Choose a different poem from Sound and Sense and use either DIDLS or the 5 -S strategy (in your green book) to analyze. Post the title of your poem along with your analysis. 15 points
Details=the poem relates fire to desire and ice to hate. The references of these are used throughout the poem explaining how the world will end.
Imagery=The image of fire as desire, and the contrasting image of ice as hate. These images are used to contrast the two opposite things.
Diction=The poet uses opposing diction and word choice. The words fire, desire are used together and then right away the contradicting words ice and hate are used. Desire and hate are strong words and create intense diction.
Language=The intense and contradicting use of word creates a confusing poem, but in the poem both are used to destroy and the speaker says both would suffice.
Sentence structure=The poem uses rhyme to display such a thing as ending the world in a lighter way. The end of the sentences each end the subject of fire or the subject of ice.
Details: The author talks about a flower changing into a leaf, dawn turning to day, and the Garden of Eden falling to explain how things that are beautiful and good do not last long.
Imagery: The distinct images are golden and yellow flowers, the Garden of Eden, and the sky when the sun rises. These are images are the beautiful things that do not last long.
Diction: The author uses very simple diction related to nature. Words like “flower,” “leaf,” and “dawn,” describe the “gold” found in nature and help the reader understand the kind of beauty that they author is talking about.
Language: The author uses short and simple language to show the beauty in nature. His choice of simple language represents simple beauty. It also creates an inviting atmosphere because puts things in terms that everyone can understand and relate to.
Syntax: Again, the author constructs simple sentences that are not hard to understand. He first explains that beauty does not last long and then he gives examples of beautiful things being changed or destroyed.
Details- Tigers are fearsome. This is important, especially when paired with Blake's poem "The Lamb" (p. 156) because it asks if the same being could have created both such a strong a dreadful creature as the tiger and meek and gentle creature as the lamb.
Imagery- The fourth stanza cements the image of the tiger being forged in the way one would forge a sword or other metal tool, with a hammer and anvil. This depicts the tiger as warlike and powerful.
Diction- The speaker asks who "burnt the fire of [the tiger's] eyes" and "what dread hand forged thy dread feet?" The dark images and intense fire-related imagery serve to show illustrate the mystery and power of certain creations.
Language- The author uses grand and epic language, appropriate for describing godly warfare. This contributes to the sense of the tiger as a great and dangerous creation.
Syntax- This poem is posed as a series of questions to the tiger. Although the diction shows a fear or distaste for the raw might of the tiger, the syntax (use of questions) shows a respect, or at least a sense of awe, for the same creature.
"When my love swears that she is made of truth" by William Shakespeare on page 44.
Details: A man's "love" swears she is trustworthy but the man knows she is lying. She believes he is fooled, but he says nothing to discredit her and thus they continue in lies.
Imagery: None, except the beginning image of the woman telling the man "she is made of truth".
Diction: The phrase "made of truth" sounds like she is trying to say that she is free of evil or wrongdoing (possibly close to perfect). Also, the use of "false-speaking tongue" emphasizes the evil in the act(cheating on him) rather than her, making it seem like he isn't totally angered with her.
Language: The speaker uses poetic language (obviously) while speaking in blank verse iambic pentameter and ending with a rhyming couplet (obviously a Shakespearean Sonnet). The speaker also is reflective about the topic and is frank in stating that his "love" is lying.
Syntax/Sentence Structure: The speaker words sentences in a way that double meanings can be perceived. "Oh, love's best habit is in seeming trust..." Here, the word "love" could refer to his lover that is seemingly trustworthy, or it could also mean that love, in general, is only seemingly noble (or essentially a lie).
Another instance is when he says, "Therefore I lie with her and she with me..." This could be taken as him saying that the two lovers continue to "lie" (sexual connotation), or that they don't tell the truth.
Details: Frost talks about the flowers in the spring that turn to leaves in the fall and winter to show the brevity of beauty.
Imagery: The main images are gold flowers, plain leaves, dawn and sunset. These are all objects whose beauty fades in time.
Diction: Frost uses diction from nature, such as "flower", "leaf", and "dawn" because the poem is about the fading beauty of objects in nature.
Language: Frost uses common, easily understood language to represent the simple beauty of nature.
Syntax/Sentence Structure: The sentences are short and simple to show the short time of beauty in nature. He talks about how beauty fades as time passes.
"Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost (pg. 256)
Details: Frost talks about accomplishments in life, that oculd be infamous accomplishments
Imagery: reading the poem, the simple picture of Frost doing all the things he talks about is put into your head.
Diction: Frost uses diction like "i have" to indicated what he has done.
Language: Frost uses simple, NOT-detailed words to make the poem quite vague, to leave some things up to the reader to decide.
Syntax or Sentence structure: Frost uses iambic pentameter throughout the whole poem, a simple rhyme scheme, (aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ee), ande ends with a heroic couplet.
Kelsey Macken Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins by R.S Gwynn(pg. 369)
Details= The Author, Gwynn, tells about the story of a young girl who despite her Catholic upbringing, still experiences the sins.
Imagery= Gwynn really manages to ensnare the reader with their detailed discriptions and creates a mental picture for every single one of the seven deadly sins.
Diction= Gwynn creates a vague way of encompassing several people with the diction used, the author also is very discriptive in their word choice with the seven sins.
Language= The naive and yet dark uses of words really makes this poem take on a life of its own. Also, there are clear points when the seven deadly sins are there with the authors grim word choice.
Sentence structure= The poem uses ABA rhyme and mainly iambic pentameter, except there are certain places in the poem where it strays away from that.
“Desert Place” By Robert Frost D- Details on what kind of desert he is describing like the snow and the weeds, making it sound deserted and abandoned. Also the sky and it’s separated stars and mass darkness I – The images of the falling snow covering the land and how empty everything looks. He gives it such a plain description but showing that the narrator isn’t at all amused for this land’s appearance nor does he care about even looking at it. D – He chooses words such as, absent-spirited and empty, banker whiteness to show how bare and deserted the land is. It also gives the reader a sense of fear for that land. Why is it so deserted? It can’t be just cause of the snow. Or even if he is describing a forest, why is he alone in the forest in the winter? L – He uses language to show a negative attitude towards the forest, or like I said a fearful tone upon the reader. He doesn’t seem fazed at all by the emptiness of the woods, it almost seems like he wants to be alone S – Robert Frost follows a rhyme scheme of A, A ,B, C which helps with reading the poem
"To a Daughter Leaving Home" - Linda Pastan (p. 218)
Details: The speaker is teaching his/her young daughter to ride a bike, and the poem shows that the speaker is very close and protective of his/her daughter.
