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T.S. Eliot, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, & Ezra Pound
"Preludes" by T.S. Eliot adopts a slant rhyme pattern to convey the state of his thoughts as he writes the poem. The poem basically illustrates the Voice/Poet's thoughts about the seemingly busy, yet tiresome and uninteresting lives of the people in the urban areas (cities). Eliot paints this tiresome and uninteresting picture of human life in the city by slant rhymes, reflecting the continuous stream of unorganized thoughts of the poet. For example, slant rhyming occurs in lines 2 and 4, where "passageways" and "smoky days" are used. However, towards the end of the poem, slant rhyming is instead replaced with end-rhymes (lines 12 and 13, with rhymes used "stamps" and "lamps"), proving once again the presence of 'unstable' and changing thoughts of the poet.
"The pennycandystore beyond the El" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti utilizes symbolism to effectively depict his thoughts about the fleeting nature of childhood, conveying feelings of nostalgia, regret, and hope in the poem. The pennycandystore used in the poem served as the symbol of childhood, where small desires such as craving for candies reflect the trivial yet happy nature of a child. The transition between childhood to adulthood is signified by the line, "A wind has blown away the sun." This line marks the emergence of adulthood, a stage in people's life where difficulties and disillusionment happens. However,...
Thus, through the girl's character, childhood is both regretted and re-claimed, giving feelings (in this part of the poem) of regret and nostalgia to the readers.
"Epithalamium" by Louis Gluck expresses the poet's disillusionment about the sacred vow of marriage. Through the use of assonance, consonance, and alliteration, Gluck effectively expressed this disillusionment and sarcasm as the poet describes the process of marriage as it happens among couples in the real, disillusioned life. Assonance is evident in the first two stanzas of the poem, wherein repetition of similar vowel sounds is evident: "... so much pain in the world -- the formless grief of the body, whose language is hunger..." Consonance is adopted at the mid-part of the poem (stanzas 3 and 4) to depict the poet's intense feelings, signified by the use of consonant sounds stopped short after a series of 'breathing sounds.' As an example, Gluck shows how lines 10-12 utilizes breath sounds in phrases like "terrible charity" stopped immediately by "marriage," and the word "husband" immediately followed by a stoppage in the word "wife." Alliteration, lastly, is used at the end of the poem, aiming to show the readers feelings of love…
When incorporating Robert Frost's poem into a lesson with young adults, educators can discuss both theme and poetic devices. The poem can become a springboard for discussion about privacy, personal boundaries, land ownership, and cultural differences regarding privacy. Students can share their own views over how strong the walls are between them and their friends or family members. The discussion may be especially fruitful in diverse classrooms, where students will
African-American culture flourished during the Harlem Renaissance. Although often characterized by and punctuated with the “double consciousness” of being both black and an American, the work of Harlem Renaissance writers and poets was variable and diverse. Countee Cullen is unique among Harlem Renaissance poets. Many of his works reflect the English poetic traditions, even more so than American or African-American ones. “Cullen considered the Anglo-American poetic heritage to belong as
(Jones, p. 49). These confessional poems are often "searing in their self-inquiry" and "harrowing to the reader" and typically take their metaphors from texts and paintings of Dickinson's day. Some scholars posit that the "Master" is an unattainable composite figure, "human, with specific characteristics, but godlike." (Jones, p. 49). Recent scholars have posited that Dickinson saw the mind and spirit as tangible, places and that for much of her life
In fact, he identified himself entirely with it, even in his own self-reflection. In the reflective poem "leroy," published in 1969 under his newly adopted name Amiri Baraka, a nostalgic comment on his mother becomes a lofty vision of himself as the bearer of black wisdom -- that "strong nigger feeling" (5) -- from his ancestors forward to the next generation. He refers to this legacy that he is
crossings ( a movement categories) personal identity poems. words, border crossing affect person persons poem crosses? *examining language poems *Discuss specific words phrases convey speakers point view / subject ( crossing) Chitra Banierjee Divakaruni "Indian Movie, New Jersey" Pat Moira "Legal Alien" Janice Mirikitni "Recipe." Globalization has made it possible for individuals from diverse backgrounds to interact with each-other without experiencing significant problems, as border gradually come to represent less
" The repetition of the "f" sound, which also sounds like the "v" sound in heaven, is indicative of the sound of swiftly moving air, which alludes to the speed the author wishes this blaze would destroy her husband's means for leaving her. However, the ghostly quality of this poem that coincides with the sadness the poet feels is suggested by the connotations of the word "ashes," which is suggestive of