Bailey Krasovec Garden of Love Explication When considering the many works of William Blake‚ the poem “The Garden of Love” withstands to me as one of his best poems‚ and one that can be interpreted in a vast number of ways. After reading literary criticism on this poem‚ it was interesting how differently the author of the article critiques the piece‚ in comparison to how I myself had originally perceived it. In my opinion‚ William Blake is a poet of great complexity‚ who before his time had
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John Carteret AP English 12 Period 3 October 20‚ 2013 "If" Explication What makes a man? In a world controlled by power and greed‚ virtue and honesty are lost in the midst. Rudyard Kipling’s “If” challenges one to be all the things that make a man. “If” employs the literary techniques of repetition‚ diction‚ rhyme and rhythm to appeal to the common man and reinforce the theme of human trial‚ and the challenge faced by all to be virtuous. The theme is further expressed in the subtle tones of
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The Goose Fish by Howard Nemerov This poem dramatizes the conflict between appearance and reality‚ particularly as this conflict relates to the central symbol of the poem‚ the goose fish. The speaker relates the tale of two lovers who encounter a dead fish on the beach after sharing their affection with one another. While looking at the fish‚ the couple ponders the meaning of this fish. Taken figuratively‚ the goose fish occupies many roles. As the speaker overlooks the events taking place
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“Slaveship” by Lucille Clifton “Slaveship‚” by Lucille Clifton‚ is a free verse poem from the perspective of slaves that the white men capture and trade in the slave trade‚ forcing them to travel on the Middle Passage. Ironically‚ the ships bear the names of religious symbols and figures such as Jesus‚ Angel of God‚ and Grace of God (lines 14-15) even though the act of slavery is one of the most sinful systems in the eyes of these slaves and in the eyes of all decent human beings. Though a
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Elizabeth Jennings English 1B Mr. Fritz February 19‚ 2013 An Explication of John Updike’s “A&P” “The sheep pushing their carts down the aisle -- the girls were walking against the usual traffic (not that we have one-way signs or anything) -- were pretty hilarious. You could see them‚ when Queenie ’s white shoulders dawned on them‚ kind of jerk‚ or hop‚ or hiccup‚ but their eyes snapped back to their own baskets and on they pushed. I bet you could set off dynamite in an A & P and the
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English 1301 9 September 2013 In the review of Dana Stevens‚ "The Help. A feel-good movie that feels kind of icky"‚ she describes some of the strongest and weakest characteristics of the movie‚ she doesn’t hate the film but I am sure that it is not in her favorites movies list. Stevens argues that the public wanted to watch the story in big screen and she declares that it is a good melodrama that contains some funny moments: “It’s hard to actively hate The Help‚ a movie so solicitous of the
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celebrates due to the coming of a new millennium. This‚ however‚ is not the case for Dana Niederer. Many people‚ including herself were scared of this day because of a scare known as the Y2K‚ or year two thousand‚ scare. What it was‚ was a time when programmers and many people in the world were terrified because many programs had been set to have only the last two digits of the program’s year change not four. Dana said‚ “When the Y2K issue was going on‚ the direct effect it had on me started in April
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1.Home ’s the place we head for in our sleep. 2. Boxcars stumbling north in dreams 3. don ’t wait for us. We catch them on the run. 4. The rails‚ old lacerations that we love‚ 5. shoot parallel across the face and break 6. just under Turtle Mountains. Riding scars 7. you can ’t get lost. Home is the place they cross. 8. The lame guard strikes a match and makes the dark 9. less tolerant. We watch through cracks in boards 10. as the land starts rolling‚ rolling till it hurts 11. to be here
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Poetry Explication Fill-in 1. Title of Poem: “Evening Hawk” eveni 2. Poet: Robert Penn Warren 3. Important background information on poet relevant to poem: Warren was seventy years old when “Evening Hawk” was published in 1975. He lies at the twilight of his life and thus contemplates the death which he knows will arrive soon enough. This allows Warren to inject his own thoughts into the psyche of the poem’s narrator‚ who is also in this position. 4. Who/what is the speaker? What kind of
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Dana Phillips‚ who studies ecocriticism and American literature‚ employs his 2003 book The Truth of Ecology: Nature‚ Culture‚ and Literature in America as a critique of mainstream realist forms of ecocriticism. He places emphasis on the need for ecocriticism to be truly more interdisciplinary‚ and that ecocritics need to more fully incorporate the sciences‚ as well as the history and philosophy of those sciences. In its entirety the text suggests‚ in a somewhat defiant tone‚ how ecocriticism has
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