Imagery: As the speaker is first teaching their daughter to ride a bike, it gives the imagery of the girl "wobbling away" on the bike. Imagery is also given when the writer of the poem places them in a park with a curved path. There is imagery when the daughter rides off and her hair beings "flapping like a handkerchief waving goodbye"
Diction: Linda Pastan uses a very descriptive diction to help the reader relate to the subject and obtain an emotional bond with the poem.
Language: The writer uses many adjectives to describe the speakers surroundings and create a happy but emotional tone with the speaker and his/her daughter.
Syntax: Linda Pastan uses free verse with no particular rhyme scheme, but constructs the words in the poem in a way to help the readers connect and understand that the speaker's daughter is "leaving home" and growing up, and that the speaker is emotional about this.
“Weighing the Dog” Billy Collins Pg. 109 D - The speaker is holding their dog with them on a scale to find the dogs weight> they begin to reminisce on a failed relationship most likely ended becase the speaker is too lazy to commit to something like training the dog to sit. I - Imagery is used in showing the speaker holding their dogs in their arms, trying to balance on the shaky blue scale in the small bathroom. It is also seen in the simple math problem they do with pencil and paper and the dogs tounge hanging out for a treat. D – The speaker’s diction is short sentenced and simple worded. The author wrote it this way because it is a simple situation with an obvious realization on the speaker’s part. L – Many adjectives are used to describe the setting and feelings of the speaker on the two issues at hand. The tone is regretful, ashamed, depressed. S – The author uses free verse with no particular rhyme scheme, but organizes the poem so that the reader can relate the failed relationship to weighing the dog and why things are the way they are for the speaker.
Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost (Pg. 256)
Sentences: The first and last sentence are identical, so there really is no prediction to be made about what goes on between them. Skimming the text the reader sees the poem is about walking through the night.
Speaker: The speaker is unknown, however, he is walking alone during the night and is probably ashamed of this because he "dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain" (Line 6).
Situation: The speaker is describing where he has gone and what he has done will he has "been one acquainted with the night."
Shifts: At line six, the repetition of the phrase "I have..." is interrupted and this is where the reader begins to see more into the speaker's mind rather than only reading about his actions.
Line 10 is the only line that talks about the actions of other people and ends in a semi-colon which shifts the poem back to the speaker's view of the night.
Syntax : The poem is formed with simple sentences, often starting with "I have." The sentences are similar in length and structure. Line 2 includes a hyphen and line 10 a semi-colon both of which stand out from the regular punction usage of periods and commas.
D--this poem at first seems like a love poem, due to the title. However, after the first line, you see that this woman the speaker is describing is less then beautiful. Throughout the stanza, she is berated for her lack of physical beauty.
I--There is a lot of imagery in the poem, especially when the mistress is compared to things such as roses, coral, the sun and music. She is said to be not as lovely as the objects, making the reader think she must be unpleasant.
D--The author uses harsh words to describe his mistress, saying that her breath 'reeks' and 'black wires grow on her head'. It's an unpleasant comparison.
L--With the harsh comparisons, the author's down can be seen as derisive or cruel, but when the tone shifts at the end in line 13 saying, "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare/As any she belied with false compare." The tone turns soft, making the speaker seem to be very fond of his mistress.
S--Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter in his poem, and the rhyme scheme is ABAB. He also uses a simple format to make the comparisons easier for the reader to understand. The quick shift if tone at the end of the poem makes us rethink the conventional standards of beauty, since the speaker must love this mistress even if she's not as physically beautiful as other women of the time.
Details: The poem says "in late September" which gives and idea as to what time of year it is and how it looks outside. It also mentions breakfast so it is early in the day.
Imagery: the blackberries are described a lot. They are described as ripe, icy, and fat. Then the author uses those adjectives to describe words in general.
Diction:The word choice is used to show how blackberry eating and words are similar.
Language: The language is mostly adjectives and adverbs that make the tone happy and peaceful.
Syntax: The poem is in one sentence. It is what the speaker is thinking and she didn't have any breaks in thought, so the sentence keeps going.
Details: The poem is about waking, but doing it slowly. It also sums up life and how you have to learn from your experiences.
Imagery: "I shall walk softly there" (Line 8). The tree in Line 10. Uses many adjective such as great, lovely, shaking, etc. in descriptions.
Diction: Roethke uses very descriptive diction to describe the waking. "I learn by going where I have to go" (Line 3) states that you learn throughout life by doing what you have to do, and the different experiences of life.
Language: The poem contains a lot of adjectives, adding to the descriptions. The author uses "I", but also "You" and "We" to make it a poem that can be universal and relatable. The last word of the first and last sentence of each stanze rhyme, some are slant rhyme though because they're close to rhyming, but not exactly.
Sentence Structure: Roethke uses rhetorical questions within the poem, as well as the repeating lines of "I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow" (Lines 1,6,12,18) and "I learn by going where I have to go" (Lines 3,9,19).
D: the way the speaker approaches the river so willingly shows his/her acceptance and desire for death. I: the "calm face of the river" makes it seem welcoming and kind. D: the words with a positive connotation shows the speakers attitude towards his/her own death L: the tone is apathetic with a positive undertone based on the personification of the river, when it was actually the speakers choice to go through with the action S: the brief sentences and the calm nature shows that the speaker just wants his/her life to be over as quickly as possible.
D-razors, rivers, acids, drugs, guns, nooses, gas I- images of hanging on noose; drwoning; inhale D- i belive that the author chose his words to really put a strong meaning behind it, when reading you can tell that everything he says is bad and you shouldn't do. L- the author conveys a depressing mood S- using short to the point lines the author is able put across what he wants to put across.
D-it is spring, there is a balloonman, and a boy and a girl who want balloons.
I- muddy and puddles for spring. boy leaving his marbles and pirate toys running, girl dancing, leaving her hop-scotch and jump rope.
D- he gives the balloonman in a way a drousy image, while he gives the kids happy sofisticated and happy names.
L-he gives spring a gross looking appearance, but it is true, the beginning of spring is dirty rainy and muddy, however we all give it this perfect view because it is spring, and we can be outside. Spring represents the beginning of life again.
S- The author do not really use sentances, and has a different structure with the poem because there is random spaces and breaks in lines, it is short, yet to the point, and detailed with spring, th boy, the girl, and the balloonman, but the rest is completely unknown.
