A Man I Am by Stevie Smith (1902-1971) In less than a page‚ this poem instantly recognizable as the work of its utterly unique author sketches the process of man s evolution from a primitive‚ violent‚ wolf-like state to true‚ spiritually-conscious humanity. The process is at the same time a movement from hate (line 1) to joy (in the penultimate line). The three verse paragraphs describe‚ in order‚ the wolflike state‚ the evolution itself‚ and finally the evolved state in which man began to feel human
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‘A man I am is a poem of transformation and redemption’. Discuss this quote with close reference to the poem. A man I am was written by Stevie Smith‚ and like most of Stevie’s poems is unstructured and has individual verses which in this poems manner of subject may explore the transformation and it’s progression from wolf to an actual man. The transformation in this poem is about how in order for a man to actually evolve into a man (through evolution) then he must accept God’s will‚ which
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Stevie Smith In the following essay I will be discussing Stevie Smith with special focus on two of her poems‚ namely‚ ‘Nor We of Her to Him’ and ‘Pad‚ Pad.’ These poems at first glance seem to be very simple but with closer inspection they “cut knife-edge deep to serious concerns.” At first glance‚ both poems seem very shallow and miniscule in significance. Relationships come and go. People are always coming in and out of your life. It is only with further inspection that
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has to do is make a strong communication” (Stevie Smith) Florence Margaret Smith also known as Stevie Smith was a famous English poet and novelist that lived form 1902 to her tragic death in 1971. Throughout her life Smith went through a lot of heartache with her family and especially within herself. When Stevie Smith became acquainted with the face of death‚ she was fascinated by the melancholy emotions of depression she began to feel. As a result‚ Smith utilized her emotions relating to neglect
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Poetry has been described as an "art‚" and the poem itself partially defined as having a certain "suggestive power." Many poets have taken full advantage of this "power" lent to them‚ and with their pen have set out to master the "art" of poetry in the form of self-expression and honest revelations concerning their very existence. Perhaps one of the lesser known but most intriguing women poets in this literary genre was Florence (Stevie) Smith. While studying Smith’s poetic works‚ the reader
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“Sunt Leones” This poem shows some of the most representative stylistic features that characterise Stevie Smith’s poetry. Economy of expression and verbal eclecticism are two of the most remarkable aspects of her poetry‚ but maybe the originality of Smith’s work lies especially in the way she combines her poetic comic voice with the seriousness of the subjects dealt with. “Sunt Leones” clearly exemplifies these features. The poem is a kind of theological speculation developed in a predominantly
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The poem‚ “Why I am Not a Painter”‚ by Frank O’Hara contains the various terminology that is used by Bartholomae‚ Petrosky‚ and Waite. The specific language that is used by O’Hara contains a tone that can be described as prosaic or conversational. For example‚ instead of the narrator “visiting” Mike Goldberg‚ the narrator just drops in to see the progress of Goldberg’s painting. The author also says that Sardines is removed due to the fact that “it was too much.” O’Hara’s word usage is very similar
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what they seem on the outside just as a poem may have a deeper meaning than the story that is just on the surface. The poem Not Waving but Drowning by Stevie Smith is a great example of this. The author does a very good job at relating the death of a man by drowning and the reaction it causes in others to the deeper story of how the man is symbolically calling out to others who never come to help him get his life together. In the beginning of the poem‚ the first two lines are somewhat confusing
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rules‚ they would be severely punished. The forest‚ on the other hand represents‚ social disorder where one can be whoever they want to be‚ and ultimately misbehave. The contrast of civilization and wilderness is seen in this following quote‚ “ Thou and I‚ Hester‚ never did…’ ‘ Never‚ never!... What we did had a consecration of its own. We felt it so! We said so to each other! Hast thou forgotten it?” (183). When Hester and Dimmesdale meet each other in the forest‚ they turn into happy love birds‚ but
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She also works as a cab driver. I love Audrey. Audrey has always believed in me. She always said she likes me too much to be with me. But she refuses to love. She doesn’t want to feel that way about me. I can’t accept that. I wonder if she’ll ever know that no one will love her as hard as I do. She doesn’t want love from anyone. I have to respect that. “Can I stay Ed?” “For good “ Audrey kisses me; she looks happy. Audrey’s fingers hold on to mine. “I think it belongs to us.”
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