Criticism To: Professor Salirick Andres ELP 473: Literary Criticism By: John David S. Tamondong AB41FA2 S.Y: 2014 – 2015 This Formalist Criticism focuses on the poem entitled‚ The Rhodora. This will cover the overall structure‚ tone‚ and analysis of the meaning of the poem. The Rhodora is an embodiment of the many fascinating flowers that proves that all the qualities of beauty are found in the universe waiting to be recognized and admired. This representation
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Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees speak published by Marc Falkoff‚ is a collection of poems written by the infamous prisoners of GTMO or Guantanamo Detention Centre. The very existence of Guantanamo Bay camp nullifies the purpose of democracy as most detainees are detained without any trial. This article explores the poems and the poets themselves; investigating content of the poems and role of these prisoners as poets. They might not fit in to Wordsworth’s definition of a poet. But they embody
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Women yearn for their voices to speak loud enough for the entire world to hear. Women crave for their voices to travel the nations in a society where they are expected to turn the volume all the way down. The world expects females to stay quiet and ignore the pain brought onto them from sexual crime. They do not dare stand up for what they believe in or discuss their experiences that bring them pain. Poets such as Ana Castillo and Lawrence Ferlinghetti describe parts of life that society often ignores
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The poem “Fog” at its very essence exhibits themes of change‚ as well as ideas about the natural world. It seems as if the speaker is using cat feet as a dramatization of the quietness of the fog. Cat feet within this poem are used as a way for the speaker to convey the idea that the fog acts as cat feet do‚ in how quiet and sneaky they are. As the poem progresses the reader experiences a mood change from being anxious and not knowing what to expect to a feeling of excitement. This excitement stems
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The poem Owl‚ written by George Macbeth is introduced with the title itself ‘Owl’ being the first word. Although it is an unusual way to start a poem it instantly captures the readers and has them immersed within the poem. At the end of the first stanza‚ there was a use of internal rhyming. “Mice. Twice”. It quickened the pace of the poem and reflects on the owl swift movements of the owl as he soars through the night‚ in search for his prey. It enhances the anticipation the readers are feeling
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The poem "The Dog and the Sparrow" by Ivan Sergeevich Tourgenieff is an example of the sublime. It has the ability to cause the reader to feel deeply for the sparrow and its bravery and sacrifice. The poem is told in first-person point of view and uses figurative language and metaphors to tell the story. The theme is reverence for the sparrow‚ which like most themes‚ which is discovered until the end of the poem. Tourgenieff wrote this poem in the first-person point of
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Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning
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The poem ¨The Highwayman¨ is about a bandit called the Highwayman. He falls in love with a girl named Bess. The Highwayman tells her that he has a job to do and will bring her back gold. He promises that he will be back by moonlight. A man named Tim who loves Bess overhears their conversation. Tim decides to tell the authorities‚ who were British soldiers where the Highwayman was going to be. Tim does this because he is jealous of the highwayman and Bess’s affections for him. When the Redcoats come
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Name: Sajid Aziz‚ Roll no: AU515926 MA TEFL‚ Course Code: 5666 Assignment no: 2‚ Spring‚ 2013 Research Project A Stylistic Analysis of the Poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” By: William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow So much depends Upon A red wheel Barrow Glazed with rain Water Beside the white Chickens Introduction Oppose practicing the learned rhetoric in poetry writing‚ Williams finds his subjects in such homely items as wheelbarrows. He believes that
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According to Stephen Burt‚ poems work by combining words into patterns intended to evoke emotion in their readers. Poetry is an attempt‚ according to Burt‚ to make people “happier‚ sadder‚ and more alive” (citation). The word poem‚ in the original Greek‚ just means ‘something made.’ Of its many functions‚ perhaps the most important function is helping people to make sense of themselves and the world around them‚ including troubling concepts such as death. Stephen Burt spoke of his difficulty processing
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