Analysis Of Helena Mesa's Poem 'The Players'

The simple actions of the “chase” eventually develop more complicated actions displaying the avoidance to be dragged down. The metamorphosis of the narrative from realism to surrealism happens in the poems ending depicting the pile of stacked bodies as

One of the things that is so fascinating about poetry is that it allows readers to discover and sometimes challenge and channel their emotions as well as their understanding. A poem’s words as well as its structure can reveal many things to its intended audience. In “Myth” by Natasha Trethewey, the poems form is just as important as the words she writes, becoming a map for the journey Trethewey takes, using transitions to take us from one place to another. The nature of the poem therefor becomes multifaceted, as it encourages the reader to think about the speaker’s words and use of form and structure she uses to craft this epic story. Using form as a tool, Trethewey is able to use structure as a way to guide us as readers and the speaker across the conscious and unconscious thoughts and dreams the speaker faces in this story.

Patricia talks about going to a Christian Endeavours Friday nights, and having a pretty normal school life (minus symptoms of her DID; blurry memory, confusions of learning subject or meeting people.) She was a Brownie and participate in the Girls Brigade, similar things that normal girls did growing up then and now (Nobles,2006,43-44). She had friends and played with kids in her neighborhood she was sometimes a ‘normal’ girl. Another thing that rubbed me the wrong way was the part about the vacation to Jersey (Nobles, 2011, 47), the girls knew that their father wasn’t going, but when they get to the station Kim finds out she isn’t going either. I found myself saying the questions she was saying to her self, “why was she not going, what had she done?” Some one that Patricia expresses her love for her is her ‘friend’ Lillian in Chapter 8 who she attended Warlingham, she shares how much she appreciated her later for her patience. Kim was constantly questioning her about school, why she was there, why she couldn’t go home, why her dad brought her back after being sent home for just a few hours (Nobles,2011,132). Her mother had a huge drinking problem and while Patricia also though she had one, I think she was just simply trying to just justify why she was blacking out. She was always asking her self “why don’t I remember anything, why am I always feeling like time is just flying by”. Her mother heavily drank through her entire childhood and into her adult hood it was a big

Baseball Dirt in the air, swirling Like a funnel cloud Cracks Everywhere Off the Bat they go Soaring slow Catching flight Flying high, like an airplane Hearing, the crack of the bat Seeing, it lifting up and taking flight

When viewing the stanza of the poem “Analysis of Baseball” the author describes the game of baseball. Using the elements personification, onomatopoeia, consonance and, rhymes words. So, therefore the poem can come alive to many baseball fans. The author also uses metaphor to compare bat, ball, and mitt.

Are Roberto 's aspirations based on fact? Can he convert his status from undocumented worker to legal resident? How might you go about finding out whether this is possible?

Apart from that, the poem consists of a series of turns that reflect different parts of the speaker’s feelings and the experiences he had. The significance of these turns is made possible through the use of stanza breaks. For example, the first

The Poem "Response to Executive Order 9066," by Dwight Okita and the shorty story "Mericans" by Sandra Cisneros's both interpret the meaning or theme that even though you may not be FULLY American or have all the American roots that one does, you can still have a stronger attachment to the American identity more than you would have on your own culture/race's identity. This poem and short story both give examples by stating things that either character from the story likes about the American identity and how strongly connected they are to it. In the Poem "Response to Executive 9066" by Dwight Okita, gives a straight forward statement in the beginning of the story stated by a little Japanese girl saying that all though her race and roots are Japanese, she thinks chop sticks are weird and hard to use which is seen very confusing due to the fact that she is Japanese and chop sticks are a highly used utensil in Japan and China. She also then stated that hotdogs are her favorite food which is known for an American food, giving a connection to the theme that all though you may not be American or originate from here, you can however be attachment to America and its roots can be strong.

