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Assignment 1.7 Poetry Assessment How does communication change us? 1. Does communication change us? Write a paragraph in which you answer this question and provide at least 3 reasons to support your opinion. Communication may change us in different ways. Communication is talking to other people around them, as well as listening. Discussing an issue or a reaction to a piece of writing is communication. An argument that you had and still is bothering you is communication. A discussion with a friend or parent can change us in different ways as well. 2. Provide an example of each poetic device from any of the assigned poems. For each quote, explain the author’s intended meaning. What is the author really saying? Figurative LanguageQuoteMeaningMetaphorPoem: And so of larger Darknesses Those Evenings of the BrainWhen not a Moon disclose a sign Or Star come out withinQuote: “Books are the mirrors of the soul”A dark sky with no moon or stars.Poem: Adjusts itself to Midnight and Life steps almost straight.Quote: “Failure is the condiment that gives success its
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flavor”His life getting straight and adjusting to midnight.SimilePoem: Tall, strong and silentThe stalks of cornguarded the gardenA garden being guarded by corn. like sentries.Quote: “A room withoutbooks is like a body without a soul”Poem: All ears, they listenedfor the caws of the crowsThe birds approachedA hungry, invading force.Quote: “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”Birds wanting to be fed, they listened for the crowsPersonificationPoem: Soaring fire that sways and sings,And children’s faces looking upHolding wonder like a cupQuote: “Lightning danced across the sky”Children being clueless about a fire and do not know what is going on.Poem: It’s SpringAnd the garden is changing it’s clothesPutting awayIt’s dark winter suits.Quote: “The wind howled in the night”The weather changing3. Provide one example of each sound device from any poem assigned in this course. Explain the effect the use of that device has on the author’s communication of the poem’s message. Sound DeviceExampleEffect AlliterationPoem: Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and wearyrare and radiant maidenQuote: “Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!”Being upset and feeling weakAssonancePoem: Hear the mellow wedding bells,Golden bells!What a world of happiness their harmonyfortells!Quote: “Hear the mellow wedding bells”A couple getting married, hearing the wedding bellsConsonancePoem: Great.
Or good, or kinda fair, I will ne’erthe more despair, If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieveQuote: “When Billie looked at the trailer, she smiled and laughed”A girl not being in love with a guy OnomatopoeiaPoem: I heard the ripplewashing in the reeds andthe wild water lapping on the cragQuote: “Life is too fleet for onomatopoeia”Being in an ocean4. Think about an important point you want to make to someone. Maybe youwant to tell someone you love them. Or, you need to ask your boss for
time off. Perhaps you want to let your neighbors know to quit letting their dog useyour lawn for a restroom. Whatever the message, however light or serious thetone, use the poetry techniques from Lesson 1 to help you communicate it in the form of a poem. Use at least two examples of figurative language and at least two sound devices (you may choose rhyme as one of your sound devices). Bold print or highlight the figurative language and sound devices in your poem to point them out to the reader.This is a creative writing endeavor. Have some fun with it!! I wanted to get coffee before work but I was as busy as a bee. I decided to wait until my lunch break because time is money. My day at work was like watching grass grow, and the coffee shop is an ice box!Original Poem
As serene as the speaker may try to appear in the poem “Changes” by D. Ginette Clarke, Clarke’s “calm” way of delivering the speakers message unintentionally brings forward his eager and desperate side; and this is revealed by Clarke’s use of the repetition of words. To begin, D. Ginette Clarke writes the poem with a distinguished amount of words in which she repeats. She does this to show that the persona is eager to get some answers and clarification as to why his relationship with this person has ended. The first line of the first stanza says “Speak to me” (Clarke, 1), and the obvious question of who the speaker is speaking to is soon revealed: “While last year you were my friend? / More than my friend, my confidante, my soul-be” (6-7). Later, Clarke beings to reveal the curiosity of the persona by using question marks. The speaker begins to constantly ask questions like “Why? / Why is it now we can’t talk together / Why must you tell him that secret?” (3,...
