Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield (Turtle). This reptile is the object in Kay Ryan’s poem entitled “Turtle”. Kay Ryan makes a remarkable observation of a turtle. Along with her observation is the relation of a turtle’s daily life to the life of a human being. Despite the heavy shell that it carries around, the turtle proves to be a very strong animal because it never chooses to give up on the load that it carries, and when the readers face complexities in life, they must adapt the attitude that the turtle possesses.
The speaker asks at the beginning of the poem, “Who would be a turtle who could help it?” a question which suggests that everyone will pass through hardships in this life (Ryan, 1). No one is exempt from tribulations. Readers will have to face problems that will test them and their strength to endure. Difficulties in life may vary for every person in every age. Readers at times, when faced with a hardship, easily give up. The speaker is aware of this fact. She then continues with this line, “A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet” (Ryan, 2). Readers are weighed down by their difficulties in life causing them to lose hope and not push forward. To compare the readers’ situation to the turtle’s situation, readers only have to carry their burden for a short time while the turtles carry their heavy shell all their lives. While facing the challenges that we have in our lives, we sometimes have to take some chances even though these risks may sometimes be out of our league. The speaker has made the statement that the risks may be out of our league in her words, “She can ill afford the chances she must ...
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...h challenges. The turtle never gives up its “load of pottery” (Ryan, 13). Instead, it carries its shell with “patience” (Ryan, 14). Trials may come in different aspects of the readers’ life. It may also come in different magnitudes. Nevertheless, readers should always remember that they should be strong. If readers maintain a positive attitude about the challenges that they face, they will be much more capable of enduring the trials that will come along their way. An article of beauty such as a diamond displays the previous statement. Before they ever turned into a diamond, they were pure carbon found beneath the earth. Through undergoing immense amounts of pressure for millions of years, they are slowly turned from a black rock to a sparkling diamond. It is the same with the readers undergoing tribulations will polish and release the real beauty that they possess.
The purpose of the poem was to express my interests of nature and how I felt and what I experienced when I was in the woods at that time. There’s also that life and death aspect in this poem, in which the bird has the lizard in his mouth and also by the word “fire”.
During the time we learn about the turtle, it faces several hardships. First, the turtle attempts to cross the road, “Pushing hind legs strained and slipped, boosting the shell along, and the horny head protruded as far as the neck could stretch,” (Steinbeck, 21). Second, the turtle has to tr...
In the Grapes of Wrath, a novel by John Steinbeck, there are many examples of symbolism. One of the most prominent symbols found in this book is the turtle seen in chapter three. This turtle is symbolic of three things: the Joads and their journey west, Tom Joad himself, and the promise of new life. First, here’s a little background information on the turtle. This land turtle was somewhere to go. Where than is, no one knows, except perhaps John Steinbeck. To get there the turtle decides to take the perilous journey down a dusty dirt road that stretches along the quiet countryside. What could happen? A lot more than one might think. In fact, the turtle faces quite a few challenged ranging from pesky insects, to ledges, to even cars. But, the thing that makes this turtle special is that he never gives up (Pages
“The Rattler” explores the conflicts between man and nature that seem inescapable. The narrator is taking a walk through the desert when he comes across a rattlesnake. After some thought, he decides to kill it and proceeds to violently slaughter it with a hoe. The snake fights back when provoked, but fails. The author makes the reader feel sympathy towards the snake and empathy towards the man through the personality of the snake, the point of view of the man, and the language and details regarding the setting.
