical literature class and a teacher's view of teaching. The setting of the poem is in a senior literature class, at South High School. The speaker in this poem is a teacher, who tells the reader about his or her students and about the course of his or her literature class. The teacher
“The Ballad of Reading Gaol” by Oscar Wilde and “The Great Hunger” by Patrick Kavanagh. Both poems are narratives that have dropped the traditional romanticism of ballads in order to depict great hardship. These poems are written in very different ways and yet are very successful in telling
The poem that I am doing my reading response on is called Chicago and it was written by Carl Sandburg in 1914. In the poem Carl talks about the streets of Chicago and describes the hardship of the streets. Carl also describes the people who live in Chicago and how they are appreciative, dedicated and sometimes do jobs and other tasks they do not practically enjoy or like just to make a living. Carl uses a lot of dramatic imagery throughout the entire poem that way he can characterize some of the
1) Poetics: a. & b. Rhyme/ Rhythm A/14 A/14 B/14 B/14 C/14 C/14 D/14 D/14 E/14 E/14 D/14 D/14 F/14 F/14 G/14 G/14 H/14 H/14 D/14 D/14 I/14 I/14 D/14 D/14 J/14 J/14 K/14 K/14 L/14 L/14 M/14 M/14 N/14 N/14 O/14 O/14 P/14 P/14 Q/14 Q/14 R/14 R/14 S/14 S/14 T/14 T/14 U/14 U/14 V/14 V/14 W/14 W/14 c. No Real Meter d. Title: The title is linked to the figurative meaning because it shows the hope the team has of Casey. e. 4 lines per stanza f. 13
the poem? I picked the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” for my discussion. I feel the theme of this poem is implying there is a waltz going on between a father and son before bedtime. Thus, taking place after the father has had a hard day of work and some drinking; and he was spending quality time with his family. What poetic devices (e.g., rhythm, figurative language, etc.) are used in the poem? Offer at least two examples. Novelist Roethke uses imagery and atmosphere as poetic devices in his poem from
The first time I remember reading was when I was in the first grade. I can remember my first book was ¨Miss Bindergarten gets ready for kindergarten¨. I was really excited to read for the first time. I can remember that at first it was hard for me to real, but once I got the hang of it, reading became easy for me. The way that I learned to read is the teacher would tell me how to see the words and identify them when I came across them. My teacher was very helpful with teaching me how to read and
document. Poetry is one of these areas. At KS1 children should read and listen to nursery rhymes and poetry, learning some by heart, and read aloud. At KS2 children should read aloud, telling and enacting stories and poems. The National Literacy Strategy [NLS] guides teachers on which poems and poetic forms to teach in the classroom. There are two recent views that the NC and the NLS are failing in their approach to poetry. · According to Carter, the NC for English is very limited in its approach
Poetry Often times I read a poem to myself silently and find it hard to understand the significance of the point that the author is trying to establish. It is when that poem is read aloud that it really begins to shine and bring feeling to a work of art (823). The elements of sound are what make a poem come to life and provoke thought in the readers mind so that the author and reader make a connection. Whether it is creating flow, provoking immersive images, or creating suspense, elements of sound
The effectiveness on reading proficiency of the Daily 5 reading intervention in a 7th grade self-contained special education classroom. Nicole Christiansen Morningside College EDUC501 Educational Research Summer 2015 Dr. Dharma Jairam Table of Contents Page Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..4 Daily 5……………………………………………………………………….……….5 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………………8 Participants…………………………………………………………………….…….
write poems that are obviously poems, but also have a speech-like sound. Which means even though the reader can tell the work is a poem it also sounds like something someone would say in everyday speech. Specifically this essay will look at what I think is his most appealing poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. I compare a paraphrased version of the poem to the verbatim poem and identify different aspects that have been lost in the translation. By analyzing different aspects of the poem I will
a place to buy the, Even though I have that at hand now, I still think that I repeated some from last year. No matter how many books I read I still have some that are forever my favorites. I am happy that I got to add to that though. I have been reading almost nonstop this year. I could have done better over the summer but I’m happy with the numbers. I haven’t reread any of the books that I planned on yet. I have a lot sitting on the shelf that I haven’t touched. I love being able to read as much
D.C. Berry's On Reading Poems to a Senior Class at South High In "On Reading Poems to a Senior Class at South High" by D.C. Berry, the author vividly portrays the interactive experience of a poetry reading between a senior high school class and its teacher. The event is compared to a school of fish excitedly swimming around an aquarium until a sudden rupture in the aquarium causes everyone to "leak out." Berry uses form, sound devices, and poetic devices to enhance the different levels of
just cannot overpower the amount of temptation being formed by these creatures. A painting can capture this moment while also creating a sense of the surroundings and a feel for both sides of the story. However, some may believe that a descriptive poem can produce a more satisfying setting. In the end, a painting possesses more qualities that can captivate a setting more vividly. John William Waterhouse’s painting, Ulysses and the Sirens,
"The X in My Name" By Francisco X. Alarcon the poor signature of my illiterate and peasant self giving away all rights in a deceiving contract for life This poem written by Francisco Alarcon describes the life of an illiterate man who finds himself signing away his freedom by placing his mark on a contract. He is unable to read the contract he is signing or even write his name. Being unable to read he leaves himself vulnerable to be taken advantage of and deceived
The developmental stages of reading and writing are important factors when planning lessons for such instruction. Lessons, which are too high or low increases frustration levels in all students whether they are a struggling student or in the gifted range. Students will not make progress if they are working at a frustration level stated Dr. Bear (Laureate Production, Inc. 2014c). Once this occurs, the motivation to learn begins to slow down giving birth to misbehavior. Stopping the disruptive behavior
I enjoyed reading poetry and trying to decipher the message the author was trying to get across, by analyzing the words and imagery used in the work, I did this to try and find a way to connect to the poem. Soon I began to write my own poetry, because I was able to breathe a bit of my soul into the poems created and feel a deep connection. With these words I could hopefully influence others and convince them
requires a teacher to employ a myriad of strategies to help students. When a teacher takes into consideration all the different abilities in a classroom having multiple strategies that help all students become proficient in speaking and listening, reading, and writing, is essential. Speaking and Listening One of the most often over looked yet essential part of literacy development is developing a child’s speaking and listening skills. If a child has a very limited vocabulary it will be harder for