Analysis Of For The Fire By John Foulcher

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Poems and songs may have strength in literary terms, but have you ever wondered what makes them powerful? In this essay, there will be analyzed two poems “The Boy Died in my Alley” and “Daddy”, as well as the song “Firework” in which theme, metaphor, and repetition are the literary devices that make them powerful.

The imagery used in this verse appeals to the sense sight. This helps the reader visualise what the writer is taking about. It also allows the reader to relate and connect more to the poem.

Second, striking similes are used throughout the whole poem. The speaker does not content himself with using age-old phrases or comparisons. His similes are unique and gripping. "Like old beggars under sacks," "like a man in fire or lime," and "like a devil's sick of sin," help to add vivid mental pictures to the poem. The soldier's uniforms are ripped and threadbare from all the fighting, and they are so exhausted that they bend over as they walk. The man that breathed the mustard gas is in such incredible pain that all he can do is jerk about as if he were on fire. After a while, the gas causes his face to sag until he resembles something from the horrors of hell. The speaker's similes are ones that cause the reader to stop and just think about what is being described

Another aspect to this poem that is very important would be the figurative language. The author uses a lot of similes and metaphors throughout further illustrate this father’s ridiculous ways. The speaker uses the simile “snaked like dragons” to describe the fire engines, this was a good choice in comparison because when you think of a dragon you automatically think of bright fires and then when you continue on the thought you think of their crouched down tiptoes

Memoirs of war often reflect the positive or negative experiences endured throughout battle. Considered by many to be one of the best memoirs of World War I, Hervey Allen’s “Toward the Flame”, recalls his own experiences of battle. His recollection of events shows that he had a negative image of war and that there was nothing glorious about it. What started out looking like a man’s greatest adventure turned into a shell-shocking reality that war is actually horrible and trying. Allen’s experiences with consistent hunger, mustard gas, and artillery shellings led to his disillusionment with war, and left him with a permanent hatred of battle.

Ultimately, the title of the book, the phoenix, the salamander, the liquid kerosene, and the color red are all part of an intricate conglomerate of symbols which all lead to fire. And fire is what moves Ray Bradbury’s novel along. For example, from the very first pages of the book, the readers can see the clear cut definition of fire in what Montag does for a living and what sweet Clarisse thinks. In fact, Clarisse tells Montag, “So many people are. Afraid of firemen, I mean. But you're just a man, after all…” (Bradbury, page 3). In stating so, she highlights how people are afraid of firemen because of the fear of fire, which means annihilation and loss. Yet, Clarisse reminds Montag of a gentle candle-light. Perhaps, fire also symbolizes the

Ilan Stavans says that Juan Rulfo’s book, The Plain in Flames, is best represented by the phrase realismo crudo. Stavans defines this phrase as “a type of realism interested in the rawness of life”, meaning that he characterizes Rulfo’s writing as an unfiltered view into the lives of the average Mexican (Stavans, xi). By writing in this style, Rulfo is able to provide “an image—instead of just a description—of our landscape” as stated by Octavio Paz (xv). To create this image, Rulfo broke his story writing the process down into three separate steps. As paraphrased by Ilan Stavans, the first step “is to create a character”, the second step “is to place him in an environment where he might move around” and the third step “is to discover how the character expresses himself” (xiii). Rulfo was able to repeatedly crafted stories that were filled with high levels of realismo crudo by using that special three-step process. By creating his protagonist, crafting an environment for said protagonist, and allowing the character to express themselves within this environment, Rulfo crafted a three-tier image of post-revolutionary life in Mexico that has never been seen before.

A Time for Burning, is a short documentary on the churches response to racial tension. This film was very stimulating for a time a change and I think it was a mirror for a lot of people in the churches and elsewhere. There was a lot of hidden bias and racial tension, and racial discrimination that wasn’t on the surface. The film is displayed on the concept of cinema veritee; where the camera gets what it can and then the people who are getting filmed become familiar with it and they view the camera persons who are making the film as part of their community at the time. As I result of that, as the viewer I felt that I got much more honest than scripted lines or if they asked them to prepare predetermined statements and all that. The documentary travel on a journey of white Omaha pastor, Bill Youngdhal in his effort to link the racial rift in his segregated community. He worked for the Lutheran Church in civil rights, at a 1,000 member all white church. His outwardly temperate initiative towards integration does not go so well with a lot of the congregation members. As his journey to thought-provoking the prejudiced views towards race, he visits and discusses members of his congregation as well as African Americans at a nearby church.

