Analysis Of The Poem ' The Worst Goodbye '

The poem “To This Day” written by Shane Koyczan, the symbolism is the black things grabbing the kid. This is showing that words do hurt and it stays with you this is shown through the whole story of the pain and suffering of the kid. This is said " who used to say that rhyme sticks and stones as if broken bones hurt more than the names we got called" this is showing word do hurt and the black things grabbing him is showing that like a broken bone it still hurts over time just like words do. With this evidence it shows that if you don't want to be called that don't say it at all.

Michael Ondaatje uses a unique approach on how a father can communicate affectionately to his teenage daughter through the use of dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue, otherwise known as a persona poem, is a monologue in which the character is talking to an unidentifiable listener at a dramatic moment in the speaker’s life. One of Canada’s greatly renowned authors, Ondaatje, is a native of Sri Lanka, but became a Canadian citizen as a young adult. He is well-known for his novel, “An English Patient”, which was made into an Academy Award winning movie (Davis). Ondaatje 's poem, “To a Sad Daughter”, is a first person narrative written in free verse. “To a Sad Daughter”, follows the character development of the daughter as she pursues her fascination in hockey. As the narrator recollects memories concerning his daughter, he describes his admiration for the type of person that she is; mentioning that he adores her moods, her flaws, and her eccentricity. He would use the term love however, the daughter is uncomfortable when he expresses that amount of affection towards her. One of the common fallacies about a father’s relationship with his children is that they are irrationally strict; nonetheless, Ondaatje’s use of subtle figurative language, organic imagery, and tone in “To a Sad Daughter” contradicts this misconception by discussing a father and daughter’s relationship through the father’s perspective.

A central preoccupation of Stevens’ Waving Adieu, Adieu, Adieu is the potency within actions. The poem explores the complications arising from actions to elucidate ambiguities within the simplest of gestures. This correlates to an essay by John W. Steen, who states, “the poem works through the possibilities for a zero degree of communication, trying to understand how, without ‘crying and shouting,’ or even ‘moving,’ the speaker could still communicate a ‘farewell’” (32). Nonetheless, Steen focuses on the possibility that “not-communicating clears a path for the reception of communication from others” (34), and this assumption of Stevens’ poetics is merely tangential to the poem’s depiction of communication. The text indeed exhibits the complications of communication, though it is a subversion of direct communication, of confining actions to any singular emotion or abstract concept. Initially, the text introduces “waving” in its title, with no determiner, pronoun, or adjective to display the action’s universality among the plural adieus. Furthermore, epizeuxis allows the polyphonic implication that each adieu belongs to a particular individual and denotes the universality of this phrase; however, repetition also invokes its many connotations. In effect, the first adieu can embody sadness, the second can be joyful, the final can be angry, or vice versa so that all of these sentiments and more compose the action of

Death is a topic that unites all of humanity. While it can be uncomfortable to think about, confronting death in unavoidable. “Dying” addresses that discomfort and universal unwillingness to consider the inevitability of death. Pinsky’s use of imagery, symbolism, and tone create a poetic experience that is like death, something every reader can relate to. In “Dying,” Pinsky describes how people are oblivious and almost uncaring when it comes to the thought of death. Pinsky is trying to convince the reader that they shouldn’t ignore the concept of death because life is shorter than it seems.

In the poem “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan is filed with metaphors and symbols that represent the feeling of a child growing up and moving out onto their own. There comes a time when every parent must send off their child into the world, and these parents feel a multitude of things when sending them off. It paints a picture of a father teaching his young daughter to ride a bike, but uses this image to represent a child growing up. The mixed feeling of pride and fear as the child grows up and moves out of the nest. The use of first person past tense shows us that the narrator is recalling the time they taught their child to ride a bike and are reliving that experience with the child moving out again. The fright of watching your child speed down the road towards life is portrayed from the start and continues throughout the poem. A good parent is always worried about their child’s wellbeing; they will always worry as they watch their children head straight to the destruction that comes with living life. Though the good parent will try their best to teach their child how to ride their bike into adulthood. This poem uses imagery, word choice, and metaphor to express the fears a parent has when sending their child out on their own into the world.

