After reading both, Sharon Olds, "Rite of Passage" and Adrienne Rich, "Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers" the two poems are not very similar. In the “Rite of Passage”, the narrator, known as the mother (Olds), is witnessing difficult children, and rage at her son’s first birthday party. On the other hand, “Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger”, focuses on the struggles in an unhappy marriage. The poems both included messages that deal with relationships shared with individuals, closest to you. Although, both poems do not share a common similarity, I have identified an issue among the two poems. “Trust can never be regained fully” is an issue that can be identified amongst the two poems.
In both poems, disputes and disagreements were evident. For instance, the poem “Rites of Passage” primarily focused on what a mother observed during her son’s birthday party. Olds observations centered on how young boys actions result into violence when dealing with one another. The set of boys who ranged in the age of six or seven, lacked a sense of innocence and
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were viewed by the mother, as disturbing “small bankers”. The relationship a mother shares with her son, is the most secure, loving, and trustworthy relationship anyone could get. In this case, the mother is getting a glimpse of a distributing view of what lies ahead for her son. During this “war zone”, accurately known as her son’s birthday party, the disarranged imagine may be forgave, but not forgotten. I believe that for any mother watching her child result into unpleasant behavior, is challenging. But as a parent, you would have to ask yourself what was the origination for this troublesome behavior. Following, the relationship amongst the parent and child “trust can never be regained fully.” “Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger” poem is composed by author Adrienne Rich. The poem includes the destitution of an unhappy marriage. The “tiger” referenced in the poem is non-fearing, power-built, free from worries character. Unlike the “tiger”, Aunt Jennifer is trapped in her abusive marriage. Since “Aunt Jennifer” is not happy with her marriage, “is “trust can never be fully regained” with her husband. “Relationships cannot be repaired to an original” is the claim that can be made provided with the evidence that is incorporated in the poems. Both poems, included relationships that dealt with controversy that will uphold a relationship, but it will never be the same. “The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band.” “Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand” it is evident that Aunt Jennifer’s husband is dominant in their marriage, and she is continuously demanded to attain her husband’s needs. The weight of her undesirable marriage, is carried on the wedding band placed on her finger. In addition, other evidence revealed terror, or fright that is indicated by her actions. The evidence provided results into the claim, “Relationships cannot be repaired to an original”. The fear of Aunt Jennifer’s wedding band will not restore an original relationship, a husband and wife usually share with one another. For a mother, watching her son grow into a man is not easily done.
For Olds, watching her son take a role of maturity is quite impressive. Although the birthday party consists of young boys, aging from six to seven they are mentioned in the poem and referred to as “men.” “Short men, men in first grade”, shows that Old is referring the term “men”, to the male guest, as well as her son. “Hands in pockets, they stand around, jostling, jockeying for place, small fights, breaking out and calming” this evidence appoints that Olds son cleared up the uncomfortable setting of his birthday party, and turned the party into a moderate “celebration of his life”. The observation of that Olds viewed of her son’s birthday party, shows that the celebration of her son’s life, will only result into him being an older man, and taking more mature roles. The “relationship cannot be repaired to an original” mommy’s precious little guy, mother and son
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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.
When writing poetry, there are many descriptive methods an author may employ to communicate an idea or concept to their audience. One of the more effective methods that authors often use is linking devices, such as metaphors and similes. Throughout “The Elder Sister,” Olds uses linking devices effectively in many ways. An effective image Olds uses is that of “the pressure of Mother’s muscles on her brain,” (5) providing a link to the mother’s expectations for her children. She also uses images of water and fluidity to demonstrate the natural progression of a child into womanhood. Another image is that of the speaker’s elder sister as a metaphorical shield, the one who protected her from the mental strain inflicted by their mother.
The poem is written in the father’s point of view; this gives insight of the father’s character and
In the poem, "Rite of Passage," by Sharon Olds, the speaker, who is a mother, goes into detail about her son's birthday party celebration. Let us first begin by analyzing the title of the poem, "Rite of Passage," Encyclopedia Britannica describes a rite of passage as a ceremonial event, existing in all historically known societies, that marks the passage from one social or religious status to another. Given the plot of the poem about a young boy having his peers over celebrate his birthday, one might be automatically compelled to say the rite of passage is for him, however with a closer analysis of the poem in its entirety, one can argue the title and the plot hold deeper meaning.
