Analysis Of The Poem ' Jake Pond '

Robert Frost and William Shakespeare have been celebrated by many people because of their ability to express themselves through the written word. Here we are years after their deaths analyzing these fascinating poems about life and death. It’s clear they had similar thoughts about this subject at the time of these writings, even though their characters could not have been more opposite. For both poets, life is too

In Alistair McLeod’s collection of short stories the Lost Salt Gift of Blood; death seems to be a constant companion. Death is important and perhaps even symbolic in this collection of short stories. It is important because it has the power to affect people and relationships, invokes freedom and even predetermines ones future, through the death of animal’s people and the impending death of others.

In the first place, the quiet small pond shows the readers the boy’s life story and the world that he lives in. In the beginning of the story, the author writes, “The mystery of the pond held the boy and he became part of the pond, (Crabtree 70). The young boy finds the pond

First and foremost, the pond in the story is alluded to not be a physical pond. It is given many different human qualities because Crabtree used personification to expose the fact that the pond was actually the boy. For example,

“Chris Orr was a good respectful young kid, there was nothing wrong with him except he was a heroin addict” stated Rick Anderson, local pier bowl merchant and longtime San Clemente local. Personally, I remember growing up in San Clemente, CA and waking up each morning and walking out on to my family deck and looking out onto the beach, thinking to myself how lucky my family was for the opportunity to be by the beach. I loved the beach, the feel of the ocean’s spray upon my face, the sand beneath my toes, but it wasn’t until heroin began to directly affect the lives of people around me that I truly began to understand that something darker lingered along the shoreline. For example, Chris was my friend, we grew up together, we played together as kids, and as we got older, we partied together. For a short while Chris even lived at my house. His sweet personality and loving heart made him hard to resist. No matter how much we loved him, he had a problem and he just couldn’t seem to overcome it. Finally, Chris lost his struggle with addiction in 2002. Many people mourned the light that was extinguished on that day, thought of what could have and what should have been done differently to prevent such a tragic death. Since his death, I have lost several friends to heroin use and the numbers are growing in this small beach community. In examining the reasons behind the recent increase heroin use in Orange County, including the impact on the youth, available medical

In the book the location starts and ends at the pond to show the circle of their life and how they end up always coming back to the same place after everything. The pond represents closure and a safe place away from society to them. It’s ironic that Lennie meets his death at the pond because it’s a place they would go, talk about their dreams and a place to be safe. The book shows the pond is a safe place with the way they describe the place and the adjectives they use. In the beginning of the book it says, “The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.” That quote from the book shows how calming and safe the pond feels to them. While when Lennie meets his death at

Death is simply a part of life, and, is therefore, inevitable. Losing a loved one, or watching the life slowly leave them over time, can be can be an extremely painful experience. However, it can teach a person about themselves and the world around them. In the short memoir, “The Aquarium,” Aleksandar Hemon uses the fatal illness of his daughter, Isabel to communicate the idea that life is full of trials and tribulations that cannot be avoided and that said trials can cause a person to feel ostracized from those who are close to them.

Knowles expresses the youth and innocence of the characters through the Devon river and Summer. The Devon represented a carefree-innocent life. The Devon was “… the fresh water … where[they] had so much fun all summer” (Knowles 76). The Devon almost acted as safe haven to the boys. The Devon was the place where they climbed and jumped off the tree. Each time they jumped off the tree branch it was almost as if they were jumping out of their worries that they had. The worries they had created for themselves because they were protected by the Masters of the school from any real issues. The Summer applied in the same way. The Summer was always favored and fun. It looked as if even the masters of the school “… seemed to be modifying their usual

The poem is written in second person with a very conversational tone and structure that invokes imagery of the town itself. The use of second person creates a feeling of closeness to the conversation in the poem. The “you”, while not directly addressing the reader, invites the reader to reflect upon his/her own life in parallel. The conversational tone adds a sense of familiarity to the town for the reader. When physically turned sideways, the poem looks like an open field in Montana: mostly flat, with a few bumps up and down. There are four stanzas, providing a slightly different structure from the simple beginning, middle, and end that readers normally expect. Hugo is quoted saying that “[In] The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir. . . Montana