D: The mask and why the people wear it. "the grins and lies"
I: Talks about the faces of America,"it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes"
D: "with torn and bleeding hearts we smile" when the author writes this, heh is trying to put a lighter tone on something that is very sad and dreery
L: "we smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise" in these two lines the author is putting a mournful tone on the subject and showing that the mask is a way to cover up their sadness so no one will see
S: the first sentence tells the audience what the poem is about, masks covering up Americas sadness
Ballad of Birmingham Pages14-15 Details: The author talks about an African American mother getting her daughter ready for church. “She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair, and bathed rose petal sweet, and drawn white gloves on her small brown hands, and white shoes on her feet.” Imagery: The poet uses vivid imagery such as “the dogs are fierce and wild” and “white gloves and white shoes” and also descriptions such as “night-dark hair” and “eyes wet and wild” to give the reader a better understanding of the poem. Diction: The poet uses simple and descriptive diction in the poem. The author uses common words and phrases such as “baby”, “rose petal sweet” and “church”. Language: The author writes in an abab rhyme scheme. Syntax: The poet uses simple sentence structures that are easy to understand and direct to the point.
Question May Swenson Page 37 Details - "bright dog" , "eager and quick" are both important details in describing the dog. Imagery - The author builds up a good image of her lying and looking up at the night sky when her house is gone Language - The author many descriptive words to build up a good image of what her situation would be without her house or her dog Syntax - The whole poem is a series of questions, with the narrator trying to figure out what their life would be like without their house or their dog.
D-She is 8, and black I-The little girl is "filled with glee", she smiles but he does not smile back D-"old" baltimore says that it happened awhile ago, and the author re-emphasizes that at the end. L-At the beginning the tone is happy and fll of glee, but at the end it becomes more sad, without using direct words S-The last sentence was very important, "thats all that i remember" shows the importance of what happened to the little girl
Details - Nature's colors and the changing of seasons because the poem focuses on the visible changes you can see between the seasons Imagery - The colors of leaves and flowers are important, but also "Eden" from line 6 makes me think about the Garden of Eden, very angelic and divine Diction - The woods that Frost chooses are descriptive and offer a soft meaning in the beginning and become harsher and sadder, because the speaker seems like they don't like when the golden colored leafs and pretty flowers leave. Language - The mood of the first portion (1-3) is happy and light, whereas the second part (4-8) becomes darker and glum because the seasons are changing Syntax - Each line is broken up by punctuation and grammatically makes sense, they help to tell a story.
Details- The author is describing the way someone who is sloppy dresses Imagery- Speaker uses words like "flow confusedly"(line 8) and "careless shoeshring"(line 9) to describe the appearance of someone who can bewitch him Diction- The speaker uses words that enhance the idea that someones appearance is sloppy or disordlerly such as "Careless"(line 11) "erring" (line 5) and "confusedly" (line 8) Language- The author uses a lighthearted tone when desribing the haphazard way that people dress Syntax- the author uses semicolons every 2 lines that break the poem into specific thoughts. He names an aspect of the outfit that is disorderly and then comments on it
Details- A person, gender is not specified who is walking in the woods and comes across a fork in the road and has to choose which of the two paths to take.
Imagery- Descriptive words such as "yellow wood", "grassy", and "wanted wear".
Diction- The diction Frost uses compliments his useage of imagery. He speaks of two equaly interesting roads and describes his indecisiveness over which path to take. After choosing the one less taken by he proceeds to use words that demonstrate his confidence in the road that he has chosen such as when he says that he "doubted if I should ever come back" because he liked the path that he had chosen.
Language- The tone in the poem in the beginning is indecisive and doubtful, whereas in the middle and throughout the end of the poem, the tone is more confident because the narrator has been changed by the path that he has chosen.
Syntax- The rhyme scheme used is ABAAB, BCBBC etc. throughout the poem.
Details- It is a description of a lamb in teh fields, could possibly be referring to God
Imagery- uses words like "putrid", "guts were out for crows to eat" to convey a gross picture of a mutilated lamb. But then he talks about the breeze and it in daisies. Making it seem much more happy and peaceful
Diction- Makes the lamb seem soft and innocent through words like propped and face is nudged on a green pillow, with daisies. Very peaceful and happy. But then he has his more grotesque vison of the lamb being dead.
Language- The author uses a dark but light sad kind of way to describe the poor lamb
syntax- Uses commas with good sentance structure. He talks directly at the reader.
Incident Countee Cullen 116 D- "Nigger" is an important detail, it is only mentioned once but the entire premise of the poem revolves around it. I- In lines three and 7-8 Cullen describes a small boy staring at ther speaker and then sticks out his toung. The boy sticking out his toung is, again, what the entire premis of the poem, about racial discrimination. D- In line two the word "glee" starts the poem on a happy more positive note. In line 8 "nigger" gives the poem a much more neggitave tone L- there is a shift in tone in line 8 when the boy says "nigger" imediatly giving the poem a much more neggitave feel. S-the author uses syntax in a way that makes the reader think the poem is a happy one about a trip to Baltimore. The author then adds words and phrases at the end of sentences that change the tone and make it much more harsh and racialy condesending.
D: The author speaks of losing many objects throughout her life.
I: "Accept the fluster of lost door keys". This image relates the audience to everyday life.
D: The words choosen are ordinary (losing, fluster, disaster) and this shows how the author connects to everyday people.
Language: It is stated as a matter of fact that people lose things all the time, but there is an undertone of saddess beneath losing these objects in life.
Syntax: There are multiple paragraphs of several sentences, but each progresses to telling the story over a lifetime.
I felt a funeral, in my Brain- Emily Dickinson Pg. 63 The 5- S structure
Sentences: first "I felt a funeral, in my brain," Her brain was dying, and her thoughts were getting lost and dying. last: "and i finished knowing - then - " She finished knowing something by the end of the poem.
Speaker: One speaker, first person. She's really confused, and having a breakdown, but later she figures out what she is looking for.
Situation: She was confused, having a breakdown, she felt as if she was all alone in the world. "My mind was going numb.... (line 7) creaks across my soul (line 9)"
Shifts: in line 17. "And then a plank in reason, broke, and i dropped down..." She changed her thoughts and she figured out what she was looking for, and all confusion stopped.
Syntax: Thrid line of every paragraph is longer then the rest, and lot of - (dashes) and ABAB rhyme scheme but the first A-A doesn't rhyme.
