“I am Canadian” Explication In the free verse poem “I am Canadian”‚ Duke Redbird uses imagery‚ contrast and paradox to confront us with the vastness of Canada and its great diversity. And yet‚ emphasizes the main identity that binds these all – one of a Canadian. In the first segment of the poem‚ the speaker uses light contrast to show diversity with in line-regions. The speaker opens with this form of identity‚ saying “I’m a lobster fisherman in Newfoundland”. While we may not readily relate
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Poetry Explication 20 May 2012 Questions Entwined into “The Summer I Was Sixteen” Words often have meaning behind what is said‚ regardless of those particular words. Emotions can be extrapolated from statements. A close reading and analysis of the poem “The Summer I Was Sixteen’ reveals more to the reader than just what sits on the page. Whilst reading this poem‚ a feeling of unusual melancholy and normalcy arises from a point in time which should be a substantial amount more upbeat. During
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Amanda Damiano February 1‚ 2012 Explication of “Women” In "Women"‚ the speaker discusses a women’s purpose: objects in place for support and satisfaction of men. May Swenson conveys the traditional passivity of women through physical placement of words‚ concrete imagery‚ and submissive tone. The first notable characteristic of “Women” is the physical form of the poem itself. The shape of the poem strengthens the ideology of the message Swenson is trying to express. At first glance
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Poetry Explication Guidelines The following can serve as a general outline for your explications. You will have to add and organize your own subheadings‚ or you may have to delete some sections. You may also use other orders of ideas that may suit your particular content. Just be sure your explication is thorough and organized. I. Introduction a. (Include such items as what is the poem title‚ who is the author‚ and where did you get your copy? What is the theme and subject of the poem
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The Development of Frankenstein’s Monster: An Explication of the Creature’s Tale A baby is born helpless in the world‚ innocent and naïve. In the quest for personal development‚ nature itself was the enemy for Frankenstein’s monster. Mary Shelley compares the helpless creature to that of a baby‚ and without the help of his creator‚ has to teach himself about the outside world around him. By using naturalistic sensory imagery and the creature’s personal grown and development‚ whether he is learning
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Poetry Explication Wonderwall Oasis Today is gonna be the day That they’re gonna throw it back to you By now you should’ve somehow Realized what you gotta do I don’t believe that anybody Feels the way I do about you now Backbeat the word was on the street That the fire in your heart is out I’m sure you’ve heard it all before But you never really had a doubt I don’t believe that anybody feels The way I do about you now And all the roads we have to walk are winding
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Ted Kooser‚ the thirteenth Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner‚ is known for his honest and accessible writing. Kooser’s poem “A Spiral Notebook” was published in 2004‚ in the book Good Poems for Hard Times‚ depicting a spiral notebook as something that represents more than its appearance. Through the use of imagery‚ diction‚ and structure‚ Ted Kooser reveals the reality of a spiral notebook to be a canvas of possibilities and goes deeper to portray the increasing complexities
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Coward of the County Kenny Rogers Must you always fight to be a man? In the song Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers a young man lives by his father’s words of “you don’t have to fight to be a man.” The first conflict of the story involves the young man’s father dying behind bars. The young man’s father died in prison when he was 10 years old. Before he died he told his son that he does not need to fight to be a man. The young man was named Tommy‚ but folks just called him yellow. Tommy was called
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Patrick Primeaux Dr. David Pulling English 1002 March 13‚ 2013 Describing Linda Pastan’s “Pass/Fail” This poem was written in a style using free verse. This means that there is no rhyming repetition and it sounds pretty much like a speech given by a person. The author of this poem‚ Linda Pastan‚ wrote this poem in 1975 to give the reader what she experienced through images. In this case‚ the images portray the worries of taking an exam and how to study. An (image) is a way to express to the
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Francesca Sciamanna English 473: American Literature Since 1914 Dr. Leone S. Hankey Midterm 1 May 2014 20th Century American Literature as a Representation of the Natural World Perhaps because America began as pioneers in the wilderness‚ its literature has a strong tradition of “nature writing”- works grounded in ideals pertaining to the natural world. As witnessed through the work of Native American writers‚ the Transcendentalists‚ and in this case‚ the Modernists nature writers of the 20th
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