Analysis Of The Poem ' Kuwl '

Beauty is a subjective idea that focuses on the characteristics preferable to a single species that gives an advantage over another and at the cost of another species survival. Humans have created astounding empires with beautiful cities and monuments because they were the most progressive species that are able to do so because of their capacity for violence. Some empires fear for their survival, so they must eliminate any threat whether it be humans or other animals. The poem, “Thanks” by Yusef Komunyakaa, it symbolizes how humans can become single minded only driven by their own personal desires at the sake of anyone else. Humans naturally commit ugly atrocities to progress their own beauty, or at least idea of, and they instinctively oppose nature because mankind is the dark side of nature.

The relationship between father and son changes over time, and molds along with the people in encapsulates. As in real life, the father and son who inhabit Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” experience sudden changes within their relationship as the time passes on. The son’s cries for a story that slowly change into adult conversations throughout the poem indicate that with maturity and age comes both understanding and hostility.

The poem “A Story” by Li young Lee tells of a young child asking his father for story. The boy simply wants a story that he has never heard, his father is bombarded with panic as he seems to think he is disappointing his son. Through analysis of structure, points of view and metaphors this seemingly simple story is transformed into a deep meaningful poem about a complex relationship between a father and son.

Saying that, no one person thinks the same, it’s what makes us all unique. Though, I would be pleased to say these tie together to make my definition make sense. The first part of my definition, resilience is the capability of a person to bounce back from a hard time. I fixated on this to explain my life experience in having to be resilient with my family members to get to where we are now. The second parts, to get back on their feet after stumbling, was expressed by Jeannette Walls. Again and again, we seem to notice a pattern in the book where the Walls family move to somewhere new and build a whole life there. They don’t let their past stop them and through the hard times, they still manage to build something new for themselves. The last part, to understand that there is no end and you can always become better, would be from Elizabeth Edwards for support. From her book on resilience, the quote used states that if you are resilient, you’d be able to judge what you can do from there. This connects to my definition because it explains that resilience helps you deal and even become better when you

Resilience is the power or the ability to return to the original form. “Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range” (94). Father Gregory Boyle says this because he knows that resilience is needed in order to change. Resilience is important because we can become better people by doing things, we thought we couldn’t do. In the book, Tattoos on the Heart, The Power of Boundless Compassion, Boyle claims resilience is essential in our lives because it is the key to do better.

Billy Collins creates poems that are readable by all, and injected with humor, but has larger social implications. Collins creates a scene in a planetarium to discuss earth in relation to other planets. Collins’s “Earthling” creates an appreciation of our life as earthlings. Billy Collins in his poem Earthling creates an appreciation for the earth. The use of polar opposites in measurable qualities, such as weight and the characteristics of planets fuels Collin’s appreciation of the earth.

W.E.B Du Bois makes points of having a double consciousness and being behind a veil. While Booker T. Washington points out that there is a dignity to be found in fruits from labor. In the reading of “Long Black Song,” by Richard Wright, he uses both of these points in his text to make the story come alive. Although, creatively both Du Bois and Washington’s points can be found hidden within the text; it is clear within this short story that Wright leaned to agree more with Du Bois points than he did with Washington’s points.

Liana, I really like how you disuceesed the man having control of the girls thoughts. I think this story goes along with the common theme of life, a women doing whatever she can to please a man and going through whatever obstacles she can just to avoid upsetting him. In this story, the women and the man having differing opinions on whether she should receive the abortion or not. She can either metaphorically get on board with her lover and get the abortion as he wants her to, or she can say goodbye as he leaves on the train and she chooses to have her baby. The way they view the hills is similar to how they view life. She feels as though there is more than what meets the eye. There is more to life than just what you see. She is tired of aimlessly