D - Author speaks of the beauty of Africa followed by the onslaught of the hellborn white man and Africa "had lain". But now Africa is putting everything in her in the past and so is maya and is moving toward the future "she is striding"
I - Describes Africa,and her self. The geography of Africa "Deserts her hair", the deserts in north africa and Maya's hair. "mountains her breast" the mountains that are around Africa and Maya's breasts, "two niles her tears" the Nile river and Maya's eyes and tears. Imagry is also used to describe the horrible things that happened in Africa: "bleed her with guns", "took her young daughters sold her strong sons" and "she scream loud and vain".
D - Simple diction, proud and rememberance diction is used. Angelou remembers what happened in the past, but it doesn't matter, she is proud of her great continent of africa.
L - Maya's tone brings pride and remembrance. Rembering what happened in the past and now she is striding
S - The poem has 4 syllables on each senntecne with a ABCBDEFE rhyme scheme. The 4 syllable rhyme scheme creates a drumming sound whic hrepresents the essence of African Music.
Sentence: "No sprouted wheat and soya shoots" - beginning her distaste for health foods. "For smoking carnivores" - stating that she would rather eat meat.
Speaker: Most likely Angelou herself.
Situation: discussing her dislike of healthy foods and her love of meat
Shifts: "Uncooked kale and bodies frail / Are sure to make me run" (15) to "Loins of pork and chicken thighs" ( 17)- Going from something she hates to what she likes more
Syntax: words like "raw," "thick," and "anxious" put healthy foods in a unappetizing light while words like, "prime," "fresh," and "crave," describe the more tasty meats.
'Snow White and The Seven Deadly Sins' [page 369] by R.S Gwynn
Details= Gwynn tells a story about a young girl who, even though is brought up in a very Christian enviorment, experiences the seven deadly sins.
Imagery= The author manges to show just what the seven deadly sins look lie and amount to do to here creative word choice.
Diction= The author manages to use her words to create people through her writing and also in the discription af the seven deadly sins.
Language= The dark and innocent word choice that Gwynn uses in the poem are what really stick out. The contrast betwwen the naive and the over powering darkness. I think that is what really makes the poem 'pop'.
Sentence structure= The poem is mainly iambic contamiter and ABA strusture but on occasion the author strays from that.
"We Wear the Mask" By Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Page 255
D) The speaker in the poem tells a sad tale of how people "raise their masks" against the evils and troubles in our world.
I) The author uses the metaphor "We Wear the Mask" to represent man-kinds "ignorance" against the struggling African American race to become equal in the US.
D) The diction in this poem is distraught and filled with anguish. "To thee tortured souls" and "with torn and bleeding hearts" are some examples of that.
L) The language in this poem is fairly easy to understand, but you have to search deeper to get their true meaning. For example, I would not have known the "mask" people raised was against Civil Rights if "Sound and Sense" would not have explained what a simple word meant.
S) Sentence structure varies throughout the poem. There are many semi-colons and commas, forming one great big sentence.
D: Grey gleaming,daughter's brown silken hair because it compares the young and old
I: An old woman brushing her young daughter's hair
D: She chooses the words she does because it makes the comparison of young to old even more strong.
L: The comparison comes through again with the language to create the tone of sadness
S: The phrases are a nice medium size which kept me into the poem since there was a little bit of suspense at the end of each phrase. There is no rhyme structure.
D: "Apparently with no surprise", the power is accidental, the killer is called the "blonde Assassin" and the sun doesn't care. They all are the most important facts and lines of the poem and help the readers to understand the message in the poem.
I: The flower is beheaded. The flower is innocent and by being beheaded innocence is being killed.
D: She uses the words beheads, assassin, and unmoved because they are all strong words with a negative meaning. If she were to have just said the flower died though it would still be sad by using such a powerful word as beheads the audience is really moved to feel bad.
L: She twists/manipulates the words blonde and approving into a negitive and almost sinister way because the assassin was "blonde" and God was approving of the death of the innocent flower.
S: The poem was short, sweet, and to the point. with short lines with powerful a powerful message in each. It's easy to understand because of it's breif length and its direct approach.
Fire and Ice
ReplyDeleteRobert Frost
p. 103
DIDLS
Details=the poem relates fire to desire and ice to hate. The references of these are used throughout the poem explaining how the world will end.
Imagery=The image of fire as desire, and the contrasting image of ice as hate. These images are used to contrast the two opposite things.
Diction=The poet uses opposing diction and word choice. The words fire, desire are used together and then right away the contradicting words ice and hate are used. Desire and hate are strong words and create intense diction.
Language=The intense and contradicting use of word creates a confusing poem, but in the poem both are used to destroy and the speaker says both would suffice.
Sentence structure=The poem uses rhyme to display such a thing as ending the world in a lighter way. The end of the sentences each end the subject of fire or the subject of ice.
The Waking
ReplyDeleteTheodore Roethke
Pg. 185
Details: The poem focuses on waking, but waking slow.
Imagery: Description of a tree in stanza 4
Diction: "I wake to sleep" essentially states that people live in order to eventually die.
Also "I learn by going where I have to go" states that life's lessons are learned through experiences.
Language: The poem's language is pretty informal, using pronouns such as 'we' and 'us' to make the poem relateable to everyone
Sentence structure:Roethke repeats the line "learn by going where I have to go" at the end of stanza 1,3,4,and 5
Roethke also uses rhetorical questions, which show that many of life's questions cannot be answered and you just have to go with it
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
ReplyDeletePage 196
Details: The author talks about a flower changing into a leaf, dawn turning to day, and the Garden of Eden falling to explain how things that are beautiful and good do not last long.
Imagery: The distinct images are golden and yellow flowers, the Garden of Eden, and the sky when the sun rises. These are images are the beautiful things that do not last long.
Diction: The author uses very simple diction related to nature. Words like “flower,” “leaf,” and “dawn,” describe the “gold” found in nature and help the reader understand the kind of beauty that they author is talking about.
Language: The author uses short and simple language to show the beauty in nature. His choice of simple language represents simple beauty. It also creates an inviting atmosphere because puts things in terms that everyone can understand and relate to.
Syntax: Again, the author constructs simple sentences that are not hard to understand. He first explains that beauty does not last long and then he gives examples of beautiful things being changed or destroyed.
"The Tiger" by William Blake (p. 157)
ReplyDeleteDetails- Tigers are fearsome. This is important, especially when paired with Blake's poem "The Lamb" (p. 156) because it asks if the same being could have created both such a strong a dreadful creature as the tiger and meek and gentle creature as the lamb.
