An Explication of “Falling Stars” by Jennifer Recchio The poem “Falling Stars” by Jennifer Recchio appeared within the 2012 Zephyrus, published by Western Kentucky University’s English department. This poem shows distinct strengths and weaknesses throughout, but overall I found this poem to be rather well done. The meaning of this poem comes through effectively, aided by the use of strong imagery, but hindered slightly by word choice that disrupts the flow a few times within, and a lack of punctuation in certain areas that can leave portions confusing. The quote at the beginning of this poem is one that every person, in this nation especially, should hear at some point in life. This popular quote is often used by parents in order to encourage children to work towards their dreams, and to encourage the belief that anything is possible if determination is involved. Broken down, the meaning of “Shoot for the moon, if you miss you’ll land among the stars!” is somewhat complex. It symbolizes that when a person works towards a goal, it may not always be achieved, but progress was mad...
Before reading this poem there are many things that have to be taken into consideration such as Young’s background, education, ideology and phraseology. Kevin Young starts off the poem
Throughout the book the author implies that through persevering through adversity, following omens, and overcoming one's fears, everyone has a chance to achieve their dreams.
How the Stars Fell into the Sky is a Navajo legend penned by Jerrie Oughton and illustrated by Lisa Desimini for publication in 1992. The tale begins with a conversation between two characters-First Woman and First Man-about how to give the laws to the people in a way that they will always see and have them. First Man tells First Woman to set them in the sky for all to see and she begins to do so. A coyote comes along and offers his assistance with the long task, but he loses his patience and flings the stars into the sky. And so, the story tells us, the people lived on in confusion because of the coyote’s careless actions (Oughton). The story is rather vague, even by the standards of a children’s story. What the reader is presented with already
The story of this poem tells about a young boy that is lured in by the sensuousness of the moon, and then dies because of his own desire for her. The symbolic meaning is much more hidden and disguised by the literary elements of the poem. The storyline and aspects of the literal story add meaning when searching for the figurative meaning. The warning learned from this poem is that infatuation with anything can lead to a downfall. The moon seemed to offer a comfort that attracted him, but it was only a disguise to lead him to death. The passion the young boy felt for the moon can easily be modified to describe the passion a person can feel for anything. The young boy saw safeness in the moon that brought him closer to her. Any obsession will seem to offer the same comforts that the young boy also saw, but this poem warns that death can always disguise itself.
A neutron star, at first glance, may seem like the smallest stellar remnant of them all, but with deeper inspection you will be baffled to know that is it the most massive of all the stellar remnants. This neutron star and it’s many wonders, including contrasts, and levels of understanding is a great image for the cover to represent the paradox and counter intuitive nature of Sharon Olds poems in The Gold Cell; the poem “Summer Solstice” is a great representation of similarity with neutrons stars.
Hope has the incredible ability to make or break someone. People are always told to make large goals in school and employment, and try to reach those ambitions no matter how far they are. Hope is the motivation behind accomplishing dreams, but it also has the ability to break people who have hoped for something so desperately, yet never came to fruition. Only determination and personal situations can persuade hope to fly or fall. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly highlights this ambiguous hope we depend on through the use of symbolism, characterization, and inner conflict.
When I was little I believed that one day I was going to be a doctor, but certain people told me that was not likely, that I was going to end up like another statistic. Due to me being very young and insecure because I let that dream of mine rot, I believed that I was never going to make it into college or even medical school at that. I first read this poem in my English class a few years ago and it inspired. This poem allowed me to come to the understanding that I could do anything I set my mind to. One of the things I most enjoy about poetry that it is a spectrum, there are many ways it can be interpreted and understood. Although this poem talks about the negatives of what happens when a person lets their dreams go, I only saw positives as to why I should never give myself the right to give up my
These are some of the things that “RISKS” lists about risks that people take every day. This clearly shows that taking risks is a huge part of life and cannot be avoided. This poem also shows that without taking these risks, you may never fulfill your dreams and you will be left with nothing. An example of this is “But risks must be taken, because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing/ The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing,” in lines (10-11). Although certain risks can lead to terrible things like embarrassment and failure, they can also lead to wonderful things like success, which cannot happen without reaching for it. Only the person who risks is truly
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.
This is a wonderful poem with many different themes and ideas. One of the biggest themes is not being afraid to take a chance. Some of the other themes include, not following the crowd, trying new things, and standing for something. This poem stated that the author "took the one (road) less traveled by, and that has made all the difference" so the author is telling the reader that we too should not be afraid to take another path.
First of all, the is backward all the things that people do in the united states when a president is having a conference with all the society if the economy is going well the prices of the things and the salary in order that is getting every person that work in a affluent company, so this poem express that every american that sing it’s a hard worker and is the each tone of every american sing at the day and the night. Considering the entire people it’s studying for their career dreams.
In summary, Sidney's Astrophil and Stella is a poem consisting of several literary devices and poetic structures that bring the poem to a level where readers are able to interpret it on a literal level. In order to understand and experience the actual meaning, one must analyze each individual aspect and develop a point of view that is more understanding than criticizing. By developing a lesser critical point of view, readers are permitted to feel what it is like for an aspiring poet to learn that in actuality, he is not a poet and he lacks imagination, an essential element of composing poetry.
The lines “Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve/ And hope without an object cannot live,” means that work without hope and a goal is fruitless. As no matter how much work a person does, it's not going to be worth it unless they’re doing it for a hopeful future in which they reach a goal. This title is very appropriate to the novel as the characters in it are always working and are hopeful toward a better future and a goal. Throughout the book, the characters have a goal and hope to achieve it whether it be their hope to buy land or a hope to live free of starvation. These goals and their overall hopeful attitude means that their work is not drawing nectar in a sieve. Not to mention, the nectar symbolizes their joys and that if they let go of their hope amid the challenges, represented by the sieve, all their joy would be
Strange News from another Star is found to be a story which contains numerous symbols which in many cases contain some important, abstract information. Symbolism is something which is very difficult to explain due to the fact that not everyone sees the so mentioned symbol. They don’t quite see it as you, because no two minds are the same, which implies the fact that they don’t react equally to something which must be internally interpreted as it is not present as mere information. On this essay I will try to back up with concise words, why I believe that something is representing something abstract, as well as with information from the author. One of the first symbols that we may find, is actually the star. A star is known as a gaseous sphere, which with nuclear fusion and fission may actually give out huge amounts of energy. Obviously a star is a inhospitable place, so I believe that the star actually represents a planet or a country. The flowers, which have a very important part in the plot of the book are a symbol as well. They, have always, as least as far as I know, had a special message. A message of love, tranquillity, joy and they represent the harmony of nature itself. In the first stage of the book, we may see how a problem, the earthquake, has made the people in the star loose a vast amount of flowers. They lost some of the tranquillity and joy that had invaded their lives.
... life catches hard times down the road. It is up to the person to get up and be determine to see better days through. Adult life can expose the truth, the weak and the strong. Being able to provide for yourself and make and living proves a person to be the strong. Lines 44 and 45 show that life can be bare of opportunities sometimes. The speaker in this poem is trying to escape his troubles instead of fighting to overcome them.