Through his life-affirming poem, “The Waking,” Theodore Roethke explores the cycle of life using life and death as metaphors to describe how we come to a more enlightened state of being. From a primary reading of his poem “The Waking,” only a simple understanding of the poem is attainable, as Roethke does not give his work a defined setting or subject. In addition, it seems that the poem is very simplistic and does not require much attention to understand or interpret. However, upon revisiting the poem multiple times, it can be inferred that Roethke intentionally uses various paradoxes and nature imagery to symbolize aspects of life in order to help the reader understand his outlook on how to endure life and in order to evoke and develop the theme of the cyclical pattern of life.

The poem The Fish by Marianne Moore has eight stanzas that contain five lines each with an “AABBC” rhyme scheme. The Fish occurs in a body of water from the perspective of a fish with a third-person omniscient speaker who describes all the actions occurring. The poem has a unique line structure where each two lines of the stanza become more indented than the previous two lines before resetting for the next stanza. Moore also uses poetic device such as Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Rhyme, and Enjambment to form each stanza. The Fish begins with a metaphor describing the movement of the fish as well as what the water looks like, “The Fish/wade/through black jade” (324), (note the first stanza only makes sense with the inclusion of the title).

g a more spiritual side of the poem: “Beyond this place of wrath and tears/looms the Horror of the shade” (lines 11 and 12). The “place of wrath and tears” of which Henley writes is the world we live in, the place where we are the prey of circumstance and the prisoners of chance. Beyond it, however, Henley suggests that there is more by expressing his belief in an afterlife, but he does not simply relegate the “Beyond” to simple optimism. Line 12’s “Horror of the shade” is the unknown that is across the threshold of life and death

I don’t know what to write this poem about I could write about Jake’s gross pit hair Or poop, but let’s not take that nasty route What is this supposed to even share? The fact that I am not a good poet, Or that I still wet the bed sometimes?

Everyone is born to live and to die. People go through life fearing the inevitable which in the end is always death. Ernest Hemingway wrote two short stories that examine this idea of life and death through the use of a variety of different symbols. In both “Indian Camp” and “The Killers”, Hemingway examines these ideas by putting forth a character named Nick Adams. Nick Adams develops as a character throughout these stories ultimately learning lessons about life and death that will better his understanding of the world. Nick goes from having an imperfect immature understanding of death in the “Indian Camp” to a more mature and grown up understanding in “The Killers”. In “Indian Camp”, Nick believes that the only way one will die is if they kill themselves. Nicks father also brings Nick to the Indian Camp where his father will deliver a baby. Nicks father wants Nick to watch the birth and learn the importance of life, but instead the procedure takes a turn for the worst and Nick becomes disturbed by what he sees. In “The Killers”, Nicks understanding of death becomes more understood when he notices how Ole Anderson has given up on life and has ultimately taught Nick the lesson that death is inevitable. By his use of light and characters lying down in bed facing the wall in both “The Killers” and “Indian Camp”, Hemingway is attempting to show us how Nick develops a better understanding of light and death.

In the words of Edward Hopper, " If you could say it in words, there’d be no reason to paint.” Walking into the Dubuque Museum of Art was a brand new experience. Having never been there before I did not know what to expect. The major exhibiting going on at the time was Janet Ruttenberg Figure In The Landscape Kathy Ruttenberg Landscape In The Figure. I am not going to lie, the first painting I saw of Janet Ruttenberg’s was not my favorite, it looks unfinished and very simple to accomplish. Just then right when I walked around the corner I saw this huge and beautiful work of art. Janet Ruttenberg is truly an artist that pays attention to detail, and can paint beautifully, realistically, and gracefully. The painting Scheme is such a huge and beautiful painting.