Life. This word can be interpreted in many different ways by many different individuals that all have distinctly experienced it. What makes life very captivating is seeing the many points of views that others, such as writers have through poems they have written. In the following essay i will be analysing three different poems that will tie into the theme of life and living it. I will also explain why i have categorized the poems as I have. I will talk about my too easy poem, my too hard poem, and finally my just write poem that i connected to the most.
My first poem will be my too easy poem by Joseph Cacciotti tittled "Life". This poem refers to life as a road that is ongoing and is never known when to stop but will eventually come to an
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This poem starts its first and second stanza with the word "Children", which shows that she is addressing this poem to young children. The poem talks about how children still think of life as this happy and pure thing when they really haven't endured as much as people of older age have. It points out how they still have hearts that havent been corrupted by sadness that love may sometimes bring. How they still have a flame of pureness inside because they have not yet gotten a taste of what life actually is. It also talks about how children have not felt lose nor actual fear that comes with living life. I made this poem be my too hard poem because it contains big vocabulary that made it hard for me to understand when I first read it. It was words like stalactite and amethyst that i had to stop and look up to get most of what Naidu was trying to say. Another reason why i characterizes it as it is, is because i do not really connect to what she is saying because I, personally characterize myself as a child that has endured many of these tragedies. Also I think about other children that have worse lives than children in america and just because they are little it does not mean that they have easy lives. This is why I thought it to be a hard poem that i do not identify …show more content…
The first stanza is about how life isn't always a dream because it's filled with darkness and hardship. Even though life contains bad it also contains some good. But though it holds bad moments it helps us grow as humans and that should be the reason we shouldn't mourn on the ugly side of life too much. The second stanza is saying to be grateful for the great moments in life because they do not last forever even if they might seem like they do. The last and final stanza talks about death and loss. It points out that death is inevitable and sadness overcomes us and wants to take over, making our lives take drastic shifts. And even though we fall we can always get back up by being strong and courageous. This poem also contains a rhyming pattern of ABCB that gives the poem a sort of bounce and happiness to it even though it talks about dark topics. The reason why I loved this poem was because it made me think but i could still understand what the writer was trying to put across. I also connected to the poem in every stanza and got to connect it to my experiences. I felt as though this writer gotta put some of my life into words and explain how i feel about life perfectly. I did have to look up a word but even though i did, it didn't stop me from understanding the poem as a
The poem explains her hardships. Reading poetry is different from reading prose because you really have to dig deeper and study harder. A poem is not always straight forward like many other writings. You have to use context clues and understand imagery, tone, and sense. Summarizing a poem becomes difficult if you do not re-read several times. I learned that figurative language and lifestyle really tells a great story. Language especially helps you understand what is going on between the lines. Overall, family is always there at the end of the day. Sometimes situations get tough, but there is always a light at the end of the
Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself and Alice Fulton’s You Can’t Rhumboogie in a Ball and Chain
For example, one line, “Soon our pilgrimage will cease; Soon our happy hearts will quiver, with the melody of peace,” which is saying that one day we will die, and you can’t stop that. “Lay we every burden down; Grace our spirits will deliver, and provide a robe and a crown,” also reveals that you should appreciate what we’ve had, and what was given to us. This song is telling you, in every line, that you can’t live forever, but appreciate what you have, while you
She gets to the point and proves that in our current world we tend to say more than we should, when just a couple of words can do the same. In her writing, it is evident that the little sentences and words are what make the poem overall that perfect dream she wishes she were part of.
In the end, the poem is looking to show what actions can do in the long run. It teaches us to be very cautious with everything we do since it can affect the people around us. It can have good or bad
In romantic words, the poet expresses how much she does think of love. She state it clear that she will not trade love for peace in times of anguish.
The poems facilitate the investigation of human experience through illustrating life’s transience and the longevity of memory.
This poem shines importance on going through thing s and how you have to start some place. I found this book very inspirational and it has refreshed my perspective on life. My people that came before me went through so much just so that I could even have to opportunity or ability to read this book and wright a review on my own.
For the most part of the poem she states how she believes that it is Gods calling, [Then ta’en away unto eternity] but in other parts of the poem she eludes to the fact that she feels more like her granddaughter was stolen from her [or sigh thy days so soon were terminate]. One of the main beliefs in these times was that when someone died it was their time; God needed them and had a better plan. Both poets found peace in the idea that God had the children now and it was part of the plan, but are also deeply saddened and used poetry as a coping mechanism.
On the surface, "life" is a late 19th century poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The poem illustrates the amount of comfort and somber there is in life. Unfortunately, according to Paul Laurence Dunbar, there is more soberness in life than the joyous moments in our existence. In more detail, Paul Laurence Dunbar demonstrates how without companionship our existence is a series of joys and sorrows in the poem, "Life" through concrete and abstract diction.
On the second stanza, the woman was haunted by the voices of her child in her mind. She said that under the circumstance she is right now, she has no choice but to have a abortion. Then she express her feeling and felt sorry about what she had done. “And your lives from your unfinished reach, If I stole your births and your names, Your straight baby tears and your games” (Gwendolyn Brooks) she show remorse that she stolen her child life and her child would get to experience the first tear and games. So now her baby already going through death.
These lines demonstrate the stage of adulthood and the daily challenges that a person is faced with. The allusions in the poem enrich the meaning of the poem and force the reader to become more familiar with all of the meaning hidden behind the words. For example, she uses words such as innocence, imprisonment and captive to capture the feelings experienced in each of the stages. The form of the poem is open because there are no specific instances where the lines are similar. The words in each stanza are divided into each of the three growth stages or personal experiences.
In the last lines of the poem the woman attempts to reassure the child that she loved it with all her heart.
Overall, dwell on this process of changing throughout the poem, it can be understood that the poet is demonstrating a particular attitude towards life. Everyone declines and dies eventually, but it would be better to embrace an optimistic, opened mind than a pessimistic, giving-up attitude; face the approach of death unflinchingly, calmly.
For my personal project I chose to make a booklet, with all my poems in it. Since I love writing poetry I thought it would be interesting to make a book of it. The book is entitled “Expressing Yourself through Poetry”. Poems can be funny, scary, silly or sad so I decided to write inspirational poems and something that anyone of any age can relate to I’ve decided to write a mixture of sad, happy and inspiring poems. Poems are a great way to escape from reality and enter the world of imagination. It helps you express yourself in a way that you have never experienced before. It helps you understand and learn more about yourself. Poems are like a diary it’s where you pour out all your feelings in and no one judges you. It helps you understand the world better. Poems are a way to express and portray yourself.