Imagery- The fourth stanza cements the image of the tiger being forged in the way one would forge a sword or other metal tool, with a hammer and anvil. This depicts the tiger as warlike and powerful.
Diction- The speaker asks who "burnt the fire of [the tiger's] eyes" and "what dread hand forged thy dread feet?" The dark images and intense fire-related imagery serve to show illustrate the mystery and power of certain creations.
Language- The author uses grand and epic language, appropriate for describing godly warfare. This contributes to the sense of the tiger as a great and dangerous creation.
Syntax- This poem is posed as a series of questions to the tiger. Although the diction shows a fear or distaste for the raw might of the tiger, the syntax (use of questions) shows a respect, or at least a sense of awe, for the same creature.
The Man with Night Sweats by Thom Gunn
ReplyDeletepages 61-62
D: The man has woken up from a nightmare, covered in sweat. He is terrified and cannot move.
I: The man is hugging himself tightly, as if to protect himself from an earthquake.
D: The author uses words like "gashed" and "cracked" to describe the man's lost sense of security
L: The author uses common words to help the audience relate to the experience.
S: The author's technique of breaking up the sentences creates a tense, hesitant atmosphere.
"When my love swears that she is made of truth" by William Shakespeare on page 44.
ReplyDeleteDetails: A man's "love" swears she is trustworthy but the man knows she is lying. She believes he is fooled, but he says nothing to discredit her and thus they continue in lies.
Imagery: None, except the beginning image of the woman telling the man "she is made of truth".
Diction: The phrase "made of truth" sounds like she is trying to say that she is free of evil or wrongdoing (possibly close to perfect). Also, the use of "false-speaking tongue" emphasizes the evil in the act(cheating on him) rather than her, making it seem like he isn't totally angered with her.
Language: The speaker uses poetic language (obviously) while speaking in blank verse iambic pentameter and ending with a rhyming couplet (obviously a Shakespearean Sonnet). The speaker also is reflective about the topic and is frank in stating that his "love" is lying.
Syntax/Sentence Structure: The speaker words sentences in a way that double meanings can be perceived. "Oh, love's best habit is in seeming trust..." Here, the word "love" could refer to his lover that is seemingly trustworthy, or it could also mean that love, in general, is only seemingly noble (or essentially a lie).
Another instance is when he says, "Therefore I lie with her and she with me..." This could be taken as him saying that the two lovers continue to "lie" (sexual connotation), or that they don't tell the truth.
Animals Are Passing from Our Lives by Philip Levine
ReplyDeleteD=In each stanza there's some sort of reference that relates to an animal which relates back to the title
I="Snouts drool", stanza 2, describes a pig. "The pudgy white fingers". These images are references to animals that struggle
D=The author uses harsh words to describe the passing of animals
L=The poem starts off with an average, modest tone, then the poem progresses and turns into a more angry and disgusted tone
S=Free verse, no rhyme, straight forward
Tree at My Window by Robert Frost
ReplyDeleteD- The poem is about tree. To the speaker, this tree is very important because it has seen her when she was "all but lost"
I- There is visual and auditory imagery. "Seen me when i slept" and "light tongues talking aloud"
D- The author uses simple words like to describe the speaker's relationship with the tree.
L- The poem is written in light, loving tone.
S- Rhyme, short stanzas, pretty easy to understand.
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost (p.196)
ReplyDeleteDetails: Frost talks about the flowers in the spring that turn to leaves in the fall and winter to show the brevity of beauty.
Imagery: The main images are gold flowers, plain leaves, dawn and sunset. These are all objects whose beauty fades in time.
Diction: Frost uses diction from nature, such as "flower", "leaf", and "dawn" because the poem is about the fading beauty of objects in nature.
Language: Frost uses common, easily understood language to represent the simple beauty of nature.
Syntax/Sentence Structure: The sentences are short and simple to show the short time of beauty in nature. He talks about how beauty fades as time passes.
"Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost (pg. 256)
ReplyDeleteDetails: Frost talks about accomplishments in life, that oculd be infamous accomplishments
Imagery: reading the poem, the simple picture of Frost doing all the things he talks about is put into your head.
Diction: Frost uses diction like "i have" to indicated what he has done.
Language: Frost uses simple, NOT-detailed words to make the poem quite vague, to leave some things up to the reader to decide.
Syntax or Sentence structure: Frost uses iambic pentameter throughout the whole poem, a simple rhyme scheme, (aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ee), ande ends with a heroic couplet.
Kelsey Macken
ReplyDeleteSnow White and the Seven Deadly Sins by R.S Gwynn(pg. 369)
Details= The Author, Gwynn, tells about the story of a young girl who despite her Catholic upbringing, still experiences the sins.
Imagery= Gwynn really manages to ensnare the reader with their detailed discriptions and creates a mental picture for every single one of the seven deadly sins.
Diction= Gwynn creates a vague way of encompassing several people with the diction used, the author also is very discriptive in their word choice with the seven sins.
Language= The naive and yet dark uses of words really makes this poem take on a life of its own. Also, there are clear points when the seven deadly sins are there with the authors grim word choice.
Sentence structure= The poem uses ABA rhyme and mainly iambic pentameter, except there are certain places in the poem where it strays away from that.
“Desert Place” By Robert Frost
ReplyDeleteD- Details on what kind of desert he is describing like the snow and the weeds, making it sound deserted and abandoned. Also the sky and it’s separated stars and mass darkness
I – The images of the falling snow covering the land and how empty everything looks. He gives it such a plain description but showing that the narrator isn’t at all amused for this land’s appearance nor does he care about even looking at it.
D – He chooses words such as, absent-spirited and empty, banker whiteness to show how bare and deserted the land is. It also gives the reader a sense of fear for that land. Why is it so deserted? It can’t be just cause of the snow. Or even if he is describing a forest, why is he alone in the forest in the winter?
L – He uses language to show a negative attitude towards the forest, or like I said a fearful tone upon the reader. He doesn’t seem fazed at all by the emptiness of the woods, it almost seems like he wants to be alone
S – Robert Frost follows a rhyme scheme of A, A ,B, C which helps with reading the poem
"To a Daughter Leaving Home" - Linda Pastan (p. 218)
ReplyDeleteDetails: The speaker is teaching his/her young daughter to ride a bike, and the poem shows that the speaker is very close and protective of his/her daughter.
