Clarissa Reyna Mrs. M. Segovia English IV AP March 12, 2016 A Deeper Meaning The works of poetry are often underappreciated and overlooked. The stories of plenty are being neglected in the education of our youth. The work of Cathy Song, per say, personally has never come up prior to the assigning of this paper. In Song’s “The Youngest Daughter”, we are introduced to a variety of meanings in which an analysis full of depth is required to clearly interpret and understand what it is that the speaker is attempting to bring across through the use of clever diction. The poem in itself also contains a compilation of carefully puzzle together literary techniques that are taught to be broken down to provide a good understanding of a work of …show more content…
When analyzing literature, it is very important to take it one puzzle piece at a time. Deconstructing a work of literature can be difficult if the path isn 't taken correctly and the work isn’t completely broken down for understanding. In Cathy Song’s poem, the audience is able to understand the situation the speaker is in due to the vivid images that Song provides. The imagery in the poem can be identified as metaphorical (figure of speech in which a phrase is applied to something not literally applicable and order to suggest a resemblance). The reader can also analyze the setting through the metonymy (the use of the name of one thing for that of another thing) portrayed. Last but not least, the poem can be deconstructed with the use of the symbolism (the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities) that can be found when the poem is taken apart piece by piece. Now that we have a better understanding of what it is that is going to be analyzed, let 's begin to take a look at the poem through the eyes of a deconstructionist. Cathy Song’s “The Youngest Daughter” is clearly about a codependent relationship between a mother and daughter, the mother 's youngest daughter, to be specific. The poem is displayed in the view of first-person, for the daughter is the speaker. The poem is focused
Deconstruction or poststructuralist is a type of literary criticism that took its roots in the 1960’s. Jacques Derrida gave birth to the theory when he set out to demonstrate that all language is associated with mental images that we produce due to previous experiences. This system of literary scrutiny interprets meaning as effects from variances between words rather than their indication to the things they represent. This philosophical theory strives to reveal subconscious inconsistencies in a composition by examining deeply beneath its apparent meaning. Derrida’s theory teaches that texts are unstable and queries about the beliefs of words to embody reality.
In this stylistic analysis of the lost baby poem written by Lucille Clifton I will deal mainly with two aspects of stylistic: derivation and parallelism features present in the poem. However I will first give a general interpretation of the poem to link more easily the stylistic features with the meaning of the poem itself.
The use of symbolism and imagery is beautifully orchestrated in a magnificent dance of emotion that is resonated throughout the poem. The two main ideas that are keen to resurface are that of personal growth and freedom. Furthermore, at first glimpse this can be seen as a simple poem about a women’s struggle with her counterpart. However, this meaning can be interpreted more profoundly than just the causality of a bad relationship.
I will analyze how the authors use metaphors and rhythm. I will talk about how the sun acts like a cat’s behavior. I will also talk about how one author compared the cat’s pupils to the phases of the moon using a metaphor. I will talk about the author’s rhythm of their poems. When Mr. Herford is talking about the sun he is also comparing a cat to the sun. When Mr. Herford talks about the golden cat it does not sound like domestic. Mr. Herford said the golden cat cases a bird and that sounds like an outside thing. Mr. Herford talks about how he smiles at some hay so the cat would have to be outside. The sun is a symbol of the world not being dull.
Worthwhile poetry does make the audience think, it impacts the ways we think and how we interpret the hidden messages and morals taught throughout them. This essay aims to explore and discuss two of the following poems that make the audience think about poetry. The essays will also compare and contrast the subject matter, themes, rhyme, forms and the poetic devices and features. These poems to be analysed are On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer (‘Chapman’s Homer’) and La Belle Dame Sans Merci (‘La Belle’) both written by John Keats.
Children growing up is one of parents biggest concerns. They are constantly pondering the future of their child and whether or not they will make good choices. In “My Prayer for My Daughter” by William Yeats and “Rite of Passage” by Sharon Olds, the narrators share that same concern of a child’s future. Though a parent wants to be stern and make sure their child grow ups to be the best they shouldn’t overrule the child’s life and live it out for them. They must take a step back and let the child make his/her own mistakes and learn from them themselves. In these two poems, rhyme scheme, comparisons, point of view, and syntax express the concept of children growing up in their parent’s eyes and the fear that comes from that, but there are difference and how exactly the parent’s see their child growing up.
The poem suddenly becomes much darker in the last stanza and a Billy Collins explains how teachers, students or general readers of poetry ‘torture’ a poem by being what he believes is cruelly analytical. He says, “all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it”. Here, the poem is being personified yet again and this brings about an almost human connection between the reader and the poem. This use of personification is effective as it makes the
Howe begins her book with the poem with Mother’s Jewellery Box. The poem acts as a gateway to the main topic discussed in her other poems: the relationship between her and her Chinese heritage. By providing context for the rest of the poetry book and through the use of stylistic features, Howe is able to enforce the idea of a spiritual journey.
Richard Wilbur’s “The Writer” as well as “High School Senior” by Sharon Olds, are two poems that focus on the growth of someone’s child as person. The narrator in “The Writer” speaks about watching his daughter explore the freedoms associated with growing up as she writes a story. In “High School Senior” the speaker describes her feelings as her daughter prepares to leave for college, and describes the eternal bond the two share. Both authors tackle a similar theme and portray their love for their daughter, as well as their ideas on growing up, using similar and distinctive literary devices and techniques from the other.
I am writing this letter to inform you about a poem in Chapter Five of Perrine’s Sound and Sense. This chapter focuses on figurative languages, such as similes, metaphors, personification, apostrophes, synecdoches, and metonymies. Although I already knew what a simile, metaphor, and personification, I did not know what an apostrophe and metonymy was. An apostrophe addresses someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person or thing is present and alive and could reply to what is being said. And a synecdoche is the use or the part for the whole and metonymy is the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. In this chapter, I focused on the poem “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath.
To further elaborate how the use of metaphors and symbolism can convey a much deeper meaning we are going to analyze the poems of one particular poet that utilizes the elements
It is certainly true that one of the distinguishing features of poetic texts is the use of figurative or non-literal language – this essay highlights the fact that metaphors do contribute to the understanding of a poem. Ted Hughes’ poem, Sketching a Thatcher, is loaded with vivid imagery and ample metaphorical constructions which aids to validate this fact. In order to uncover the message behind this poem, one must take a closer look at the arguments, focus expressions and tenor/vehicle constructions of at least six local metaphorical constructions
Poetry has been an form of lyrical expression for centuries. Poems have a way of invoking a multitude of emotions in readers. Generally, if a poem is well received by the reader/readers, it can give them a sense of intense importance or emotional attachment to the poem. However, bad poetry can have the opposite effect on a reader, and completely turn them away from poetry all together. Twenty century poet, Marianne Moore, challenges this response to poetry in her poem “Poetry”. Moore discusses the ideas of bad poetry and its conciscuses with distinctive word choice, and a descending stepped like structure to create a excellent poem herself.
poems literary history before directing this analysis to the most exceptional part of this satiric poem.
It is certainly true that one of the distinguishing features of poetic texts is the use of figurative or non-literal language – this essay highlights the fact that metaphors do contribute to the understanding of a poem. Ted Hughes’ poem, Sketching a Thatcher, is loaded with vivid imagery and ample metaphorical constructions which aids to validate this fact. In order to uncover the message behind this poem, one must take a closer look at the arguments, focus expressions and tenor/vehicle constructions of at least six local metaphorical constructions of the text