“I Shall Paint My Nails Red” by Carole Satyamurti, writes about how red nails show a bold statement about a simple woman. The color red is interpreted in poetry as a figure of speech for passion, anger and strong emotions. Satyamurti is suggesting that women who paint their nails red are trying to seek attention from the world. She uses different relationships to the women: her daughter, her lover, and the society and tell how they would react to red nails. The first word in every line starts with “Because”, why would she repeat this word ten times? She might be trying to give a good enough reason why she is painting her nails red maybe because she is a woman.
The opening of the poem the woman is explaining why painting her nails red is sophisticated “Because a bit of colour is a public service”(1). In line two Satyamurti calls attention to the role of women in the society and in the family- that while they are not being paid for work they do everyday of their lives, it should not be neglected. She acknowledges by “Because I am proud of my hands”, she is explaining that women ar...
In Brian Turner’s poem “Jundee Ameriki” (American soldier), he gives gruesome details of a situation that triggered posttraumatic stress disorder in a soldier of war. The poem, written in 2009, addresses a suicide bombing which occurred during the War on Iraq in November of 2005. At first the poem shares the events of his doctor’s visit. While getting the shrapnel fragments removed, the soldier is quickly reminded of the horrific events that led to the injury. The poem then begins to describe the emotional effects of posttraumatic stress disorder. The narrator uses symbolism and the structure of the poem to demonstrate how the emotional pain of posttraumatic stress disorder is much greater than the physical pain it causes (even if the emotional
Kim Addonizio’s “First Poem for You” portrays a speaker who contemplates the state of their romantic relationship though reflections of their partner’s tattoos. Addressing their partner, the speaker ambivalence towards the merits of the relationship, the speaker unhappily remains with their partner. Through the usage of contrasting visual and kinesthetic imagery, the speaker revels the reasons of their inability to embrace the relationship and showcases the extent of their paralysis. Exploring this theme, the poem discusses how inner conflicts can be powerful paralyzers.
The readers are apt to feel confused in the contrasting ways the woman in this poem has been depicted. The lady described in the poem leads to contrasting lives during the day and night. She is a normal girl in her Cadillac in the day while in her pink Mustang she is a prostitute driving on highways in the night. In the poem the imagery of body recurs frequently as “moving in the dust” and “every time she is touched”. The reference to woman’s body could possibly be the metaphor for the derogatory ways women’s labor, especially the physical labor is represented. The contrast between day and night possibly highlights the two contrasting ways the women are represented in society.
I would like to investigate the many struggles of women, whether it be race that differentiates them or an event that any woman could experience that brings them together. Beauty is not easily defined, and women everywhere struggle to not only please the people around them, but themselves. Wanting to describe themselves and feel beautiful is one of the many struggles women experience throughout their lives. “Las Rubias” by Diana Garca from Fire and Ink represents a common example of what women of color experience while comparing themselves to the “beauty” of white women. The poem is divided into eight numbered sections, each containing their own experience or thought.
Though varied in cultural they share a deep interest in evolving female culture and liberation of women. Our thesis mainly focused on her one of the novel “The hero’s walk” which mainly deals with Diasporic sensibility like “The hero’s walk”, “Tamarind Mem” And “Can You Hear the Night Bird Cell?” Written by her also deals with the same theme of Diasporic sensibility “Tamarind Mem” (1997) grew out of her university thesis. Her novels deal with the complexities of Indian family life and with the split that emerges when Indian move to the west. Her first novel “Tamarind Mem” deal with pungent sugary home sickness of her Indian sensibility portraying her memories of her past days, depicting the descriptions of Indian domestic life. Her second novel “The Hero’s Walk” could be the best illustration to her alien feeling which was clod in a fine garb of refinement. And also she has portrayed the clash between the cultural of East and west. She attempts to explore the nuances of Diasporic consciousness by the quait portrayal of woman characters. Badami’s third novel “Can You Hear the Night Bird Call?” Explores the golden Temple slaughter and the Air India Bombing was set against the back drop of Punjab division “Can You Hear the Night Bird Call?” Could be branded as a historical novel, as the plot conveniently moves between India and Canada in 1947. It tries to explore the
The influential roles of women in the story also have important effects on the whole poem. It is them that press the senses of love, family care, devotion, and other ethical attitudes on the progression of the story. In this poem the Poet has created a sort of “catalogue of women” in which he accurately creates and disting...