Greetings Cocalico students, staff, faculty, family, and friends. Like many of you I have been anticipating this day since the beginning of senior year, and WOW what a fun year it has been. We’ve won a league football title, shared a few laughs, tore apart the spirit monkey, shared a few laughs, we had our tennis and lacrosse teams go into districts, shared a few laughs, and most importantly, make some lifelong memories along the way (and did I mention share a few laughs). Today I am going to transform the ever popular saying “YOLO” (You only live once) into a more realistic, and more fitting phrase, YODO. YODO is not the famous Star Wars character Yoda’s brother, but rather the title of my speech and more importantly the phrase I live by

In "Quickdraw" the poem seems to have 14 lines, not counting the two lines that are broken up by themselves,but, it doesn 't follow the normalities of an original sonnet as it breaks some of the rules of the sonnet. It doesn 't have a consistent iambic pentameter, inferring that the relationship between the couple is fractious and broken, putting an huge effect on the reader to emphasis the strong feelings of hatred the couple has for one another. In addition, the quatrains that are structured in the poem look very familiar to the shape of a gun. A gun, used for self defence or to bring someone to harm demonstrates the conflict the couple has between each other. To the point were both is in need of protection which they can only resort to a gun, violence. Furthermore, "Quickdraw" is telling a story to the readers, but as you read further down the poem the narrator seems as though she is suffering more as you go down each quatrain caused by the fractious relationship she is currently in; further amplifying how crippled the relationship is between the couple . The use of enjambment is used in quatrain 2 and 3, were the lines are broken away from the quatrain when they clearly could have fitted it on the last line to make it a 14 line sonnet. However, the use of enjambment could indicate the fragmented state the relationship is in;showing the strong feelings of hatred. These broken up lines have turned the poem "Quickdraw" to a broken sonnet suggesting an emotional outburst of

Kohana starts by giving me a short summary of her life before she became a mother. She attended a two year woman’s college right after graduating from high school. Shortly after graduating she became engaged to Mr. Hoshino. Sheepishly, she confesses that she was not as focused on her studies as her children are. When she sees her two children coming back from school she feels envious. They have accomplished more than she did at their age. Like any mother she wants her children to have the best. She was ecstatic when Yuriko made into such a selective junior high. Her heart leapt for joy when she say her daughter was at the top of her class.

Surjeet has taught at the Vancouver Community College since 2001. She also works as a counsellor for battered women and continues to write. Many of the works by Kalsey reflect women's issues in Indo-Canadian life. Violence against women and violence within the family are but a few of the issues that emerge in her plays, poetry and short stories. Although little has been written about Surjeet Kalsey, she delivers a powerful spirit in poems such as 'Disowning Oneself where she speaks of the struggle of women and their desire to be free. Tree and leaf analogies in Surjeet's poems describe emotions such as bliss and jealousy and portray the struggle of women.

Reverend Dr. Jerry M. Carter, Jr. from Morristown, New Jersey, was the speaker at the Doctor of Ministry service on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. He is the Senior Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, by way of Columbus, Ohio.

Sahgal aptly suggests her faith and hope through the symbolic limbless beggar. The beggar, who looks “a great bone arch,” “more insect than animal”, “a monster ant” with “eyes glaring with intelligence” (13) is the reality many shudder to face. He is the living evidence of man’s inhumanity to man – as he asserts his rights, his hands are chopped off by his land-lord and he gets no redress from the political leaders who are all “land-lords at heart.” The mutilation does not intimidate his spirit and he remains a fearless fighter for freedom. When Nishi’s servants try to drag him to the vasectomy camp, he thrashes out, handless and crippled though, and flings himself out of their reach. Ironically, Rose, who warms him day after day to be

Kachchh is visually one of the most stunning districts of India. The landscape continuously surprises the human eye; in that there is something akin to timelessness of great art about the landscape of Kachchh. A line of a Kachchhi poem reflects Kachchh - dhingi dhara, dhinga dhor, dhingi boli, dhinga bol- meaning: This earth is firm, these animals are tough, this speech is strong, and this language is powerful.