Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham” is a look into the effects of racism on a personal level. The poem is set in Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The tone of the title alludes to the city of Birmingham as a whole. The poem gives the reader‚ instead‚ a personal look into a tragic incident in the lives of a mother and her daughter. The denotation of the poem seems to simply tell of the sadness of a mother losing her child. The poem’s theme is one of guilt‚ irony‚ and the grief
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09/20/2010 My Window of Sadie and Maud This poem dramatizes the conflict between social acceptance and true happiness‚ specifically with its ironic depiction of the lives of two sisters. The theme of this poem is based on its structure and symbolism. The poet is using this poem to show her feelings regarding the limited opportunities that were available for African American women in this society. The narrative four quatrain and one sestet stanza tells us the story
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Explication of Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” In “Sonnet 73‚” William Shakespeare utilizes a somber mood‚ strong imagery‚ and intense metaphors‚ which construct a window into the soul of a dying old man for Shakespeare’s audience to visualize the dreadful oncoming of death and question the meaning of life. “Sonnet 73” is identical in structure to Shakespeare’s other sonnets with three quatrains and ending in a couplet. In the three quatrains Shakespeare compares the narrator to the transition from
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Poetry Explication – “Holy Thursday” (Songs of Experience) by William Blake Khizer (Ali) Syed Nathan Dueck English 200B Feb 7‚ 2014 In William Blake’s poem‚ “Holy Thursday”‚ which is a component of the “Songs of Experience”‚ discusses the treatment of orphans in a vast “fruitful land” that is only motivated by self-interest. Furthermore‚ Blake illustrates the institutions these children reside and continues to discuss their lack of food‚ rain and “warmth”. He believes that society treats
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Explication: Final Draft The “Ballad of Wordly Wealth” is a depiction of how money can bring pride and corruption into our society. This explication will review the many rhetoric forms and patterns of this such poem. The form of this poem is a ballad. A ballad’s contents include 3 stanzas‚ at least 8 lines in each stanza‚ and a refrain (a repeated phrase at the end point of a poem) a refrain in example of the Ballad of Wordly Wealth is “Youth‚ and health‚ and Paradise” The author used sophisticated
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the standards of an average citizen. The speaker of this poem is non-traditional as the poem is‚ in fact‚ an inscription on a “marble monument erected by the State.” The inscription is dedicated to a “JS/07 M 378”—presumably‚ “The Unknown Citizen‚” although this term only appears in the title. The Unknown Citizen is essentially an elegy‚ a lament for the dead‚ written by either a government official or a strong believer in the government. This becomes clear through the speaker’s repeated use of possession
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title‚ hinting at the lament-like characteristic of the poem. In fact‚ the title is not supposed to be a metaphor or even contain a hidden meaning that the reader must deduce by reading on. The poem is exactly what the title suggests: language and words‚ and thus communication‚ has been lost. Merwin creates a nostalgic and sad tone to emphasize the loss and quickly establishes the direction of the poem using simple diction. He carries this simple language‚ along with the mournful tone‚ into the rest
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well as anti-Catholic sentiments. Its plot spanned to several locations over twenty-four years; an uninterrupted line of action following the traditional 5-stage structure. A comic sub-plot paralleled the main storyline. The opus was written in blank verse with various literary elements including symbolic imagery‚ monologues‚ soliloquys‚ metaphors‚ allusion‚ dramatic irony‚ and incorporated Greek elements: chorus‚ prologue/epilogue‚ and tragic hero. 2) Marlowe’s play begins with the Chorus’ introduction
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HISTORY Free Verse originated in the late 19th centaury with French poets such as Arthur Rimbaud and Jules Laforgue. These poets wanted a type of poetry that was free of any conventions so "Vers Libre" was used to describe this change in French Poetry. The purpose of this change was for the French Poets to change the restrictions that poetry had at the time and to re-create the rhythms of natural speech. The Old English and Medieval poetry had some freedom to it. For example the Palms of King James
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3‚ 2013 An Explication of “Spellbound” by Emily Brontë Have you ever found yourself knowing that you were in a predicament but had been incapable of finding the strength to leave it behind? The poem “Spellbound” by Emily Brontë relates to the idea of being unable to force oneself from a damaging situation. This can be seen through a careful examination of the poem’s title and its three stanzas. The title of Emily Brontë’s poem says volumes about the meaning. To
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