The informal language and intimacy of the poem are two techniques the poet uses to convey his message to his audience. He speaks openly and simply, as if he is talking to a close friend. The language is full of slang, two-word sentences, and rambling thoughts; all of which are aspects of conversations between two people who know each other well. The fact that none of the lines ryhme adds to the idea of an ordinary conversation, because most people do not speak in verse. The tone of the poem is rambling and gives the impression that the speaker is thinking and jumping from one thought to the next very quickly.
To help Year Twelve students that are studying poetry appreciate it's value, this pamphlet's aim is to discuss a classic poem and a modern song lyric to show that even poetry written many years ago can still be relevant to people and lyrics today. By reading this may you gain a greater knowledge and understanding of poetry in general, and not just the two discussed further on.
The first poem I will discuss is from the first portion of the book and as I analyze the piece, it is easy to see the distinction between the tone of the two poems. “The Eye” begins by saying: “Bad Grandfather wouldn’t feed us. He turned the lights out when we tried to read”(19).
In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by the name of Langston Hughes. A well-known writer that still gets credit today for pomes like “ Theme for English B” and “Let American be American Again.”
The speakers and audience in poem are crucial elements of the poem and is also the case in these poems. In the poem Untitled, it can be argued that the poem is being written by Peter based on what his father might say to him...
To understand a poem you have to know the setting, the poem’s persona, the tone, the kind of situation that is occurring throughout the poem, and you have to know the clear message of the poem, if there is one. In “Traveling Through the Dark” these five key details are presented to the readers. The poem’s persona is the narrator himself. The narrator is
Poetry may be the hardest form of literature to examine, at least for me. After reading some of our assigned poems this semester I was left completely confused, as to not only the authors purpose, but also the relevance and importance of the poem; None ...
"Characteristics of Modern Poetry - Poetry - Questions & Answers." ENotes - Literature Study Guides, Lesson Plans, and More. Web. 09 Jan. 2012. .
Poetry is often forgotten in our society. Poetry is mistaken for something less than its greater meaning. Four specific poets demonstrate the true meaning of poetry through their words and imagery. These poets use their own language to speak to us in poetry, by describing a major event that has happened in their life. It is truly captivating to hear these poets speak from another aspect that we are not use too.
Keats’s “When I Have Fears” and Longfellow’s “Mezzo Cammin” present contemplative speakers that reflect on the subject on the inevitability of their deaths and whether their lives have been fully fulfilled. Both poets display similar structure and utilize similes and metaphors to represent their lives in order to explore their views on their deaths; however, their attitudes towards the subject differ significantly.
In his preface of the Kokinshū poet Ki no Tsurayaki wrote that poetry conveyed the “true heart” of people. And because poetry declares the true heart of people, poetry in the minds of the poets of the past believed that it also moved the hearts of the gods. It can be seen that in the ancient past that poetry had a great importance to the people of the time or at least to the poets of the past. In this paper I will describe two of some of the most important works in Japanese poetry the anthologies of the Man’yōshū and the Kokinshū. Both equally important as said by some scholars of Japanese literature, and both works contributing greatly to the culture of those who live in the land of the rising sun.
When a writer sculpts a poem, they intend to release their feelings onto a sheet of paper, in which readers may relate to it in their own way. Most successful poets use impressive language and literary tools (such as simile, metaphor, and imagery) to show knowledge and prove that there is more than one meaning to a phrase. This helps us connect with the writings, allowing our own opinions to be introduced to the current situation. There are other poems that relate to readers more than others, however. Yet, at the same time, there are poems which are the same that relate us. The author’s stories connect one another with similar memories, such as in a particular poem. In the poem, The Writer, by Richard Wilbur, there are messages included in his poem, such as the power of memory, the indifference between novice and expert writers, and constant life struggles.
I think that this poem is about the angel of death who is here to take
The question of creation and origin of human kind has been the focus of conversation for centuries. Most of the population will agree that there is a higher power and even agree that they are religious. During the “enlightment period” of early America, many different opinions arose relating to our existence. William Blake confronts evil directly with truth by illustrating the “Tyger” searching for his creator using diction and repetition.