The poems “Daily” and “There is No Word For Goodbye,” are similar and different in many ways. They both have the same overall theme about maintaining hope. The use of imagery in these poems help relay the overall message of maintaining hope as well.

The poem “Suicide’s Note” by Langston Hughes is a deep and emotional poem that is shown as the result of the imagery and literary devices present in the poem.

Of all the joys that nature has to offer, my favorite is berry picking. Whether it be strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, I love picking, and eating, them all. I enjoy watching berry canes and bushes grow and produce fruit, and I have many fond memories of this process. Because this poem reminds me of my Grandma, details every step of blackberry growth, and makes me appreciate nature more, I love the way this poem encourages me to appreciate the joy and simplicity of nature.

Neglected and left for dead, man’s best friend shows the importance of never leaving its companion’s side. Under circumstances of weakness, mankind tends to put aside important factors of their daily lives and focus on themselves. However, a dog even when suffering internally, will put aside its pain and strive for its companions love and approval. Updike in the poem, Dog’s Death, uses the concept of diction, imagery, and symbolism to show readers the loyalty of a dog throughout its life no matter the circumstance that approaches its daily life.

There is an Italian proverb that states, “Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves.” People might chuckle when they hear that the first time, but what it actually means is try to make the best of the worst situation. This is very important for people to remember in society today, especially since many people go through rough times and just mourn over their situation instead of staying positive. Also some people don’t recognize how grateful they should be for the things they have. This proverb can be seen in Martin Luther King, Jr., Helen Keller, the recovery and volunteers who contributed in the Joplin tornado, and even in a poem by Tirzah Conway, called Making the Best of a Bad Situation.

Lily answers Gabriel so sharply, because she is confident enough in herself to know she does not need a man as Gabriel suggests. He gives her money to cover it up, because he is so embarrassed. Gabriel is “discomposed by the girl’s bitter and sudden retort’, because it was unexpected and also upset him enough to give her money.

A comparison of Sharon Olds’ “Still Life in Landscape” with Linda Pastan’s “I Am Learning to Abandon the World.”

Often times we hear people say, “Whenever I _____, I’m going to leave this town and go somewhere new”. In fact, sometimes we are the ones saying this. This promise is especially heard in high school, when students discuss their college plans. But how many people actually end up leaving the state they live in? How many dare to venture out to different states and countries far away from home? In Poetry of Departures, Philip Larkin (the poet) states that there are only two types of people- those who leave, and those who stay.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon is recognized as the most read British poet of the early nineteenth century. Landon is regarded as a renaissance woman—among the first wave of women to gain individual recognition, financial independence, prestigious literary acclaim, and supporters of her unique style of poetry. Landon published an enormous amount of literature from 1820-1838; generating seven book of poetry, creating literary annuals, authoring three novels, several children’s stories, publishing translations, a number of short stories, and providing literary reviews/criticism. The quality of Landon’s work speaks for itself and is consistently reviewed in the literary society. For this paper I intended to compare and contrast the textual similarities and differences of Letitia Elizabeth Landon and George Gordon, Lord Byron—using literary devices and subject matter.

When reading the poem “Home Burial,” you automatically assume that the story has to deal with the death of something or somebody. The couple in this poem has lost their child. The mother I in deep despair as she has the right too because, she carried the baby for nine months. It is obvious that she has never recovered from this loss, while the husband presents himself as if the whole thing never happened. Most people in this position gradually work out a way of dealing with their grief, and go on with their lives. I feel as if despite the husband 's attempt to try to forget the incident, he could 've shown a little more compassion for his wife. I believe that the wife 's foggy mood, makes her outlook on her life and marriage so bad that she ends up making both her husband and herself victims of her issues. Just because, the husband didn 't show the same amount of emotion that she did. That doesn 't give her the right to just throw off all her emotional distress on him.