Feeling beautiful deals with many factors but it has become incumbent with focus being placed on the physical aspects of person Una Marson writes about beauty and how it drives many women into changing their features and making those features fit into the standard of beauty. Her poem, “Kinky Haired Blues” speaks about that notion, of women wanting to assimilate to what the norm is. Specifically women of ethnic minorities, she talks more about Black Women and the pressure for them to bleach their skin and to iron their hair. Matters such as race are at forefront of the issues in her society and of the society we currently live in today. Una Marson’s poem “Kinky Hair Blues” speaks to the idea of beauty and the standard of beauty. And how many

. . should burn and rave at the close of day”(2). This means that old men should fight when they are dying and their age should not prevent them from resisting death. Another example of personification in the poem is “Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay”(8). This line personifies the men’s frail deeds by saying that they could have danced. This means that the potential actions of the men could have flourished and contributed greatly to their lives. The metaphor “. . . words had forked no lightning. . .”(5) is about how the men had done nothing significant with their lives. They had not achieved anything great or caused a major change. The simile “Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay” is about how even grave and serious men will fight against death for as long as they can. Another notable example of figurative language within the poem is “. . . blinding sight”(13). This oxymoron details how the men can see very well and it is very obvious to them that they will die soon, but they know that they can control how they will leave this world. There is an abundance of imagery within this poem, a few examples of which are “. . . danced in a green bay”(8), and “. . . caught and sang the sun in flight”(10) . These examples of imagery are both appealing to the sense of sight by using descriptive words such as “Green” and “danced” in the first example and words such as “caught” and “flight” among others. The second example also appeals to the sense of sound by

Poet Style Analysis Barbara Tran is a poet who relates to society,because her poems are about problems in real life. In both of her poems, “Fodder” and “Rules of the game”, Barabara uses imagery to show the connection to life. An example is “..the separation of the weakest from the pack.” In this quote, Barbara is trying to say that if you’re in a group and you’re weak, you are going to removed out of the group. Another example is “Even the soft-hearted of us can stomach it”.

The Wanderer and The Dream of the Rood are two Old English poems that demonstrate the link between lord and thane. This bond, also known as the comitatus, is highlighted with imagery to effectively portray the physical intimacy involved. The idea that everything is fleeting is emphasized to show the significance of the comitatus. Furthermore, the beauty of the relationship is shown by contrasting the shame that the Wanderer feels at the end of the poem to the honour and glory that is thrown upon the cross after it willingly suffers along with Christ. In all, the ideals of the comitatus during the Medieval Times are clearly advocated through the illustration of the physical intimacy, shame and honour involved in the two poems.

Whether by going to a soccer game, or even reading a wife’s poems, because everyone wants the support of their loved ones, especially while pursuing their dreams. This is a poem that cannot be taken at face value. Lockward took traditional poetic elements such as rhyme, sound, and stanzas and put a unique spin on them. Her use of rhyme doesn’t follow the “traditional” guidelines and that is very refreshing. The rhymes she uses do not leap out when read, this poem but must be carefully consider and studied, which is fantastic.

In a connection to the game of Go, wherein players aim to surround their opponent’s stones, the speaker appears to be drowning in remorse; “I have lost the feather of poetry/ and the rains/ of separation/ surround us tock/ tock like Go tablets” (Stanza 1, Lines 4-8). This effect is achieved with the onomatopoeic sound of Go stones clacking, which distracts and muffles the senses, which is experienced by players who spend extensive amounts of time playing board games. With repetition, one can be overwhelmed by the sound. In the same quote, “rains of separation” is symbolic, marking the beginning of the separation with his love, and establishes the motivation for the stanzas that follow. Additionally, “feather of poetry” describes the speaker’s wisdom, which he believes has been dulled. The extended metaphor is realized when the speaker ends with the personification of blood representing his family’s struggles; “all the wise blood/ poured from little cuts/ down into the sink” (Stanza 5, Lines 22-24). Indeed, a comparison drawn between unfaithfulness to familial decay is exposed by Ondaatje. A sympathetic mood is prompted by the victimization of the speaker, conveying the feeling that humans’ mistakes have lasting effects - intentional or

Poetry is a reduced dialect that communicates complex emotions. To comprehend the numerous implications of a ballad, perusers must analyze its words and expressing from the points of view of beat, sound, pictures, clear importance, and suggested meaning. Perusers then need to sort out reactions to the verse into a consistent, point-by-point clarification. Poetry utilizes structures and traditions to propose differential translation to words, or to summon emotive reactions. Gadgets, for example, sound similarity, similar sounding word usage, likeness in sound and cadence are at times used to accomplish musical or incantatory impacts.