Since Muslims have to clean themselves before offering prayers, the narrators grandmother takes her stockings and shoe off in order to wash her feet. As she is approaching the sink and is about to place her feet, a matron woman exclaims, "You can't do that" and the other women turns to the narrator and shouts "Tell her she can't do that". The granddaughter thinks there is nothing wrong because what she is doing is wudhu (cleaning oneself before prayers). Since the grandmother does not speak English, she has no idea what is going on. While on the other hand the granddaughter understands people's frowning gesture and responds by saying what she is doing is not dirty. She understands that is a sacred ritual but not everyone understands as they are non-Muslims. Mohja Kahf wrote this poem as a reflection of her own experiences. Through her poem she wanted to make realize that in order to gain peace, one must understand other cultures while simultaneously learning and respecting it instead of having a narrow perspective. She wanted people to care for one another rather than stereotyping one race or
What is the American Dream? In the poem, To Elsie, William Carlos Williams asks us the many questions lurking beneath the pavement of our perception behind the American dream. Questions such as: what are the ‘pure products of America’ and what is the reality of this imagined concept? Through various techniques of texture and form, Williams paints the desolate portrait of an America that has been forsaken.
Paint Me Like I Am is a poetry book that contained works of disadvantaged adolescents from urban communities. They speak out their voices in poetry expressing the raw reality of their lives. The poems are emotional, throughfully, mysterious, and serious. This poems gives the reader a look inside of what many teenagers have to deal everyday. There are many touching poems that reveled issues of drugs, self-image, and abuse. In the "Friendship" section, I find a poem that satisfies each characteristic to meet teens' demands. The poem "Friendship" talks about a contemporary topic, has a sarcastic tone, a narrative structure, and free verse. The poem's authors are many adolescents form Bronx, New York. Some of the language
Poetry is prose bewitched, as stated by Mina Loy. When we focus on the poem there is a strong sense of emotion that it captures within us. Unlike the prose, the poem twists and turns and challenges us to find the hidden meanings within the lines. We see an example of this in line 10, “lace to these gals is lacing up.” However, prose is very straightforward and really only tells us what we need to know. Although it still expresses an idea like poetry, it isn’t feeling filled like the poem. Poetry has the purpose of engulfing your mind with the unique emotions it betrays. My interpretation of the poem was drastically different then my interpretation of the prose. The poem was like a magical potion of words that made me look at hockey in such
“Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same” by Gloria Steinem. Sister Rose Thering was that one person who stood up also known as an upstander. Sister Rose Thering stood up for the Jewish people and rooted out the anti-Semitism in the Christian religion. Sister Rose was a marvelous upstander and inspires me to be an upstander, too. She lived and worked as an upstander inspiring people and she inspires me.
I am still an undergraduate student, so pursuing a PhD seems very far in the future, but you are correct that I may continue with this author in the future. "Clarinda" is only known for writing this one poem. Since the poets name was not included with the text, there is no way to tell what poems were also penned by her, but she makes references to several poets and texts in her poem that I would love to study. My thesis director is Dr. Germán Campos-Muñoz. The history professor that I will be meeting with is Dr. René Harder Horst.
She describes her current world as cold and gray compared to her warm and colorful memories. The cold air and the weak sun, “trying to shine” (21) emphasize her unpleasant first impression of her new situation. She had put on a “gay dress made out od madras cloth‒the same sort I would wear if I were at home” (24-25), and her tone implies her excitement in finally being able to live in a better place. The change in mood from the dreary January weather to the gay sundress from the Caribbean highlights her discomfort and conflict with her
As the author narrates through the poem she tells her audience about, the life of a young girl maturing through life, with the challenges of puberty talking over. For instance the opening stanza uses the innocence of a young girl, who life transitions with the fascinating works of puberty. Leading into (line 1) “the girlchild was born as usual”. Describes her being as any other girl born into this world. Continuing to (line 2-4) “presented dolls that did pee-pee and mature GE stoves and irons and wee little lipsticks the color of cherry candy”. Describes the girl innocence as she receives all these toys to play wit, or can also be interpreted into the role she will take as she grows older. Furthermore as the stanza ends, it speaks about