Imagery: As the speaker is first teaching their daughter to ride a bike, it gives the imagery of the girl "wobbling away" on the bike. Imagery is also given when the writer of the poem places them in a park with a curved path. There is imagery when the daughter rides off and her hair beings "flapping like a handkerchief waving goodbye"
Diction: Linda Pastan uses a very descriptive diction to help the reader relate to the subject and obtain an emotional bond with the poem.
Language: The writer uses many adjectives to describe the speakers surroundings and create a happy but emotional tone with the speaker and his/her daughter.
Syntax: Linda Pastan uses free verse with no particular rhyme scheme, but constructs the words in the poem in a way to help the readers connect and understand that the speaker's daughter is "leaving home" and growing up, and that the speaker is emotional about this.
“Weighing the Dog”
ReplyDeleteBilly Collins
Pg. 109
D - The speaker is holding their dog with them on a scale to find the dogs weight> they begin to reminisce on a failed relationship most likely ended becase the speaker is too lazy to commit to something like training the dog to sit.
I - Imagery is used in showing the speaker holding their dogs in their arms, trying to balance on the shaky blue scale in the small bathroom. It is also seen in the simple math problem they do with pencil and paper and the dogs tounge hanging out for a treat.
D – The speaker’s diction is short sentenced and simple worded. The author wrote it this way because it is a simple situation with an obvious realization on the speaker’s part.
L – Many adjectives are used to describe the setting and feelings of the speaker on the two issues at hand. The tone is regretful, ashamed, depressed.
S – The author uses free verse with no particular rhyme scheme, but organizes the poem so that the reader can relate the failed relationship to weighing the dog and why things are the way they are for the speaker.
Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost (Pg. 256)
ReplyDeleteSentences: The first and last sentence are identical, so there really is no prediction to be made about what goes on between them. Skimming the text the reader sees the poem is about walking through the night.
Speaker: The speaker is unknown, however, he is walking alone during the night and is probably ashamed of this because he "dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain" (Line 6).
Situation: The speaker is describing where he has gone and what he has done will he has "been one acquainted with the night."
Shifts: At line six, the repetition of the phrase "I have..." is interrupted and this is where the reader begins to see more into the speaker's mind rather than only reading about his actions.
Line 10 is the only line that talks about the actions of other people and ends in a semi-colon which shifts the poem back to the speaker's view of the night.
Syntax : The poem is formed with simple sentences, often starting with "I have." The sentences are similar in length and structure. Line 2 includes a hyphen and line 10 a semi-colon both of which stand out from the regular punction usage of periods and commas.
Harlem Hopscotch
ReplyDeleteBy: Maya Angelou (pg. 105)
Details: the poem compares hopscotch to the hard life in Harlem.
Imagery: "One foot down, then Hop! It's Hot." creates the image of someone playing hopscotch.
Diction: "hold for three, then twist and jerk." this diction shows how painful and uneasy life in Harlem can be.
Language: The writting shows the Creole language that Maya is using. "They think I lost, I think I won."
Sentence Structure: the structure is an AABBCC pattern.
My Mistress' Eyes by William Shakespeare
ReplyDeleteD--this poem at first seems like a love poem, due to the title. However, after the first line, you see that this woman the speaker is describing is less then beautiful. Throughout the stanza, she is berated for her lack of physical beauty.
I--There is a lot of imagery in the poem, especially when the mistress is compared to things such as roses, coral, the sun and music. She is said to be not as lovely as the objects, making the reader think she must be unpleasant.
D--The author uses harsh words to describe his mistress, saying that her breath 'reeks' and 'black wires grow on her head'. It's an unpleasant comparison.
L--With the harsh comparisons, the author's down can be seen as derisive or cruel, but when the tone shifts at the end in line 13 saying, "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare/As any she belied with false compare." The tone turns soft, making the speaker seem to be very fond of his mistress.
S--Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter in his poem, and the rhyme scheme is ABAB. He also uses a simple format to make the comparisons easier for the reader to understand. The quick shift if tone at the end of the poem makes us rethink the conventional standards of beauty, since the speaker must love this mistress even if she's not as physically beautiful as other women of the time.
Blackberry Eating
ReplyDeleteby Galway Kinell
Pg. 239
Details: The poem says "in late September" which gives and idea as to what time of year it is and how it looks outside. It also mentions breakfast so it is early in the day.
Imagery: the blackberries are described a lot. They are described as ripe, icy, and fat. Then the author uses those adjectives to describe words in general.
Diction:The word choice is used to show how blackberry eating and words are similar.
Language: The language is mostly adjectives and adverbs that make the tone happy and peaceful.
Syntax: The poem is in one sentence. It is what the speaker is thinking and she didn't have any breaks in thought, so the sentence keeps going.
"The Waking" by Theodore Roethke
ReplyDeletepg. 185
Details: The poem is about waking, but doing it slowly. It also sums up life and how you have to learn from your experiences.
Imagery: "I shall walk softly there" (Line 8). The tree in Line 10. Uses many adjective such as great, lovely, shaking, etc. in descriptions.
Diction: Roethke uses very descriptive diction to describe the waking. "I learn by going where I have to go" (Line 3) states that you learn throughout life by doing what you have to do, and the different experiences of life.
Language: The poem contains a lot of adjectives, adding to the descriptions. The author uses "I", but also "You" and "We" to make it a poem that can be universal and relatable. The last word of the first and last sentence of each stanze rhyme, some are slant rhyme though because they're close to rhyming, but not exactly.
Sentence Structure: Roethke uses rhetorical questions within the poem, as well as the repeating lines of "I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow" (Lines 1,6,12,18) and "I learn by going where I have to go" (Lines 3,9,19).
Suicide's Note
ReplyDeleteLangston Hughes
p. 18
D: the way the speaker approaches the river so willingly shows his/her acceptance and desire for death.
I: the "calm face of the river" makes it seem welcoming and kind.
D: the words with a positive connotation shows the speakers attitude towards his/her own death
L: the tone is apathetic with a positive undertone based on the personification of the river, when it was actually the speakers choice to go through with the action
S: the brief sentences and the calm nature shows that the speaker just wants his/her life to be over as quickly as possible.
Poem: Resume
ReplyDeleteD-razors, rivers, acids, drugs, guns, nooses, gas
I- images of hanging on noose; drwoning; inhale
D- i belive that the author chose his words to really put a strong meaning behind it, when reading you can tell that everything he says is bad and you shouldn't do.