Family bonds are very important which can determine the ability for a family to get along. They can be between a mother and son, a father and son, or even a whole entire family itself. To some people anything can happen between them and their family relationship and they will get over it, but to others they may hold resentment. Throughout the poems Those Winter Sundays, My Papa’s Waltz, and The Ballad of Birmingham family bonds are tested greatly. In Those Winter Sundays the relationship being shown is between the father and son, with the way the son treats his father. My Papa’s Waltz shows the relationship between a father and son as well, but the son is being beaten by his father. In The Ballad of Birmingham the relationship shown is between
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.
All mother- daughters relationships go through a series of hardships and obstacles. Relationships between mothers and daughters can be seen through care and compassion or anger and frustration depending on how they are viewed. The memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan both set examples of different mother-daughter relationships during music lessons. Amy Chua’s excerpt portrays a tense tone, while Amy Tan’s excerpt depicts a hostile and belligerent tone.
In analyzing the two poems, The “Lost Sister” written by Cathy Song and the “Myth of Spirits” written by Monica Mody both share a similar free verse style of writing. The two poems are both penned with applying metaphors and unique symbolism. Meanwhile, suggesting the importance of spirituality that helps create a greater experience of self-identity. However, they differ in their characteristic examples of ethnicity. In the analyzation of the characters portrayed in these two poems, the concept of how “freedom” is relatable in fairly different aspects. In an initial examination of these two poems, a reader may discover that the two poems have no comparisons. There are not many comparisons between the two poems but, what holds true is the
The poem is riddled with similes and metaphors to help give the reader a better understanding of how fast the child is growing in the eyes of the mother. The line, “Your bright clothes glowed Golden as the leaves” is used during the start of the poem, followed by “And happiness shines on you Like the sun on daisies” shortly after. Towards the end of the poem, the parent states that her child “wears Autumn like a silk dress.” We as the audience can make the assumption from these lines that the mother is comparing her daughter's appearance to current season. The compliments she gives to her daughter regarding her appearance are in Chronological order of the seasons, starting from Spring, to Summer then Autumn. The poet uses the theme of families having the closest connections and implements it in a poem which is far more light hearted compared to poems such as Pact for a mother and a teenager and how things are. The poem consists more of figurative Language due the amount of times the poet uses metaphors to emphasise the message, which is about how fast children tend to grow in the eyes of a parent. This message impacts parents by making them more aware of the fact that their children will grow more faster than they expect and how they should acknowledge cherish each moment there with
The follow the dark memories of his after who scarified and many pain of his family. Therefore, the narrator begins and his refection and understanding of his father and role-played in this father and son relationship. The young stage of life parents care the children it is the time children becomes mature enough so in the reality there are many sacrifices as blood and tears and our parent have shed for. Finally comes to appreciate those who gave us life. So the many writers and poets write about his past and the difficulties. Therefore, the many difficulties in the life but the parent role in the life is very important. Parent helps the children every way so the father role is very important role. I spent most of my childhood days running in difficulties so the writer asked that father role is very strict role in my life. Therefore, the author is remembering whom his father gets up early in the morning on holiday as Sunday. The poem is a bit sad so the feeling is very imagining in the poem. Therefore, the poem is one warmed father love. Therefore the poems explain more things then but the father is very important in life he support the children in difficult time. Therefore, the father works at home so make sure that the house is full of energetic (Huden, 2014).
Since the narrators from both passages have contrasting points of view in comparison to their parents, the authors are able to create tension.
However, at the young age, the loneliness and despair has been depicted in the music, literature, and art, but nobody understand the meaning of loneliness and sadness unless they have experience did. For example in the story the younger waiter had no sympathy and respect for the old man because he is unexperienced and he is living happily life with his wife. As the author mentioned in the story about how the younger waiter react to the old man, I know." "I wouldn't want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing."” (380). this quote shows the younger waiter’s thought about old people. He is selfish and lacking in empathy, about inexperienced at life without realizing it how age look like. The younger waiter is unpleasant to the life of loneliness
In the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth, this difference between children and adults and their respective states of mind is articulated and developed. As a person ages, they move undeniably from childhood to adulthood, and their mentality moves with them. On the backs of Blake and Wordsworth, the reader is taken along this journey.
Every parent uses different ways of parenting some parents like to be lenient because they value independence, and others like to be very strict because they value more culture and family but both want to teach something to their kids and succeed in different parenting experiences. In the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua writes about her experience of raising her two daughters in a very strict “Chinese” way. In her book Chua claims that Chinese “strict” parents raise their kids better than Western “lenient” parents. Chua raises her daughters Sophia and Lulu with strong habits, skills and self confidence for their future. Expecting a lot from her daughters, Chua forces Sophia and