To imitate Margaret Atwood's poem, “Eating Fire” I used many different literary devices and technics to portray her style of writing. Margaret used a very powerful, flowing image in her poem, with the use of soft/flowy words such as shoot, fourth, unrolling and scroll. This lead me to the decision of using a more softer descriptor word pallet for my poem, I chose the words: life, breath, vivid, warm and glossy to display a powerful flowing imagine in my piece. I also noticed that Margaret's poem used the theme of having a specific apparent start and end for the poem as if the second line in her piece was meant to be the beginning of something, and the last line represented the ending. I imitated this by using words such as “start” to clearly

The way a text is read or the readings that are applied to that text can highlight different aspects with in it. Contextual ideologies, gender, cultural identity and post-modernist elements can be looked at to help illuminate the text, meaning to help make sense of or understand the text. Philip Salom’s ‘Bushfire’ (1998) is plainly about a man who is in a fire fighter, fighting a bushfire, however the poem alludes to first world war. The physical setting of the poem is in the Australian bush. The readings applied to ‘Bushfire’ by a reader can lend the poem to different assumptions or meanings. Particular readings are more prevalent with ‘Bushfire’ than others. By understanding the context of the Author, it is often easier to make assumptions on the meaning of the poem. The poem can be seen as an

When one decides to look past the flowery language and romanticized ideas present in literature and society, it becomes apparent that nature is a cold, brutal, and unforgiving place. The comfort that comes from believing each individual holds a special place in life is belittled by the sad truth that the universe is not too concerned with whether or not each person on the planet lives or dies. The trend of naturalism that appears in American literature during the post Civil War era capitalizes on this way of thought, and brings out themes of the cruelty of the world in a matter-of-a-fact way. Ultimately, Jack London’s To Build a Fire is a stark but realistic presentation of man and the natural world that displays the characteristics of naturalist writing.

One common theme in “To Build a Fire” is pride. The protagonist throughout the story believes himself as tough and almost “unbreakable.” He looks down on the old-timer from Sulphur Creek, saying that “those old men were rather womanish.” The protagonist’s hubris is so great that he believes the harsh weather can’t stop him from reaching his destination. Even when the protagonist falls into the river, a very dangerous situation out in such harsh conditions, the protagonist only worries about how this setback will delay him a few hours. The main character’s hubris prevents him from realizing the danger of the setting until it is too late. Another theme in “To Build a Fire” is the indifference of nature toward humans. This theme is closely linked with the conflict posed by the setting. Jack London’s descriptions of the Yukon wilderness present it as an unforgiving place, covered in an “indescribable darkness.” The dog is a prime example of the uncaring attitude nature presents toward humans. The dog only cares about its survival. As stated in the story, “there was no real bond between the dog and man.” When the dog catches “the smell of death,” it immediately leaves the protagonist’s body toward the camp for food and for warmth. Neither the dog nor the environment show any care for the protagonist’s well-being. This, with the addition of the protagonist’s hubris, spell a death trap in the man’s conflict against the

Line one there is the use of fire imagery with “the Tyger” “burning bright” “Tyger Tyger, burning bright,” Another can be found in line six, “burnt the fire of thine eyes". In line 14 there is not only a direct reference to the idea of fire but there is also the whole idea of the stanza being in relation to a forge. Line 14 says "in what furnace was thy brain" Another example if imagery is in line 10. “Could twist the sinews of thy heart?” With sinews meaning strong connections to either bone or muscle. So with the context of the third stanza referring to who the creator is as a person, the author questions the power and capabilities of the creator and what he or she can do to the

Teasdale starts the poem with descriptive imagery, but excludes any human interactions. Teasdale writes “the smell of the ground/ And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;/ And frogs in the pools singing at night,/ And wild plum-trees in tremulous white;/ Robins will wear their feathery fire/ Whistling their whims on low-fence wire.” Since the swallows, frogs, robins, and trees are all described interacting with nature, this shows nature holds the power instead of humans. Humans were not included in this description showing they are inferior to nature. Natures relationship to nature is described, “Not one would mind, neither bird not tree/ If mankind perished utterly” (Teasdale). This is saying if mankind was completely gone, nature would still be lively. Nature would not falter without human beings. Two particular capitalizations of words show this power difference, “mankind… Spring” (Teasdale). Mankind is lower case and Spring, which relate directly to nature, is capitalized. This shows the significance of Nature over Humans. Two of the poems have shown nature as the powerful figure in the relationship between nature and human beings, but these two can exist parallel to each