Analysis Of ' Chocolate ' By Rita Doves

The tone of this poem is a mixture of emotions. She seems to enjoy being in his company, although the stories he shares break her heart. She expresses her conflicting feeling when she states the following:

Construct a close reading of this poem that demonstrates your awareness of the poet’s body of work.

What is the overall TONE of this poem and how do you come to that conclusion? (what is

What is unusual about Pastan?s poem is the way she effectively conveys these sentiments by the

She reads the poem she is quiet, but her quietness made the poem more powerful. She doesn’t put any facial expressions which are good when it comes to this poem because it talks about hiding your true feelings from everybody. And when she reads the poem it shows what she feels when she read Langston Hughes poem. She was neutral and not at the same time.

In this poem you may have to fill in a few blanks to get it. At first it doesn't make sense because you don't have all of the information you need. In some cases you will understand the words and you will be on your way, but in other cases you won't get it and that's when you need to dig into the meanings of some of the words to figure it out. For example I didn't know what it mean by the word gold, then I realized it could mean good or perfect.

The only part of the poem that I haven’t discussed is the question at the end where she asks “Why, beautiful, still finger are you black?” I pretty much have a theory for the rest of the poem and reasons to back it up, but I am

In Chapter Nine of Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel is committed to a narrative style. She focuses on the struggles Tita de la Garza undergoes due to things such as family and forbidden passion. Obstacles have always been a part of Tita’s life where even happiness leads to sorrow. At this point of the story, Tita is faced with a dilemma that will alter the outcome of her future. The author breathes life into the novel through a series recipe shifts from Tita’s childhood memories to present quandaries Tita must eventually confront, and she applies motifs; allowing the audience to connect to the characters that constantly develop or alter with each issue that blossoms.

symbolic richness, but at the same time the poem supplies the reader with a wide

In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by

The tone is acerbic and depressing, and the the mood of the soliloquy is dark and

her far from herself. In one line in the poem she brings us starkly into the world of a

Yes Dove does find chocolate irresistible and I know this because she says "any woman would gladly crumble to ruin" which means how any woman including herself would do anything for chocolate. In addition Dove states "how you numb me with your rich attentions." Which I can infer means that whenever she has the chocolate it looks so good that it practically attracts her to eat it's nice warm flavor. Last of all Dove says "Enough chatter: I am ready to fall in love!" I think that this means that she can no longer resist the majestic taste of chocolate and is now willing to admit how she desperately wishes for it's beautiful lovely

The poem is structured with 26 lines and each line is of nearly equal length. There is fluidity

for the whole poem which he compares his love as a summer’s day. In lines 5-6 we see another