L- the author conveys a depressing mood
S- using short to the point lines the author is able put across what he wants to put across.
in Just
ReplyDeletepage 139
D-it is spring, there is a balloonman, and a boy and a girl who want balloons.
I- muddy and puddles for spring.
boy leaving his marbles and pirate toys running, girl dancing, leaving her hop-scotch and jump rope.
D- he gives the balloonman in a way a drousy image, while he gives the kids happy sofisticated and happy names.
L-he gives spring a gross looking appearance, but it is true, the beginning of spring is dirty rainy and muddy, however we all give it this perfect view because it is spring, and we can be outside. Spring represents the beginning of life again.
S- The author do not really use sentances, and has a different structure with the poem because there is random spaces and breaks in lines, it is short, yet to the point, and detailed with spring, th boy, the girl, and the balloonman, but the rest is completely unknown.
"We wear the mask" page 255
ReplyDeleteD: The mask and why the people wear it. "the grins and lies"
I: Talks about the faces of America,"it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes"
D: "with torn and bleeding hearts we smile" when the author writes this, heh is trying to put a lighter tone on something that is very sad and dreery
L: "we smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise" in these two lines the author is putting a mournful tone on the subject and showing that the mask is a way to cover up their sadness so no one will see
S: the first sentence tells the audience what the poem is about, masks covering up Americas sadness
Ballad of Birmingham
ReplyDeletePages14-15
Details: The author talks about an African American mother getting her daughter ready for church. “She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair, and bathed rose petal sweet, and drawn white gloves on her small brown hands, and white shoes on her feet.”
Imagery: The poet uses vivid imagery such as “the dogs are fierce and wild” and “white gloves and white shoes” and also descriptions such as “night-dark hair” and “eyes wet and wild” to give the reader a better understanding of the poem.
Diction: The poet uses simple and descriptive diction in the poem. The author uses common words and phrases such as “baby”, “rose petal sweet” and “church”.
Language: The author writes in an abab rhyme scheme.
Syntax: The poet uses simple sentence structures that are easy to understand and direct to the point.
Question
ReplyDeleteMay Swenson
Page 37
Details - "bright dog" , "eager and quick" are both important details in describing the dog.
Imagery - The author builds up a good image of her lying and looking up at the night sky when her house is gone
Language - The author many descriptive words to build up a good image of what her situation would be without her house or her dog
Syntax - The whole poem is a series of questions, with the narrator trying to figure out what their life would be like without their house or their dog.
"Inident" by Countee Cullen pg 116
ReplyDeleteD-She is 8, and black
I-The little girl is "filled with glee", she smiles but he does not smile back
D-"old" baltimore says that it happened awhile ago, and the author re-emphasizes that at the end.
L-At the beginning the tone is happy and fll of glee, but at the end it becomes more sad, without using direct words
S-The last sentence was very important, "thats all that i remember" shows the importance of what happened to the little girl
Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost pg. 196
ReplyDeleteDetails - Nature's colors and the changing of seasons because the poem focuses on the visible changes you can see between the seasons
Imagery - The colors of leaves and flowers are important, but also "Eden" from line 6 makes me think about the Garden of Eden, very angelic and divine
Diction - The woods that Frost chooses are descriptive and offer a soft meaning in the beginning and become harsher and sadder, because the speaker seems like they don't like when the golden colored leafs and pretty flowers leave.
Language - The mood of the first portion (1-3) is happy and light, whereas the second part (4-8) becomes darker and glum because the seasons are changing
Syntax - Each line is broken up by punctuation and grammatically makes sense, they help to tell a story.
Delight in disorder
ReplyDeleteRobert Herrick
Page 261
Details- The author is describing the way someone who is sloppy dresses
Imagery- Speaker uses words like "flow confusedly"(line 8) and "careless shoeshring"(line 9) to describe the appearance of someone who can bewitch him
Diction- The speaker uses words that enhance the idea that someones appearance is sloppy or disordlerly such as "Careless"(line 11) "erring" (line 5) and "confusedly" (line 8)
Language- The author uses a lighthearted tone when desribing the haphazard way that people dress
Syntax- the author uses semicolons every 2 lines that break the poem into specific thoughts. He names an aspect of the outfit that is disorderly and then comments on it
Karissa Beilke
ReplyDeleteThe Road Not Taken- Robert Frost p. 90
Details- A person, gender is not specified who is walking in the woods and comes across a fork in the road and has to choose which of the two paths to take.
Imagery- Descriptive words such as "yellow wood", "grassy", and "wanted wear".
Diction- The diction Frost uses compliments his useage of imagery. He speaks of two equaly interesting roads and describes his indecisiveness over which path to take. After choosing the one less taken by he proceeds to use words that demonstrate his confidence in the road that he has chosen such as when he says that he "doubted if I should ever come back" because he liked the path that he had chosen.
Language- The tone in the poem in the beginning is indecisive and doubtful, whereas in the middle and throughout the end of the poem, the tone is more confident because the narrator has been changed by the path that he has chosen.
Syntax- The rhyme scheme used is ABAAB, BCBBC etc. throughout the poem.
For a Lamb pg. 165
ReplyDeleteDetails- It is a description of a lamb in teh fields, could possibly be referring to God
Imagery- uses words like "putrid", "guts were out for crows to eat" to convey a gross picture of a mutilated lamb. But then he talks about the breeze and it in daisies. Making it seem much more happy and peaceful
Diction- Makes the lamb seem soft and innocent through words like propped and face is nudged on a green pillow, with daisies. Very peaceful and happy. But then he has his more grotesque vison of the lamb being dead.
Language- The author uses a dark but light sad kind of way to describe the poor lamb
syntax- Uses commas with good sentance structure. He talks directly at the reader.
Incident
ReplyDeleteCountee Cullen
116
D- "Nigger" is an important detail, it is only mentioned once but the entire premise of the poem revolves around it.
I- In lines three and 7-8 Cullen describes a small boy staring at ther speaker and then sticks out his toung. The boy sticking out his toung is, again, what the entire premis of the poem, about racial discrimination.
D- In line two the word "glee" starts the poem on a happy more positive note. In line 8 "nigger" gives the poem a much more neggitave tone
L- there is a shift in tone in line 8 when the boy says "nigger" imediatly giving the poem a much more neggitave feel.
S-the author uses syntax in a way that makes the reader think the poem is a happy one about a trip to Baltimore. The author then adds words and phrases at the end of sentences that change the tone and make it much more harsh and racialy condesending.
