The gorgeousness of summertime is best enjoyed with a juicy watermelon. Nothing can quite capture the spirit of this season. It is a time when most cherish every hour and every day. The season comes and goes faster then any other, and a new school year is followed shortly after. In this poem, the author uses adjectives to explain the significance of both the season and the luscious fruit that is being enjoyed. In a less clear way, the happiness associated with being young is also expressed. Clearly the focus is on the carefree nature of the season itself. “During that summer, when unicorns were still possible.” It is a known fact that unicorns do not exist. In referring to when they used to be possible, the author is mentioning an earlier point in life when the imagination was most important. The watermelon that was being eaten is usually served during barbecues during the summer months. This is a common theme in describing good times. Most people have a childhood filled with at least some good memories. In my experience, sitting out in the sun with some ripe watermelon and plenty of family was a common thing. Although there will be many more good times to come, the fond memories I have during those “first” summers will never be forgotten .
“When the purpose of knees, was to be scrapped” The author gracefully describes an image of a bruise on a child’s knee. Perhaps the mother was going to tend to such a cut. This carefree image continues throughout the poem as the watermelon is described as an “imperial fruit,” only to cause excitement and hunger. The spirit of youth is something that cannot be described in words. A child’s imagination of limitless . On a beautiful summer day, it is not uncommon for a group of explorers to sea...
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...fruit. For him, the fruit was favored. It was part of his youth because the tastes incited by watermelon were enjoyed at such a pleasurable time. Maybe it is the fact that stress was nonexistent, or it could have been the time spent with family. The sun and free time is a reward for hard work and at a young age, there may not be much work to be done.
The poem written by John Tobias describes a youthful summer enjoyed with the company of watermelon. For him the fruit is related to scraped knees, friendship, and parched lips. This is a time of happiness and joy and that why the memories are so fond. The watermelon comes into play because it is a fruit that is best enjoyed in the summer. The significance watermelon holds varies for every person although it can be said for everyone that during the warm summer months, this ripe fruit can only serve to revive the senses
First, the use of tone in "Oranges" clearly helps to set the theme of the poem. Children often talk with simple sentences that directly state what happened. The speaker's choice of words and raw simplicity in the way he tells his story illustrates his youth and the honesty that comes with it. Everything he says, such as "The first time I walked with a girl, I was twelve", is straightforward and simple, much like childhood love. Children tend to have more pure and simple feelings for one another than adults because their lives are simple and uncomplicated. The tone of the speaker helps the reader comprehend those simple feelings of adolescent love.
The poem focus around her child's birthday party. As the visitors arrive, Olds described it on line three as, "Short men, men in first grade with smooth jaws and chins". It represents how the young boys need to be men. The hands being in their pockets described the young boys appear to be more grown up. These young boys play war games, small fights, as they think war is a man's thing, yet they have no clue about the revulsions. Olds is calling them by the name of their
The speaker also manipulates time to bring out his or her message. Lines 3, 8, 11, 21, 34, and 36 all contain some order of either “spring summer autumn winter” (3), as in lines 11 and 34, or “sun moon stars rain” (8), as in lines 11, 21, and 36. As the order of these seasons changes, it indicates the passage of time. This manipulation of time draws attention away from these lines and towards the lines with deeper meaning hidden within. However, there is another form of time: the progression of life. The speaker comments on the growth of children in terms of their maturity levels and how as they get older, children tend to forget their childish whims and fancies and move on. He or she says that they “guessed (but only a few / and down they forgot as up they grew” (9-10). He or she then goes on to say that “no one loved [anyone] more by more” (12), hinting at a relationship in development, foreshadowing a possible marriage.
The poem is written in the father’s point of view; this gives insight of the father’s character and
This poem is a little simpler to understand but yet still poses a good amount of vivid imagery. He is basically paying a tribute to autumn. It is easy to identify this because he mentions everything is sprouting up and the fruit is ripping and the days are not to hot but not to cold, which seems like a pretty common thing for people to like weather that is right in between hot and cold. It is clear that he does not like summer because of the line “Until they think warm days will never cease” meaning that people wish the brutal summers did not have to come. Then he shares his feelings about winter, which he is also not fond
The different ideas presented in poem are separated by periods rather than stanzas. Brooks describes the child as being “ in the apartment overheated” and it appears to be a direct reference to her childhood in which her parents controlled every activity they did and who they talked to. She is saying “overheated” as in they were constantly smothered by their parental supervision and were never given the opportunity to explore the world and the wonders of childhood. The child is described as having “ prim and elderly looks” because the child hasn’t been able to explore nature and be excited by their curiosities. They are forced to live a life with very little excitement and were accustomed to having conversations about the law and not of toys. They had to be mature enough to have this conversations which means that they were studying and reading often. The tone in this portion of the poem is grim and sad. It is apparent that this is not the favored way for a child to
There are a couple of similes the author uses in the poem to stress the helplessness she felt in childhood. In the lines, “The tears/ running down like mud” (11,12), the reader may notice the words sliding down the page in lines 12-14 like mud and tears that flowed in childhood days. The speaker compares a...
