Analysis Of Tracy K. Smith's 'Life On MARS'
Estefania Rodriguez
Prof.: Neil De La Flor
ENC 1102
February 20, 2013
Research paper: Poetry (LIFE ON MARS by Tracy K. Smith)
Sometimes when people think about the calming sound of a night-time melody, the catchy beat of a popular song, or simply the words in a poem that captures how you feel and you can perfectly relate to. What comes to mind when we mention a poem? Usually what people think or what people’s thoughts go to, are emotions and rhyme. I think it takes a little more of each person’s perspective into the situation, not only the writer’s but also the reader’s perspective, which is what gives that extra spark to the piece. The literary element that is the most important to bring a poem to life is imagery; it would help the reader …show more content…
The most remarkable lies” (Smith 8). This metaphor is very strong to me because, states that a person’s eyes are the most obvious thing to notice when a person is talking, mostly when the person that we are looking at is not worthy of all our trust. Having as an example the saying that the eyes are the door to our soul; saying that by just looking at a person’s eyes, you can tell if is lying or not, if is a good person or not. In this lines what comes to my mind is that is talking about a liar, a person that not only lies but knows how to lie and convince you. If we would not use the word eyes, it would completely change the whole meaning of the metaphor using any other part the human body, would not even make much sense. For example if we use: - A smile. The most remarkable lies – Would no mean the same, for what is said everybody can put a god big old smile in their faces, even in the worst of times. Like putting on a show, just for the simple reason of not letting people know if you have a problem, because you cannot show weakness to the world or maybe just because you want to get something of someone; a smile can be very tricky, hypocritical. Eyes is different, they are the window to our
Prof.: Neil De La Flor
ENC 1102
February 20, 2013
Research paper: Poetry (LIFE ON MARS by Tracy K. Smith)
Sometimes when people think about the calming sound of a night-time melody, the catchy beat of a popular song, or simply the words in a poem that captures how you feel and you can perfectly relate to. What comes to mind when we mention a poem? Usually what people think or what people’s thoughts go to, are emotions and rhyme. I think it takes a little more of each person’s perspective into the situation, not only the writer’s but also the reader’s perspective, which is what gives that extra spark to the piece. The literary element that is the most important to bring a poem to life is imagery; it would help the reader …show more content…
The most remarkable lies” (Smith 8). This metaphor is very strong to me because, states that a person’s eyes are the most obvious thing to notice when a person is talking, mostly when the person that we are looking at is not worthy of all our trust. Having as an example the saying that the eyes are the door to our soul; saying that by just looking at a person’s eyes, you can tell if is lying or not, if is a good person or not. In this lines what comes to my mind is that is talking about a liar, a person that not only lies but knows how to lie and convince you. If we would not use the word eyes, it would completely change the whole meaning of the metaphor using any other part the human body, would not even make much sense. For example if we use: - A smile. The most remarkable lies – Would no mean the same, for what is said everybody can put a god big old smile in their faces, even in the worst of times. Like putting on a show, just for the simple reason of not letting people know if you have a problem, because you cannot show weakness to the world or maybe just because you want to get something of someone; a smile can be very tricky, hypocritical. Eyes is different, they are the window to our