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Analysis of emily dickinsons writings
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The first poem entitled “Poetry” by Nikki Giovanni was discussing the purpose of poets trying to compose poetry. The author is speaking. She says that the main purpose of all poetry is to show that life is precious. She says that all poetry should sing, be joyful, and inform the reader. This poem flows easily as it is read but does not rhyme like a lot of poetry. There is repetition of phrases like “It never says…” and it also uses good imagery in the form of similes like “…motion graceful as a swan…” (cite poem p.345).
The second poem “Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove was about the famous Mexican self-portrait artist Frida Kahlo. Frida was a communist and the poem speaks of grief over the loss of communist leaders: Stalin, Marx, and
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Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson has a speaker that is not clearly known. It may have been the poet or a persona she created. This narrator of the poem is happy that she is a nobody and does not like people that push to be somebody. She sees these people as being self-centered and superficial (cite book pg. 361). Dickinson makes great use of the hyphen to add dramatic pause between ideas within her poem. I liked reading this one aloud more than the others because of the pause. It gave the poem more depth of meaning, almost like a conversation style between the poet and another person. There is repetition of the word “How” and assonance with the words “you”, “too”, “Frog”, and “Bog”(cite poem p. 361).
The last poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost is about the end of the world. The use of the word “I” in the poem makes it appear to be Frost himself who is narrating this poem. This poem is more sing song in nature than the other poems because of its use of rhyme words like “fire”, “desire”, “twice”, “ice”, and “suffice” (cite poem p. 369). There is alliteration with the phrase “favor fire” (cite poem p 369). There is an implied reference to hell being the “fire” that would be brought on by “desire” or sin. The picture of the atomic bomb certainly adds to the word