Nothing is Ever Thrown Away: The Dana Gioia Poetry Project By: Jonathan Chiang By: Jonathan Chiang Chiang 1 Chiang 1 “Infinity is Open to Your Sight”: A Brief Biography of Dana Gioia “Dana Gioia is a prominent advocate for the restoration of meter‚ rhyme‚ and traditional formal structures to American poetry” (Muratori). He is considered to be one of the best known poets affiliated with the New Formalism movement. This movement emphasized traditional poetic techniques as well as narrative
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Dana Gioia offers convincing argument on the importance of reading‚ which has been dramatically declining for decades. In fact‚ an ability to read critically is fundamental for social interactions‚ range of thinking and even sustainability of society. To build the argument profoundly‚ author uses variety of facts and studies‚ personal anecdote and conclusions. Throughout the passage‚ Gioia includes institutional surveys such as: Survey if Public Participation in the arts‚ Survey of Literary reading
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“Money breeds money” ‚ In other words ‚ money creates money. Have you ever heard the expression ‚ “You have to spend money to make money” ? Well ‚ it’s the same approach. Dana Gioia’s poem “Money” appealed to me for this same reason. It seemed so ironic to me that the greatest necessity we need like money is recyclable. In Gioia’s poem ‚ he pretty much summarized what we all do with money. Every stanza describes a different perspective of how we look at and spend money. The poem is basically a
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Dana Gioia builds up a very strong argument by having an abundance of factual evidence. That help her back up her every claim. Therefore‚ she is able to persuade the reader on the topic of how there is a decline in the intellectual endurance of Americas new millennials. there is a decadence in intellectual development The New American young adults have shown a decline based off the fact that people are no longer introducing literature into their lives in her article she says “A strange thing has
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Throughout the passage‚ the author‚ Dana Gioia‚ guides the reader’s opinion to resemble his own through the use of persuasive literary tactics. Emotionally charged language‚ referencing credible sources and presenting factual evidence all assist Gioia to persuade the reader to believe the decline of reading in America negatively impacts today’s youth. Gioia uses language that provokes the reader’s emotions to help him form a cogent argument. To relay that Gioia believes America’s youth needs to read
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Planting a Sequoia Dana Gioia uses the premise of planting a tree to help the reader explore the connection between the opposing ideas of life and death‚ hope and loss. The poem "Planting a Sequoia" by Dana Gioia is written from a fathers pespective . He reflects on the lose of his infant son and the grief he experiences as a result and how he deals with it. The poem has five stanza’s with five lines each which could refer to five stages of life‚ infant‚ child‚ teen‚ adult and old age. The poem
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In response to the decline of reading in America‚ writer Dana Gioia argues that the lack of reading will result in a poor outcome of future american society in the article “Why Literature Matters”. Dana builds an argument using data‚ restatement‚ and emotional appeals. Gioia starts of this article by telling the readers “While income rose to unforeseen levels‚ college attendance ballooned‚ and access to information increased enormously‚ the interest young Americans showed in the arts - and especially
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thought that the decrease in young adults reading is not a problem could you be persuaded? Dana Gioia states that there will be many negative effects in the United States from lack of literature. Some might find that his argument is very effective in persuading your ideas. Although you can build an argument with anything‚ there are certain persuasion tips that seem to help express your side. In some paragraphs Dana uses statistics and studies to prove some of his points. For example‚ one of his study
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Dana Gioia was once a business executive before become a writer‚ poet‚ and critic. He is much recognize‚ acclaimed‚ and awarded. President George W. Bush named him Chairman of the National Endowment for Arts in 2003. Money is a poem that is included in Dana Gioia’s book”The God’s of Winter.” This poem talks about something that everyone is very familiar with in their own way‚ money. No matter who you are‚ you know what money is and what money can do or cannot do for you. Dana Gioia illustrates
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According to “Why Literature Matters” written by Dana Gioia‚ there has been a downturn of reading in America. Gioia believes that he decline of reading in America will have a negative effect on society. He supports his theory with logic‚ reasoning‚ statistics‚ and facts. Gioia’s objective is to persuade people‚ particularly the younger generation‚ to read regularly. The downfall in reading is an immense issue in America. Gioia backs up his thoughts with logic and reasoning when he writes “The
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