Albanian Pride

Language is a remarkable thing. It can convey every thought, feeling, and emotion with perfect accuracy. Almost exclusively, language has taken awkward, unfit animals out of nature and made them rulers over the earth and many of its elements. When used well, it has the power to change an individual's view of the world, make someone believe they have seen something they have not, and even more astonishingly, look inside one's self and see what exists. If language is mixed with the tempo of music, something new arises; poetry is born. When words and ideas are set to a beat, they can far more subtly convey concepts that would otherwise need to be explicitly stated and the poem can be appreciated more as a whole,

In the Anglo-Saxon epic poems “The Wife’s Lament,” “The Wanderer,” and “The Seafarer,” the authors make their poetry much more interesting and enjoyable by inserting literary devices that add meaning and cohesiveness to each line. Each poem contains multiple literary devices such as kennings, caesuras, and imagery. These tools work together in order to add mood and transparency to the poetry.

How does the poet use language forms, features and structures to convey ideas and feelings?

What criteria make up a poem? According to Terry Eagleton’s book How to Read a Poem, it suggests that a “poem is a fictional, verbally inventive moral statement in which it is the author, rather than the printer or word processor, who decides where the lines should end” (25). Terry Eagleton uses his own opinion to characterize what aspects he believes make up a poem. Eagleton argues that form and content are two different terms in regards to poetry; however, the form of a poem helps relate to the content of a poem. Some people think poetry is similar to prose, but according to Terry Eagleton that is not accurate. Eagleton states poetry is different than prose in the way poetry is structured and the way it uses language. Maya Angelou’s

The poem I picked is The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. I found many forms of figurative language in this poem but I will be talking about three different types. I will be talking about rhyme, personification, as well as metaphors. The theme of this poem is death. About the sorrow, pain, worry,and just everything that goes along with the death of someone you love. The tone of this poem is melancholic which means great sadness or even depression.

The poem uses poetic and language devices such as metaphors, similes, connotations, assonance, repetition, and rhyme.

research or go to other sources to learn about your poem. It is just between you and the poem.

The song “Ross Capicchioni” by Joyner Lucas can be a prime example of a literary piece because of its plot, multi perspectives, and tone throughout the song. Manipulating words so that it could fit into different rhyming schemes to set a specific tone has added a dramatic and poetic effect on literary writings. A good plot is one of, if not the most critical part of a literary piece because it keeps a reader, viewer or listener interested in the piece. Lastly, the multi perspectives of the piece makes it literary because of the ability to imagine and “bring to life” both points of views are rare in writings, songs and poems.

poems deal with a variety of themes – life, love, loss and pain along with the

First, one of the most effective ways that poets provide meaning in their work is through the use of imagery. In doing so, the author provides the reader with direct detailed descriptions of objects,

In society the word “soldier” creates importance. The common usage of the word is an individual who fights or is a part of an army. In the United States a soldier displays utmost importance. The natural feeling one can get when encountering a soldier is pride, freedom, bravery and safety. When looking back to US history a soldier has proven essential to priceless building of American character. The struggles of injustice and fear have been and still continue to be defended with soldiers. The United States invests and trains thousands of soldiers. The Army, Navy, Air force, and Marines are just a few branches of the US military that characterizes the meaning of national pride. Although, the world encounters different perspectives with the term “soldiers”; they can be the opposite of an opposing countries ideology. The US loves their soldier, but countries that have lost to the US military see soldiers inducing fear, power and havoc. The Iraq and Iran wars are seen from the US to gain freedom from possible terror but innocent civilians of these countries see US soldiers as raiders, bringing fear and posing hostility (Dreazen). They fight for something and thus this is the drive to making a soldier.

The double “I’s” are the most important aspect of this poem and need to be understood. Everything in this poem is revolving around them. These “I’s” are undifferentiated,

Another one of the most important aspects of a great poem, is it’s form. The author’s

I’ll focus on what I took away from the poems I had read — themes, symbolism, form and message — the issues I faced trying to pen these poems and the decisions I made regarding the feedback I received from my peers.

The use of visual imagery in each poem immensely contributed to conveying the theme. In the poem