In the poem "Shoelace" the author is simply describing the minor setbacks of life that eventually suck you in and make you feel helpless, driving him straight to his breaking point. He talks about little issues that arise in our everyday lives such as a toilet chain no longer working, 9 day rains, and a toothache. He uses the "broken shoelace" as a metaphor for a persons breaking point. I think the author is just saying that we all get knocked down sometimes, a lot more than we want to admit. He say's that these minor setbacks "can kill quicker than cancer" and at times it defiantly feels that way. He ends the poem with "so be careful when you bend over". By this I think the poet is saying life's going to kick you in the butt anytime you give
This poem describes the worry of decision-making and the rewards of forging your own path. The subject of the poem is faced with a decision of taking the "safe" route that others have taken before or breaking new ground. He finds that making original and independent choices makes life rewarding. One poetic device is imagery described in the lines, “long I stood/ And looked down one as far as I could/ To where it bent in the undergrowth;” (lines 3-5). The imagery is used to describe his sight of the not literal two paths that he could choose. One form of figurative language used is Metaphors. This poem is attractive because is its very inspirational to me at a time where I am making a lot of important
Turtles are reptiles that are very different from others because of its uniqueness that can be practically useless as a guide to distinguish between potential ancestors, and the origin of the turtle remains one of the unanswered questions of evolutionary biology. There were possibilities that the options for the turtles were almost the entire range of turtle reptile, living and extinct.
What does one think of when the word “turtle” is mentioned? This adorable creature is usually thought of as slow, futile, and the unsung hero of “The Tortoise and Hare.” However, Kay Ryan argues in her poem “Turtle” that turtles are more than just these things: they are strong but unfortunate creatures that must put up with many obstacles in order to survive. Despite the struggles that she faces, the turtle exhibits a multitude of different strengths to overcome them, as seen as the poem progresses.
...emale leatherback turtle and her habits in order to fully understand this critically endangered marine animal.
“Myths can be described as sacred tales that help man understand the world and his place in it. Myths often try to respond to various eternal questions, such as the origin of the existence of evil, and also, through the archetypes that they provide, seem to give guidance to every generation,” as an Access teacher states, on enotes.com. During one’s education, grammar school through college, we fortunately get the opportunity to be exposed to countless myths and also numerous mythological creatures that we have never heard of before. Personally it was quite the challenge to relate some of these mythological tales into my own life. We don’t usually realize or understand, at that exact time of hearing or reading the creation myth, their drive
The poet tries to appreciate the people, who are always present when their friends and family are in need. She says that when people are in need of help, and/or suffering, all one needs to do is stick by their side, to give them courage to overcome their troubles.
Native American Legends are Great Spirit that are the basis of Indian theory. Many differ from how the earth was created to how humans were made. Each story shows how the worlds, traditions, and beliefs came to earth. The Earths on Turtles Back, When Grizzly Walked up right, and The Navajo Origin Legend, all show the attitudes and traditions native americans created.
In Chapter ten,Alice been introduced to a lobster.Alice almost volunteers that she once tasted one,but checks herself and simply says no.Alice asks about the whiting,holding baack from impulse to mention that she has also tasted hitning.Alice been in the whiting’s place that left the porpoise out of the dance.The Mock Turtle explains to Alice that is unwise for a fish to go anywhere without a purpose.Alice botched the words to Father William and they order to recite the poem “Tis the voice of the sluggard.”Alice requested a song that is “Turtle Soup”.
Introduction Caretta caretta, otherwise known as the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, is an oceanic turtle that exist throughout the globe. They are circumtropical species (LeBlanc et al. 2014) meaning they are distributed throughout temperate and tropical ocean regions, but most abundant species are found in the United States coastal range. Loggerheads largest nesting aggregations in the Atlantic are found along the southeastern United States coastal range where about 80% of all nesting occurs and 90% of all hatchlings are produced (Abecassis et al. 2013).
... Nature, including human beings, is `red in tooth and claw'; we are all `killers' in one way or another. Also, the fear which inhabits both human and snake (allowing us, generally, to avoid each other), and which acts as the catalyst for this poem, also precipitates retaliation. Instinct, it seems, won't be gainsaid by morality; as in war, our confrontation with Nature has its origins in some irrational `logic' of the soul. The intangibility of fear, as expressed in the imagery of the poem, is seen by the poet to spring from the same source as the snake, namely the earth - or, rather, what the earth symbolizes, our primitive past embedded in our subconsciouness. By revealing the kinship of feelings that permeates all Nature, Judith Wright universalises the experience of this poem.