In a typical family, there are parents that expected to hear things when their teenager is rebelling against them: slamming the door, shouting at each other, and protests on what they could do or what they should not do. Their little baby is growing up, testing their wings of adulthood; they are not the small child that wanted their mommy to read a book to them or to kiss their hurts away and most probably, they are thinking that anything that their parents told them are certainly could not be right. The poem talks about a conflict between the author and her son when he was in his adolescence. In the first stanza, a misunderstanding about a math problem turns into a family argument that shows the classic rift between the generation of the parent and the teenager. Despite the misunderstandings between the parent and child, there is a loving bond between them. The imagery, contrasting tones, connotative diction, and symbolism in the poem reflect these two sides of the relationship.
Imagine walking through a field in early summer, around an aqua blue lake that is in the shape of a giant egg. You discover a field of daffodils that is flowing in motion like a grand "dance" full of elegance. This area is full of sublime that can only be fully appreciated by a poet. William Wordsworth has been to this place and it was the subject of his poem "I Wandered As Lonely As A Cloud.” He entered a state of tranquility when he visited here and writes this proficient piece of poetry when he has recollections about the daffodils. This poem questions the actual connection of man with nature. This essay will look into the figurative language, tone, theme, and imagery to discuss how the crisis of the speaker when he realizes that he cannot sustain the exalted feeling of looking out at the flowers. It will also look into the resolution, the memory, and the recollection.
On the surface the poem seems to be a meditation on past events and actions, a contemplative reflection about what has gone on before. Research into the poem informs us that the poem is written with a sense of irony
to pause and enjoy the refreshing image of an inquisitive child, hands full of grass. Although Whitman goes on to catalogue all kinds of similar brief, simple sketches, for the moment we only have to deal with one. This single child is a messenge...
The phrasing of this poem can be analyzed on many levels. Holistically, the poem moves the father through three types of emotions. More specifically, the first lines of the poem depict the father s deep sadness toward the death of his son. The line Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy creates a mental picture in my mind (Line 1). I see the father standing over the coffin in his blackest of outfits with sunglasses shading his eyes from the sun because even the sun is too bright for his day of mourning. The most beautiful scarlet rose from his garden is gripped tightly in his right hand as tears cascade down his face and strike the earth with a splash that echoes like a scream in a cave, piercing the ears of those gathered there to mourn the death of his son.
Shakespeare starts the sonnet by the praise of his lady friend without ostentation, but he slowly builds the image of his lady friend into that of a perfect being. Shakespeare illustrates that as history writes itself down in the books, his friend or loved lady, will become one with time. The poet's hope that as long as there is breath in mankind, his poetry too will live on. Shakespeare uses a vast amount of imagery in his sonnet. Each line adds to his feeling and thoughts through flowing visions and comparisons. “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” (Kennedy and Gioia). This line down plays summer and shows the negatives of the season. Shakespeare gives the fact sharp winds attack what beautiful flowers the ground and trees put out in the spring. This asks the question; if summer is so nice and perfect, how could it do this to something so lovely as the small buds on a tree or a flower? The next line suggests summer is short and ends far to quickly for most people’s liking. Shakespeare’s love could never end like summer does. He knows there is no limit such as time to his feelings and thoughts.
The poet uses examples of imagery in this poem. The poet uses a simile in the first line of the first stanza to start off the poem. The simile she uses is ''the skin cracks like a pod''. The opening of the poem gives a clear message that something is severely wrong. A pod cracks with barely any resistance so the comparison to the skin is a unreserved statement outlining how easily the skin is. There is obviously a drought or a vast undersupply of water. The opening surprises the reader and gives an indication of what is to come. The poet uses a short and abrupt line which is effective
... the old tree was producing only a few runt-sized fruit. One winter my parents cut down the tree. It left a scar on the lawn and a barren space in the yard. I hadn't thought much about that old tree for some time. It was the peach tree, after all, along with my grandparents' vegetable garden that planted the seed, so to speak, of my passion for the garden. The first fruit trees I planted in my own backyard were peaches. When I told my sisters that I was writing about the peach tree, they both smiled a familiar smile. For a moment, they were transported to another place and time. And I knew that it wasn't simply nostalgia seen through the nearsighted eyes of memory, it was real. In the years that have followed I have never found a peach as large, juicy and luscious as the ones from our tree. It may have been Del Monte's secret special breed, but I think it was more.