Analysis Of The Poem ' Mother The Meddler '

Sharlet Cannon English 1302-56328 Professor T. Heflin August 9th, 2015 The Mother Abortion, a sensitive topic most people don’t want to talk about or try to figure out ways for it to be out-lawed. " The Mother," a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks looks at abortion from a mothers’ point of view. This poem deals with the heartfelt emotions that a woman may go through after she has had an abortion. The theme, tone and figures of speech written displays overwhelming regret tormenting her mind.

On September 11th 2001, 70 years old Rita Laser lost her brother. Along with Kelly, Colleen, David, Eva, and Amber who as well lost someone special to them in the attack. Many of the victims families hid in silence after the attack, full of sadness, the government was trying to get revenge for the victims that were lost in the attack. However Rita Laser had a different outlook, she and others did not want revenge by killing other, her, Kelly, Colleen, David, Eva, and Amber were all trying to install peace into the world not start a war. In Sue Halpern’s “A Peaceful Mourning” describes that in the aftermath of the attack they have all devoted their lives into advocating peace throughout the world, in their lost one’s name.

In beginning of “Marigolds,” by Eugenia Collier, Lizabeth is indirectly characterized childish and disrespectful as she shows that doesn’t really care about anybody other than herself. In the story, Lizabeth mentions an event in which she did not act like a child and calls it “devastating” Since Lizabeth finds the idea of maturing devastating, Lizabeth’s motivation is that she does not want to grow up. Since she does not want to grow up, she creates an internal conflict for herself. As the story progresses, Lizabeth and her friends are looking for something to do and they come to the idea to terrorize their neighbor, Miss Lottie. The story states,” The idea caught on at once, for annoying Miss Lottie was always

A Mother to her Waking Infant was first published in 1790; the poem is narrated by a mother who is focusing her thoughts and words towards her newborn baby. The poem is directed solely at the child of the title, with the mothers words starting as the child awakes, Now in thy dazzling half-oped eye. Joanna Baillie uses a number of techniques to mirror and represent a new mothers emotions and affections for her child. The meter and form of the poem help to emphasise these emotions and the various other uses of language contribute to the effect of the piece on a reader.

“Once upon a time there was a wife and mother one too many times” (Godwin 39). This short story begins with the famous opening, once upon a time, which foreshadows that the story line will be similar to a fairy tale. It raises expectations for the story that all will be magical and end happily. A typical modern-day fairy tale is that of a distressed character who overcomes an obstacle, falls in love with prince charming, and they ride off into the sunset; living happily ever after never to be heard from again. Godwin however, puts an unexpected twist on “A Sorrowful Woman”. This short story is a tale about what can happen when everyday roles take over our identity. Ultimately, this short story challenges societal expectations of marriage

The title itself alludes to “The Unknown Soldier,” almost parodying it. According to Georgia Virtual School, an unknown soldier died in battle, however, the body is unrecognizable. It is also known that soldiers are tagged. The fact that the title is the way it is and the subtitle mimics a tag implies that the lives of common folk is so insignificant and uneventful that they might just as well be unknown since they are just another face in the vast crowd of people. This relays a metaphor in the eyes of the reader.

The things that make one human are convoluted. That’s why in a world where everyone strives for simplicity, people are often eluded by the nature of humanity. They often overlook certain aspects of a person in favor of simplicity, reducing them to a single idea which fails to encompass all the facets of an individual, which is what happens to the Henrietta Lacks’ family in Rebecca Skloots recounting of their story called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. However, this has its ramifications. Even though many feel it is simpler to dismiss the messier details of humanity in favor of cold hard facts, Skloot shows that major consequences arrive when these personal elements are overlooked.

Thomas Weelkes (c 1576-1623) was an Organist and a composer. He studied music at Oxford, and eventually secured positions as an organist at Winchester College then Chichester Cathedral as a choirmaster. Weelkes was a daring composer, using many dissonances amongst five voices and varying rhythms tremendously. Nevertheless, he garnered significant success during his time and wrote some of the best English madrigals. One of his most known pieces, O Care, thou wilt despatch me is an interesting literary work as it has numerous contrasting lines. The primary lines express a melancholic mood, but is juxtaposed with the gleeful phrase “Fa la la”. Weelkes emulates this the poem’s tone through the use of word painting throughout the music.

The book, Lament For a Son, written by Nicholas Wolterstorff talks about his pain and grief after losing his 25-year-old son (Joy, 2009). His son died while on a mountain-climbing expedition. Dr. Wolterstorff has several books published during his career as a philosophical theology professor in Yale Divinity. However, he wrote Lament for a Son with a different journal style since it is a personal thing for him. The book is similar to a journal as he narrates the events that happened before and after his son’s death. The emotions expressed in the book are common among people who lose close relatives. What matters is how a person handles the issue. Kubler-Ross invented the five stages of grief; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptancethat explain the escalation of grief when stricken by bad news (Axelrod, 2004). The paper looks into the book and its relation to the five stages of grief.

The curiosity of Artie about Vladek saying that Anja was not pretty, during the fight between Vladek and Lucia, incites Artie to interrupt Vladek’s story of the past. The interruptions that Art Spiegelman writes into his comic, Maus My Father Bleed History, breaks up Vladek’s story about surviving the Holocaust, which is what happens in the scene with Vladek and Lucia’s fight. Spiegelman uses the interruptions of Vladek’s story to lead out of it and then back into Maus to assist in clarifying information for the reader, to show the father-son relationship between Artie and Vladek, and also to explain how Maus was written.

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.

In the poem “The Other Woman”(212) by Karen Hesse in the novel Out of the Dust, Billie Jo shares to the reader about her impression of the new woman in her father’s life: Louise. Without trying, Billie Jo admires her straightforward manner and the comic relief that she brought with her to their home. Louise's positive impact on Bayard begins to shine through to Billie Joe when he admits to her that he had never wanted he to go away to live with her Aunt Ellis. For now, our protagonist is eager to see if the new partner in her widowed father’s life will begin to push her out of it, when she was “just finding (her) way back into it.” By using repetition in the fifth stanza “she knew Daddy

In the first stanza it is the semantic field of water: ‘waters’ (twice), ‘sea’, ‘drowning’ and ‘being drawn’. As I mentioned earlier, water is often the symbol of life but it also evokes tears, sadness and despair.

The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa, whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor to the theme of feminism when she describes the women in the poem overpowering the man that hurt her.

Introduction: Katherine Mansfield was a well acclaimed author born in 1888. Her literature was in the form of short stories spanning no more than several passages long. Many dub her as an innovator in literature for her distinctive use of realism and symbolism which at the time was foreign to short stories and writing in general. Most authors at the time fabricated fictional worlds with fantastic characters in their stories but Mansfield was more interested in writing and emerging her audience into stories about realistic people in everyday environments facing internal struggle,which gained her much attention. Many of her pieces are also autobiographical as they subtly reference many moments and mixed emotions that Katherine had