Analysis Of A Quiet Passion By Terence Davies

Recently I studied two poems with the same theme, “Lucozade “By Jackie Kay and “Visiting Hour “ By Norman McCaig. Both poets talk about death and by using a word set they create a mental image of what is happening and this reminds me of times were I had to visit loved ones and how emotional it was.

A poem that I find relatable is “Ars Poetica?” by Czeslaw Milosz. Milosz’s writing on line twenty-four stood out like a sore thumb to me, “As leafing through a thousand works fresh from psychiatric clinics” (701). I can relate with this because that line sums up poetry, especially when I write it, it’s a therapy session for the author that occasionally helps the reader with their own problems. Poetry is an outlet for expression and decompression helping the author to express their own feelings in a positive manner and occasionally helping the reader to say something they couldn’t find the words for. We are all human and experience the same emotions, it just so happens that sometimes someone else say’s it for us.

Poems are centerpieces for human emotions. They can feature an array of passions ranging from bright and peaceful to angry and sad. For most people, somberness is not very alluring, but for those who have been through a traumatic event such as a school shooting, poems that begin in sorrow and conclude with hope are most fitting. These poems are sometimes used inside obituaries to help restore peace to a broken family. One poet whose poem heals people is Nikki Giovanni. In her, “We are Virginia Tech,” she addresses a crowd who has fallen victim to a tragedy. The facts that poetry is therapeutic in times of stress, its cadence affect emotions, and that it is inspirational during times of loss, proves “the healing effect” that Giovanni believes is prevalent in poetry.

In the world buying the things you want compared to buying the things you need is a consist problem for many people in America. Depending on a person’s financial situation, they might never be able to buy the things they want and just focus on the things they need. Most middle class Americans focus on paying for essential things such as: food, water, housing, and transport. My views towards consumerism is that people should focus on quality overbecause there are some moments in life that lower quality things will have negative effects.

Poems are centerpieces for human emotions. They can feature an array of passions ranging from bright and peaceful to angry and sad. Somberness is not very alluring to most people, but to those who have been through a traumatic event such as a school shooting, poems that begin in sorrow and conclude with hope are most fitting. These poems are sometimes used inside obituaries to help restore peace to a broken family. One poet whose poem heals people is Nikki Giovanni. In her, “We are Virginia Tech,” she addresses a crowd who has fallen victim to a tragedy. The facts that poetry is therapeutic in times of stress, its cadence affect emotions, and that it is inspirational during times of loss, proves “the healing effect” that Giovanni believes is prevalent in poetry.

The two poems I chose to analyze were “Curandera” by Pat Mora and “Loose Woman” by Sandra Cisneros. They were an interesting read and made sure to reread several times to make sure I got everything I could from them. Both poems are so unique from other poems I have read; they are also unique from each other yet share similarities as well.

The first poem I am going to study is 'Valentine ' by Carol Ann Duffy. In 'Valentine ' Duffy introduces the reader to her own symbol of love, the onion, which is unusual because the onion is a very tremble, malodorous, bitter and unromantic entity. Duffy throughout the poem uses the onion as a metaphor for love and develops it in different ways to demonstrate parallels between the onion and love.

I feel lost in the million trails of this mountain. Seeing the beautiful moonlight as it drifts away like a butterfly. Wishing, I could play the piano keys again. Memories of my childhood, coming back to haunt me. But yet, here I am, lost in this wilderness. This short poem I wrote when I was in high school. I was going through a lot of family problems my brother had cancer, and my younger sister was going through depression. I turned to poetry to hide away the pain that I was feeling. In poetry there are several genres, but the three main ones are lyric, narrative and dramatic.

Poems are the most simplistic way to express one’s feelings and beliefs through writing. Poets mostly try express love, loss, death, some may speak from their own experience or for the sake of their characters who tend to be quite sophisticated. They tend to write about these 3 topics commonly due to the fact that practically everyone has experienced this sort of emotion. Poetry has existed since man could write, to Aristotle, to Victorian times and now to the present day where it is internationally used. Poems are now used to promote movements for the benefit of the world, varying from poverty to the sustainability of the environment; of which most have been successful due to poetry being able to connect with the reader, even if they are not in the same situation. However they are still able to feel what their character is feeling and what state of mind they are in. Poems also tend to be short so that the reader does not loose concentration nor loose the power of the poem, but instead the poet chooses to write to a short limithowever they choose their words carefully so that the reader will be intrigued and contemplated the whole way through the poem however leave the poembeing fascinated.

There are so many beautiful pieces of poetry that people write to express how they feel and their purpose in the world. Annie Matheson and Emily Dickinson write poetry to explore who they are with words of intelligence. Poetry gives people a way to express themselves with figurative language which Matheson and Dickinson use a lot in their writing. Poems have themes, a tone, characters, irony, symbolism and much more significances to why poems are inspiring. The poems Sleep by Annie Matheson and from X and XXI by Emily Dickinson demonstrates a lot of different figurative language and symbolism that makes these poems so valued.

My poem is “If You Were Coming in the Fall “ by Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson was hugely considered an introvert during her life and it was surprising that she wrote this poem. Emily also suffered a lot of death during her life so probably adds to the mood of this poem. This poem revolves around a woman who waits for lover to one day come home. The woman would progressively mention how she would sacrifice different feats of time to see her lover. She starts with the seasons, then years, and eternity. Thus, the woman is annoyed that her man could pop in at any time and the suspense kills her. The theme of the poem is people will sacrifice moments of their lives to spend time with the people that they love.

The poem that I have selected for this essay is “Talking to Grief” by Denise Levertov. I chose this poem because it talks about grief. It also talks about the place that grief should have in a person’s life. The poem describes grief, and compares it to a “homeless dog.” It also describes how a dog deserves its own place in the house, instead of living under a porch or being homeless. This poem talks about how a person can be aware that grief is present, but that it is not always acknowledged and accepted. We all experience grief in different ways, and for different reasons. Everyone deals with grief in their own personal way. This poem describes a point in a person’s life when they are ready to accept grief as a part of their life

Emily Dickinson, a more calm writer, wrote about what she knew and what intrigued her. She used imagery from nature, religion, love, reality, and death in each of her poems. Using pathos, she writes her poems with strong satire which

Depression affects 350 million people and is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Everyone deals with depression a different way but it is not easy, the best way is to see a professional and talk about it to try to let it all out, but most people come up with their own way. Depressed modern poets such as Jack Kerouac and Sylvia Plath tried to shock themselves into reality and heal their depression and feelings about certain subjects with alcohol and electroconvulsive therapy but could not. They both decided to chose the outlet of poetry and release their negative feelings by writing about similar themes. This becomes evident when one draws similarities between themes such as isolation, nature and love proven by examining The Big Sur by Jack Kerouac and many poetic works from Sylvia Plath. Being a popular poet can do alot to one, and if ones fans only care about their work and not their true feelings the artist tends to feel isolated.

Emily Dickinson wrote many poems in her lifetime. She writes two of my favorite poems. They are: ?I heard a Fly buzz when I died? and ?Because I could not stop for Death?. They both have similarities and differences from each other.