THE COWBOY To be a cowboy now of course I’d probably need to get a horse. To ride the hills as the sun goes down, I’d need some boots and a saddle down. And nothing would stop me after that As long as I got a cowboy hat. VISITING AUNTIE ANN At Auntie Ann’s we sit up straight, And finish what is on our plate. We sit in chairs with little lace And doilies put in every place. And never rush at lunch to eat, And never wiggle in our seat. It almost makes me fall asleep To have so many rules to keep. Don’t drag in mud, don’t feed the cat, Don’t put your feet on this or that. We wash our hands, tuck in our shirt, I’d rather have a little dirt. FISHING WITH DAD We get down to the fishing pier Before the sun comes up, And have some …show more content…
Sheets smell like sun Around my head. My dog sinks down Beside my bed. He’s tired as me Asleep as soon– Goodnight to stars And Mr. Moon. THE SECRET LIFE OF TEDDY BEARS Today he sits on the windowsill, And quite content and quiet and still, But could it be when I’m away He finds new ways to fill his day? And does he sail to ancient lands And cross the desert’s golden sands? Or wander with his little friends To where the perfect rainbow ends? There may be signs I might have missed. Of course, I have no proof of this. But he is in his favorite chair When I come home to find him there. And does he sit there, small and still, And are his mornings hard to fill? Things are not always what they seem. What does he dream of when he dreams? CHRISTMAS COOKIES I help bake Christmas cookies When Christmas time is near, The Christmas tree’s already up, The snow’s already here. We get out stirring bowls to mix; And put on aprons when we start, And take out sugar, and some flour. My mother says that “It’s an art.” It takes all day to do it right And it’s a lot of work and care– And all the while my brother sits And watches from his little
The places in which we live are an integral and inescapable aspect of who we are, as they largely determine culture, community, and determine the outlook that one has on the rest of the world. In the American South, physical and cultural geography has played a particularly important role in the historical and modern contexts of racial relations. The dynamic between enslaved peoples and the natural landscape is a complex one that offers innumerable interpretations, but inarguably serves as a marker of the wounds created by institutional racism and human enslavement. In her collection of poems entitled Native Guard, Natasha Trethewey utilizes external features of the natural environment in the South in order to communicate the repressed grief, both personal and collective, which can arise as a result of inflicted systemic violence. Through comparing part one of Native Guard, which focuses on
“Southern History” is about what the speaker learned in her classroom, a misrepresented and distorted view of slavery. Natasha Trethewey draws from personal experience to write this poem. I imagine she is the only black student in a classroom with predominantly white students, which already puts her at a disposition, as it is 1966. The teacher, presumably white, tells the class that “before the war, they (the slaves) were happy...quoting our textbook”(1-2). Natasha is aware of these lies; however, she doesn’t speak out against this injustice, as she is powerless. The rhyming couplet at the end encompasses the theme of being inferior, and connects the words lie and I together, which illustrates the guilt the speaker feels.
Humans are all different in nature. We think deeply about issues and then react according to our values and beliefs. This helps us pick the best possible course of action. In “Useless Boys” the narrator doesn’t want to make the commitment because he believes that it does more harm than good to a person. He also states that he has had a problem with others keeping their commitment, for example, his father, who is never around.
“The Red Hat” by Rachel Hadas is a poem about a mother watching her child grow from a child to a young adult. Although, she is uncomfortable with letting her son walk to school alone, she knows this independence is something that she must allow for him to do for himself. Line 8 of the poem, which states, “Already ties are feelings and not fact,” is a direct statement of how the mother feels towards her son growing older. By the word “already,” she means that he is growing up too soon. However, “Ties” symbolizes the physical bond that the mother and child once shared. Yet, now that her son is more independent, the bond between the parent and child is not physical anymore, but just mental. They have a mental bond through the strong feelings of love between themselves. The
The poem “First Poem for You” by Kim Addonizio is a sonnet written by a woman contemplating on the permanence of her lover’s tattoos. The sonnet focuses on the speaker’s perspective of her lover’s tattoos as she appears to regard them with fascination and aversion. Upon closer analysis, it could be said that the speaker’s contemplation of her lover’s tattoos is a reflection of her perspective of their relationship. By comparing the permanence of her lover’s tattoos to the fleeting nature of relationships, the speaker addresses the uncertainty of their relationship and her desire for the relationship to become permanent.
