Analysis Of Welcome To Society By Erin Hanson

The poems in this section are about the hardships of life and the problems that people have to face, yet there is an undertone of hope in them too, the problems may not be solved, but the poems show that there is a sense of faith in human resilience.

Most poems, new and old, almost always have an important message to teach to all those who take the time to read it. Authors use poetic devices to get their message across in creative, yet effective ways. For example, Mary Oliver carefully uses several poetic devices to teach her own personal message to her readers. Oliver’s use of the poem’s organization, diction, figurative language, and title aids in conveying the message of how small, yet vital oxygen is to all living and nonliving things in her poem, “Oxygen.”

Hardy initially uses similes to illustrate the bleak landscape, referring to the “sun [as] white” and leaves as “grey”, to emphasise his sorrowful opinion of love. Specific diction of bleak words strongly communicates his message of love being hopeless and sorrowful. He also uses personification of “starving sod”, to allude that the earth is frozen and desiring nutrients which it lacks. This creates an undesirable setting and mood of despair and sorrow expressing how he perceives love. In contrast, Browning orientates an inviting, cheerful setting through the use of similes. The scene is vibrant with “little waves that leap” and “warm sea-scented beach[es]”, allowing the reader to perceive it as joyful. This illustrates how he regards love as an uplifting experience, which brings people together. He structures his poem with no stanzas, allowing for the reader to follow the radiant journey of love. In contrast, Hardy includes stanzas allowing him to express his message though new topics. They consist of the bleak setting, his former partners eyes, her bitter smile and his message of how all love disappoints. He includes an enclosed rhyme scheme, presenting the entrapment of love, expressing no freedom and joy in relationships. In opposition, Browning uses anaphora of “and” to express how the speaker’s mind is not in the moment, looking ahead to the future where they reunite with their lover. It is evident that Hardy conveys his message of love as sorrowful and full of despair, in contrast Browning message reveals love as gracious and

Unlike other forms of literature, poetry can be so complex that everyone who reads it may see something different. Two poets who are world renowned for their ability to transform reader’s perceptions with the mere use of words, are TS Eliot and Walt Whitman. “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” by TS Eliot, tells the story of a man who is in love and contemplating confessing his emotions, but his debilitating fear of rejection stops him from going through with it. This poem skews the reader’s expectations of a love song and takes a critical perspective of love while showing all the damaging emotions that come with it. “Song of myself”, by Walt Whitman provokes a different emotion, one of joy and self-discovery. This poem focuses more on the soul and how it relates to the body. “Song of myself” and “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” both explore the common theme of how the different perceptions of the soul and body can affect the way the speaker views themselves, others, and the world around them.

In the poem “Eagle Poem,” by Joy Harjo, readers are presented a theme: “Life is beautiful if we make it that way.” Through this piece of literature, Harjo displays her idea that we live a natural circle of life, which is made beautiful by our decisions and morals as humans. The poet creates this idea by using several style accessories throughout her writing. Harjo creates an optimistic tone by using phrases like “swept clean,” “ steadily growing,” “blessed,” “kindness,” and “beauty.” Each of these words have a positive connotation.

When I first heard Ms. Drummey tell us that we would complete a project reflecting on ourselves I thought, “Oh good, this is going to be a piece of cake,” but as I sat down to choose the songs, poems, and art I would use, I discovered that this assignment would be nowhere near as easy as I had originally thought. You see, I had never truly analyzed who I am as a person and who I wanted to be. Hours upon hours of work later, I finally have a blurred sense of who I am, who I want to be, and where my life is going. Each individual entry has allowed me to realize my strengths and weaknesses, and as memories were pulled from the depths of my hippocampus, I was nearly drawn to tears.

Poetry is the creative means in which emotion is expressed through the literary art of rhythm, rhyme and repetition. Over time, the distinctive style of poetry has been altered to create great diversity branching from the traditional poetic style of writing. Missouri born author, Naomi Shihab Nye, provides a great example of a unique style of writing. Nye is a poet, songwriter and novelist whose style incorporates everyday objects in her writing to create a spontaneous, yet thoughtful connection between these everyday items and the reader. In the most basic form, Nyes’ poem is about fame. She implies that it is essentially “these little things that we overlook – all these everyday, seemingly unimportant things – are really what deserve

Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief it was presented.

