Analysis Of The Poem ' Easter '

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Happy is he who comes in the name of the lord. Hosanna in the highest.

After the number of sinners gathered around the altar dwindled until the young Hughes was left alone, his aunt sobbed,” Why don’t you come and be saved? Oh, Lamb of God! Why don’t you come be saved?” (158) To appease his aunt’s wishes, Hughes pretend to receive salvation. However, this is not where Hughes desire to please his aunt is most evident. After returning home, Hughes’s aunt heard him crying and thought it was because he had received the Holy Ghost. Hughes then writes,” I was really crying because I couldn’t bear to tell her that I had lied … that I hadn’t seen Jesus, and now that I didn’t believe there was a Jesus anymore, since he didn’t come to help me.” (159) The story ends on this heartbreaking quote that emphasizes, not only the absurd amount of pressure a young Hughes had to withstand, but also the lengths he would go to in order to please his

O? Lord Hear, Our Prayer, Come And Listen To Us, O?Lord You Are Just In All Your Ways, We Exalt Thee, Bless The Lord O? My Soul And Bless Your Holy Name, Holy! Holy! Holy! You Are Lord God Almighty, We Worship You O? Lord In Spirit And In Truth, Blessing To You The Creator Of All, O? Lord You Are So Wonderful, Mighty And All Powerful. We Love And Adore You. Thanks O?Lord For Blessing These Your People. To You O? Lord We Give All The Praises, Glory, and Honor For Ever. Amen! Amen!

Later in the night he cried; his aunt told his uncle that he was crying because of the Holy Ghost in his life; when instead he was crying because he questioned if God existed or not for he did not come for him when he was on the bench with the other children. He didn’t believe there was a Jesus anymore.

John Nicholson Ireland(1879-1962) was a British composer who was consistently inspired by nature. He was born in Bowden, Cheshire, UK, and was orphaned by the time he was 15. Throughout his life, he frequently visited the Channel Islands where he was moved by the natural beauty. Rupert Brooke(1887-1915) was a poet, born in Rugby, Warwickshire, UK. Both Ireland and Brooke lived in the same time period, and were effected by the same historical events. Britain was knee deep in a world war for most of their adult lives. The war is known to have inspired some of Brooke’s most well known poems, but Spring Sorrow was neither mans most popular work.

Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Clark went to the scripture which came from the gospel of Luke 19:10 He started talking about how Jesus passed through Jericho doing good. Wherever Jesus went he was on a mission, and had a purpose. There was a man name Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was short in statue. Zacchaeus sought to see Jesus and who he was. Dr. Clark considered Zacchaeus a wise man, whoever seeks to see Jesus is wise. However Zacchaeus could not see Jesus for the crowd was in his way, it posed a problem in his attempt to see Jesus.

Using the carnival as a background is appropriate because it is a time of celebration when everything is in chaos and people have lost their self-control. The carnival may be a symbol of Montresor’s own madness and the crazy thoughts in his head. The carnival usually indicates joyful social interaction but it is distorted by Montresor. Montresor’s reference to the bones and vaults of his family foreshadow the story’s descent into the underworld. The underground travels of the two men are a metaphor for their trip to hell. The carnival is essentially for the living but Montresor takes it into the vaults underground, to the realm of the dead and the satanic. The setting Poe chose for the story adds to the terror. Most of the events of the story runs in dark, damp tunnels piled with the bones of dead people. By taking Fortunato into the vaults, Montresor cuts him off from help. The two characters are underground and isolated.

The nobleman asks Jesus again to come and save his son. Jesus tells the man that he can go home; that his son will live. Now, what I find interesting is that the nobleman didn’t even question Jesus or continue begging him to come with him. The nobleman simply left to go home believing that what Jesus had said was true. There is no mention anywhere in the Gospel of John of this man or how he knew of Jesus. It makes sense to me that the nobleman must have witnessed one of Jesus’ thereby reinforcing his faith in Him.

May the Grace of His birth, and the power of His resurrection continue to abide with us His beloved.

•“I’ve come from above to rescue those below and call them to higher things, just as the One who sent me to you commanded me.” (Infancy Gospel of Thomas 8:2)

The poem "Easter Wings" is in the shape of genuine wings. The visual form of the wings represents that this poem has an authentic form and it isn't your average poem. The poem is in iambic rhythm with the ABABACDCDC. There is withal a non-stress/stress pattern transpiring. The wordplay is an intriguing topic, the poem is in the shape of what the denomination is. Supplementally, the length of the lines corresponds to the poems mood. Each of the longest lines of each stanza (line 1 and 11) are ecstatic moments. While the final lines of each stanza (lines 10 and 20) are paradoxes and look towards a negative

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