A. Philip Randolph was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and once said “Freedom is never given; It is won.” Our American soldiers fight every day so we can stay free and have the privileges we have today. We do not just get to be free. There are people fighting for our freedom. However, the poem and the song both talk about fighting for freedom but they have a separate motive. Both the poem named “Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too?” by Langston Hughes and the song “American Soldier” by Toby Keith both have the same theme by freedom is worth fighting for and everyone wants freedom, but in the poem the soldier is fighting for freedom and in the song the soldier already has freedom.
In the poem by Joy Harjo called “Eagle Poem,” Harjo talks about prayer and life and how they revolve around mother-nature. She suggests that while being one with nature, we feel we are in a place in which we haven’t imagined and the things in which we would love to do in that magnificent and calming place. After one reads the poem, he/she enjoys the lyrical type of it. This is because “Eagle Poem” sticks to one idea and extends it throughout the entire poem. For instance, it talks about prayer, nature, and animals from start to finish.
to the city. This is needed for him to become a priest. He must go explore the
Walt Whitman’s poem Time to Come explores Whitman’s curiosity of what happens when people die. Rather than taking a pessimistic approach, his writing is more insightful about the experience. The title alone introduces an aspect of his purpose; to point out that dying is inevitable. With Whitman captures the reader’s attention and shares his curiosity with vivid images, sophisticated diction, and his use of metaphor and personification in Time to Come.
The country- house poem developed into a literary genre in the early decades of the seventeenth- century. Aemilia Lanyer's, `The description of Cooke- ham', and Ben Jonson's, `To Penshurst' namely represent the small genre which flourished so briefly. These poems are much more than domestic architecture and are more than simple exercises in praising and pleasing a wealthy patron and the readership at large. In country- house poetry, poets use the conjunction of the ideal family (the patron's) and the ideal site (the estate and surrounding areas in which the patron and his/her family live) as a means of reflecting on social values, the nature of the good life, and the ways in which other households fall short of the mark. The country- house poem, in other words, can be a vehicle of social criticism as well as of praise. Lanyer and Jonson celebrate great places and the happiness that they enjoyed their; finding an Eden is truly rare, but the households survive in literature as paradises in their own right.
The poem “Little red cap” is among others where Duffy has based this poem on a fairytale story, in this case, little red riding hood. However, this poem has a few differences to the original version of the story. For example, this poem uses imagery to create a very sexual feeling, where as the original fairytale was not in any way sexual, but had a more simplistic idea of ‘good – little red riding hood’ and ‘bad – the sly wolf’.
When we first started the poetry unit, I felt that I would hate reading and creating poetry. When I heard we had to read poetry I was very disappointed. Every other year we did poetry units, I hated it. I hated every part of it. I dreaded reading poetry and answering the questions. I mostly felt this way because I am a factual person. I always have to have one right answer. I do not like when there are more than one answer choices that are correct. Poetry always has more than one interpretation.This year, however, hearing poetry and writing my own poetry has changed my opinion on poetry. Although I still hate answering questions on the poems I love to listen to poetry and write my own poetry. But, even when you read the poems that I write they are very straightforward and there are usually no other ways to interpret it.
Language has always been the key to how humankind has interacted with each other, so it is only fitting that one of the oldest forms of expression is making written language an art form. Poetry is known to conjure images within our minds and speak to our soul in a profound way. The best poets can use a few lines to make one think and feel something inside on anything such as a political statement, or of the beauty of nature. An excellent example of a poet who made art out of written word is Poṉmuṭiyār in his A Young Warrior. The poem uses its content and form to provide the overall meaning that one should live in peace because life is short.
a chilly little breeze bites at my cheeks. I take a deep breath and the sweet
Poetry unlike fiction is solely based on the author’s personal take on a certain subject. The tone, diction, syntax, and mood of a poem are all determined by the author of the poem. For some readers, to interpret a poem or explain the plot can be a difficult task. Other forms of literature such, as fiction is much easier to understand and discuss.