This poem resonates deeply with me because it offers a different perspective to any challenges and hard times a person can face. Throughout my sophomore and junior year of high school, my attitude towards life was not optimistic. I grew towards pessimism, and would simply go through my days waiting, begging for the day to be over. I, like the narrator, had "out walked the furthest city light." I can remember just sitting through one of Coach Day's math classes and closing my eyes, envisioning the 2:55 p.m announcements coming on, and knowing that I would be able to go home.

The two short stories “Black Swan Green” written by David Mitchell and “Letters To A Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke both share a common central idea. In both stories, there is a mentee looking for advice from their mentors. The mentees have a passion for poetry and are aspiring poets. The mentors inform their mentees that someone who wants to be a poet should get their motivation from natural aspects. For one thing, It’s your natural beauty that makes you who you are as a person and a poet. Poetry is for yourself, your thoughts and ideas, not an audience.

Words cannot describe how much I needed Naomi Shihab Nye’s work in my life. Just as she said in her short story, which also happens to be one of my favorite works of hers, “My Boyfriend, John Mayer”, “I noticed with some interest how a person who is down seems much improved when faced with someone who is more down than they are. It’s all a matter of degrees” (Nye, 175). It has been so long since a poem, or a set of poems, has resonated so deeply within my person. Of course from time to time I come across one that will make me reminisce or truly think deeper than what is due the next class period, but in the blaring monotony of an unsatisfying daily routine shoved me low enough I hadn’t stopped for a moment to see others who were even farther down than I was. In an attempt to find who we are and what we want to do in life, I feel like we often abandon who we are at the given moment in attempt to capture whatever farfetched idea pops into our head or on our Facebook timeline that inspires us for a brief moment that we need more. More what? Entertainment? Adventure?

Poetry presents the words of the unspoken truths. Throughout history, many influential writers have made an impact on society through their writing. Raymond Carver, an award winning writer, wrote many poems and stories throughout his career that shaped writing for many other poets. Carver was born into a family of poverty and from a young age, he did not have an ideal relationship with his parents due to the strong use of alcohol by his father. Later in his life, Carver suffered from alcoholism as well and tried to distance himself from everyone around him and pushed a career to the side. Carver was headed down a toxic and negative path whether he liked it or not; Carver rushed into an unhealthy marriage, was diagnosed with cancer, hospitalized for his alcoholism many times and was told he was going to die. Once he moved to California and found his passion for literature, his whole life slowly turned around. He began to feel happier, quit drinking, divorced his first wife and married the love of his life, Tess Gallagher. Carver typically writes short stories and he was also a confessional poet, which was someone that broke the mold of traditional formed poetry and began to write narrative poems about their life. In Raymond Carver’s “Late Fragment,” an enforced message is that it is not necessary to dwell on the smaller things in life, because in the end it’s all up to how we feel we lived life.

It’s pretty obvious that almost everyone of you has read a poem before. And you’ll have to admit, many of the poems seem very inspiring at times. Many poets also decide to include things that are happening or that happened in real life, sometimes even events that happened throughout their everyday lives and her own feelings. Nikki Giovanni is one of those people that like to base their poems on just that. Most of her creations really give a lot of information about the whole world around us and give some type of knowledge and awareness to those who read her poems. Nikki Giovanni mostly writes about her own experiences, feelings, and thoughts.This poem will be focused on 3 of Nikki Giovanni’s wonderful and inspiring poems. The essay will also

There are multiple things in today’s world that could be considered “happy”. There’s love, relationships, childhood, beach, and many more. I have always thought poetry was my happy place because it brings joy to me reading and writing it. However being able to create this anthology made me realize even more the joy poetry really brings to me. I have learned that poetry is something very beautiful and if you can connect it to your life in some way that makes the message more appreciative. When I read poems that relate to my childhood like the ocean where I spent most of my time as a kid or even about vacations and long car rides, the poems in my anthology have showed me how to enjoy everything that I have ever gone through or done in my life.

My goal will be to agree with the author and to further his points in the essay. I plan to show that with hard work and perseverance you can accomplish a lot. I want to show that while your journey may be difficult and riddled with negativity, there is most always a light at the end of the tunnel.