One Art by Elizabeth Bishop pg. 54
ReplyDeleteD: The author speaks of losing many objects throughout her life.
I: "Accept the fluster of lost door keys". This image relates the audience to everyday life.
D: The words choosen are ordinary (losing, fluster, disaster) and this shows how the author connects to everyday people.
Language: It is stated as a matter of fact that people lose things all the time, but there is an undertone of saddess beneath losing these objects in life.
Syntax: There are multiple paragraphs of several sentences, but each progresses to telling the story over a lifetime.
I felt a funeral, in my Brain- Emily Dickinson Pg. 63 The 5- S structure
ReplyDeleteSentences: first "I felt a funeral, in my brain," Her brain was dying, and her thoughts were getting lost and dying.
last: "and i finished knowing - then - "
She finished knowing something by the end of the poem.
Speaker: One speaker, first person. She's really confused, and having a breakdown, but later she figures out what she is looking for.
Situation: She was confused, having a breakdown, she felt as if she was all alone in the world. "My mind was going numb.... (line 7) creaks across my soul (line 9)"
Shifts: in line 17. "And then a plank in reason, broke, and i dropped down..." She changed her thoughts and she figured out what she was looking for, and all confusion stopped.
Syntax: Thrid line of every paragraph is longer then the rest, and lot of - (dashes) and ABAB rhyme scheme but the first A-A doesn't rhyme.
Duncan
ReplyDeleteAfrica by Maya Angelou p 217
D - Author speaks of the beauty of Africa followed by the onslaught of the hellborn white man and Africa "had lain". But now Africa is putting everything in her in the past and so is maya and is moving toward the future "she is striding"
I - Describes Africa,and her self. The geography of Africa "Deserts her hair", the deserts in north africa and Maya's hair. "mountains her breast" the mountains that are around Africa and Maya's breasts, "two niles her tears" the Nile river and Maya's eyes and tears. Imagry is also used to describe the horrible things that happened in Africa: "bleed her with guns", "took her young daughters sold her strong sons" and "she scream loud and vain".
D - Simple diction, proud and rememberance diction is used. Angelou remembers what happened in the past, but it doesn't matter, she is proud of her great continent of africa.
L - Maya's tone brings pride and remembrance. Rembering what happened in the past and now she is striding
S - The poem has 4 syllables on each senntecne with a ABCBDEFE rhyme scheme. The 4 syllable rhyme scheme creates a drumming sound whic hrepresents the essence of African Music.
Cadie Engelking
ReplyDeleteI felt a funeral in my brain
By Emily Dickenson
Page 62
Sentence:
First- "I felt a funeral in my brain" She felt confused and that her mind was unclear, and fading out
Last- "And finished knowing-then-"
she discovered something at the end of the
passage
Speaker: One speaker, first person. The Speaker is confused and distraught
Situation: "My mind was going numb" (Line 7) The speaker felt alone, confused and her mind was breaking down.
Shifts Line 17 "Andthen a plank in reason broke.." A change in the speakers thought process
Syntax: the lines rhyme, every other line. And instead of periods there are dashes at nearly every ending. which Dickenson uses in many of her poems.
The Health-Food Diner by Maya Angelou
ReplyDeleteSentence: "No sprouted wheat and soya shoots" - beginning her distaste for health foods.
"For smoking carnivores" - stating that she would rather eat meat.
Speaker: Most likely Angelou herself.
Situation: discussing her dislike of healthy foods and her love of meat
Shifts: "Uncooked kale and bodies frail / Are sure to make me run" (15) to "Loins of pork and chicken thighs" ( 17)- Going from something she hates to what she likes more
Syntax: words like "raw," "thick," and "anxious" put healthy foods in a unappetizing light while words like, "prime," "fresh," and "crave," describe the more tasty meats.
'Snow White and The Seven Deadly Sins' [page 369] by R.S Gwynn
ReplyDeleteDetails= Gwynn tells a story about a young girl who, even though is brought up in a very Christian enviorment, experiences the seven deadly sins.
Imagery= The author manges to show just what the seven deadly sins look lie and amount to do to here creative word choice.
Diction= The author manages to use her words to create people through her writing and also in the discription af the seven deadly sins.
Language= The dark and innocent word choice that Gwynn uses in the poem are what really stick out. The contrast betwwen the naive and the over powering darkness. I think that is what really makes the poem 'pop'.
Sentence structure= The poem is mainly iambic contamiter and ABA strusture but on occasion the author strays from that.
"We Wear the Mask" By Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Page 255
ReplyDeleteD) The speaker in the poem tells a sad tale of how people "raise their masks" against the evils and troubles in our world.
I) The author uses the metaphor "We Wear the Mask" to represent man-kinds "ignorance" against the struggling African American race to become equal in the US.
D) The diction in this poem is distraught and filled with anguish. "To thee tortured souls" and "with torn and bleeding hearts" are some examples of that.
L) The language in this poem is fairly easy to understand, but you have to search deeper to get their true meaning. For example, I would not have known the "mask" people raised was against Civil Rights if "Sound and Sense" would not have explained what a simple word meant.
S) Sentence structure varies throughout the poem. There are many semi-colons and commas, forming one great big sentence.
35/10
ReplyDeleteBy Sharon Olds
Page 55
D: Grey gleaming,daughter's brown silken hair because it compares the young and old
I: An old woman brushing her young daughter's hair
D: She chooses the words she does because it makes the comparison of young to old even more strong.
L: The comparison comes through again with the language to create the tone of sadness
S: The phrases are a nice medium size which kept me into the poem since there was a little bit of suspense at the end of each phrase. There is no rhyme structure.
Apparently with no surprise
ReplyDeleteby: Emily Dickinson
D: "Apparently with no surprise", the power is accidental, the killer is called the "blonde Assassin" and the sun doesn't care. They all are the most important facts and lines of the poem and help the readers to understand the message in the poem.
I: The flower is beheaded. The flower is innocent and by being beheaded innocence is being killed.
D: She uses the words beheads, assassin, and unmoved because they are all strong words with a negative meaning. If she were to have just said the flower died though it would still be sad by using such a powerful word as beheads the audience is really moved to feel bad.
L: She twists/manipulates the words blonde and approving into a negitive and almost sinister way because the assassin was "blonde" and God was approving of the death of the innocent flower.
S: The poem was short, sweet, and to the point. with short lines with powerful a powerful message in each. It's easy to understand because of it's breif length and its direct approach.