Poem and Song #1: Never Give Up “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is a well-known piece written during the Harlem Renaissance. In this poem‚ Hughes uses a mother-figure as a narrator. She is speaking to her son and telling him about her life. She has had a rough life but has persevered to this point and plans on continuing that. She tells her son to never give up and to keep going even when it’s hard. The overall tone of this poem is one of hope and perseverance. When Hughes’ narrator says
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WD Commentary Emily Dickinson’s main purpose in poem 355 is to describe an indefinable depression. She creates a melancholy persona to depict the chaos and despair she feels because of her condition. Her poem is structured around her uncertainty towards her mental state. Dickinson‚ in the first two stanzas‚ eliminates possibilities to what she may be feeling. She analyzes that “it was not death”‚ “it was not night”‚ “it was not frost”‚ “nor fire”. The poem appeals to the human sense of touch‚ as
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in which Donne and Jennings use form‚ structure and language to present their thoughts and ideas. You should make relevant references to your wider reading in the poetry of love. The poem the ‘The Anniversary’ By John Donne‚ is a metaphysical poem about the sun itself growing older each year‚ this process reminds Donne that him and his lover are closer to their end. The second poem is called ‘One Flesh’‚ and is written by Elizabeth Jennings. In the course of this poem Jennings explores the relationship
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under the pain or persevere under the decades of mistreatment as written in his resilient toned poem‚ Mother to Son. The effectiveness of the poem is emphasized on the unresolved conflict of the long-postponed and frustrated dream of African Americans. This can be seen as‚ “five of the six answers to the opening questions are interrogative rather than declarative sentences.” As the whole poem is rhetorically structured‚ it questions the “white race” for their treatment of the African American but
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Poem Commentary: Before Summer Rain A storm can provoke many emotions in a person. Rainer Maria Rilke in his poetry cleverly insinuates themes of nature‚ religion‚ and childhood‚ from a personal aspect to a collective one. The poem‚ Before Summer Rain‚ describes the narrator’s experience of the encroaching storm‚ as he/she stares out of a window. Rilke‚ in his poem‚ Before Summer Rain‚ evokes emotions associated with witnessing a storm and how these feelings compel him to recollect his childhood
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follows the life of Willy Loman‚ a self-deluded salesman who lives in utter denial‚ always seeking the "American Dream‚" and constantly falling grossly short of his mark. The member’s of his immediate family‚ Linda‚ his wife‚ and his two sons‚ Biff and Happy‚ support his role. Of these supportive figures‚ Biff’s character holds the most importance‚ as Biff lies at the center of Willy’s internal conflicts and dreams ‚ and Biff is the only one in the play who seems to achieve any growth.
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The poem In Mrs. Tilscher’s Class’ written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ is written in free verses and includes four stanzas. The poem illustrates the perspective of a carefree‚ innocent and happy young girl going through the first stages of life‚ primary to high school. The poem examines the rites of passage and the change that is taken place between childhood and adolescence. This essay will outline the areas in which Duffy uses different literary terms to define the theme of growing up. The first two
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All My Sons All My Sons is a play written by Arthur Miller. It takes place in two days and is just a few years after World War Two. The play only has one set and it is the back yard of the Keller’s where there is a tree that has been split in half. This play was instrumental in launching the career of Miller. It is also a tragedy that deals with the greed of America and a skewed version of one’s duty toward country. The play starts act one off in the morning with Joe Keller the main character
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The poem ’The Fish’ by Elizabeth Bishop is a narrative poem told in first person about the capture of a fish by an amateur fisher and the progression of the understanding for the beauty of nature. As the poem progresses the speaker moves from a sympathetic pitiful view to a respected and admiring view of the fish. The internal confrontation of the speaker is aided with vivid imagery and similes. The speaker convinces the reader alternatively of both the fish’s beauty and its repulsiveness. She describes
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‘The Fish’ by Elizabeth Bishop is a free form poem where the poet does a spectacular job in describing what has occurred from the moment she catches a fish‚ to the time she releases it‚ after a chain of rather interesting events. At the beginning of the poem‚ Bishop creates an image of a helpless fish‚ which is held captive by the narrator in the poem. In doing so‚ she is able to guide the audience into feeling sorry for the fish and the situation described in the poem in general. She commences
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