Essay on Analysis of One Perfect Rose

Admittedly, form, length and literary devices are not requisite to a poem, as many fine free verse poems illustrate, but this poem does not compensate for its lack of structure by enhancing its other aspects. In Mary Oliver’s poem “Morning,” there are no devices aside from alliteration, yet Oliver’s poem is much more complex and interesting for other reasons. The imagery is more artistic, the words more creative, the syntax more fluid. Oliver describes the “linoleum,” the “wild words,” and the “curvaceous response” of the “lightly leaping” cat. The only adjectives Williams uses, “delicious,” “sweet,” and “cold,” are so common as to have been rendered banal in every reader’s mind. Rather than making “the ordinary appear extraordinary through the clarity and discreteness of his imagery,” as the Encyclopaedia Britannica asserts, Williams succeeds only in making the ordinary appear—well, ordinary.

It requires looking within the reader and gathering how the writing impacts the audience. Reading through the poem the first time, a reader may only absorb that rose-trees bear roses. Upon second reading, however, the underlying message of possibility and hope shine through. The first lines of the poem, “This rose-tree is not made to bear/ The violet blue, nor lily fair,/

In the short story “Rose” by John Biguenet, he uses symbolism to express the pain he has for his son’s death. Biguenet writes that “And he remembered that as he turned toward the flashing red light, lifting his eyes over the roses…”. I feel like this is how Biguenet expressed what his last memory was before he got the news about his son. This poem is full of examples somewhat like this one. I know from the poem that all he thought about was the roses he saw before hearing the news about his son’s death. Biguenet uses many hidden symbolic objects to express how he feels about his son’s death.

"A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner is a short story that gives most people quite a shock when it comes to the ending. The story tells about how Miss Emily Grierson changes after her father dies. Miss Emily lives in a beautiful home with an African American servant named, Tobe. After Miss Emily’s father passed away she would never leave the house. Miss Emily was in denial about her father's death. For three days Emily would tell the townspeople that her father was not dead. The townspeople began to think Miss Emily was crazy because of her behavior, “Emily’s subsequent behavior clearly shows that the death of her father was a piece of reality disavowed by her ego” (Scherting). Including, Miss Emily wouldn't pay her taxes, the eerie smell around her house and the fact she killed her lover. Emily’s life, like her decaying house, starts to suffer from attention. What else could go wrong?

Yolen enlightens and inspires responders through the use of structure, language and other techniques. The novel Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart wrenching story of sleeping beauty intertwined with the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust. The structure of the novel is altered in a way to interweave three stories including Gemma's Briar Rose fairy tale, Becca's quest and Josef's story. The use of language techniques explores the idea of the characters as it gives an understanding of their circumstances and the situations they experience. Some of the techniques Yolen uses to enlighten responders is the use of other techniques such as allegory and symbolism which acts as a metaphor in which one story represents another.

Alan Nadel in May All Your Fences Have Gates: Essays on the Drama of August Wilson states “August Wilson’s female characters are represented as nurturers” (6-7).This is exactly how August Wilson presents Rose to his readers. A key element is that Wilson names her after a flower just as his own mother; whose name was Daisy. It is apparent that through Rose, August Wilson wants us to see his mother. He intentionally portrays her as the caring, ideal woman, and one who stands by her man no matter how difficult this may be.

In 1989 Pete Rose, one of baseball’s greatest, lost all the respect he had gain in his successful career. That year, the league had brought to there attention that Pete Rose was a chronic gambler. Eventually Pete Rose ended up being banned from baseball. Now he wants a chance for a spot in the Hall of Fame, a place for baseball’s greatest. The question of whether or not Pete Rose should be accepted into the Hall of Fame has been a source of great controversy in the baseball community. The author, John Leland, address this controversy in his article, Hustling For the Hall, and attempts to prove that Rose deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Mr. Leland believes that because of Rose’s accomplishments,

Women have been the victim of unfair stereotypes and placed at different standards than men since the beginning of time. The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy and One Perfect Rose by Dorothy Parker take an in depth look at how women are viewed by the opposite gender. Although they take a different approach and have contrasting poetry styles, the theme that is portrayed is prominent for both. Hardy’s poem portrays a woman living in the Victorian Era where the norm was to be married and faithful. The character ‘Melia lives in an individualistic way and is not only unmarried, but has participated in sexual activities before marriage. With this liveliness comes riches and prosperity, but also social backlash. One Perfect Rose tells the story of a woman who receives a rose as a gift from her love interest. The unnamed persona is displeased with this rose because it is typical and thoughtless. The classic gift that men give to women is a rose, which is looked at as a romantic gesture. This poem’s purpose is to show the audience that not every girl’s dream gift is a “perfect rose.” The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy and One Perfect Rose by Dorothy Parker explore how two women break away from typical stereotypes and long for a more unconventional way of life.

Symbolism is used throughout Parker’s poem, creating an unclear connotation. She uses words such as “eager lips” to show how intense her emotions are. She feels so very strong for her companion that she is longing for, that she is hopeful for him to come back to her. Even though she misses him and wants him to come back from his trips, it is bittersweet for her because he always tells her about what exactly he has been doing while he was away. Parker also uses symbolism as she writes that her heart dies over and over, each time her companion explains how he has been with other women. This could represent that her love is dying for him each time he cheats on her, or that she is so disappointed in him that she cannot give him her whole heart. Though she seems desperate sometimes throughout the poem, I believe the female character is a strong woman who may just be intimidated by the man she loves, or even scared of what might happen if she were to leave.

In William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner uses¬ the normality of tradition versus change that is destined to occur, along with the power of death. Through the enigmatic figure of Emily Grierson, Faulkner conveys that Emily struggles to come to terms with death, rather than accepting it she tries to overrule it. As a living testament to the past, she serves as the traditions from past decades that people wish to respect and honor; nonetheless, she is also a burden and entirely disconnected from the outside world as she sees it. Within these struggles that we see our main character go through we see a tremendous significance with Emily’s home, the rose, and of course the strand of hair. Faulkner demonstrates theme and symbolism to fully capture the

“The Rose Tree” by Joseph Jacobs and “Hansel and Gretel” by Brothers Grimm are two stories that fall under the “Hansel and Gretel” category. While these stories are similar, they are also different in many ways. In “The Rose Tree” the villainous stepmother becomes jealous of her step daughters beauty, so she has the girl get an axe and chopping block. Afterwards, she cooks her, her father eats her, and her brother buries her bones. She then comes back as a beautiful white bird, and seeks revenge on her stepmother. In “Hansel and Gretel” the little family is scarce on bread. So, the stepmother makes the decision to lead the children into the woods and leave them there. The lost children then find a house made of food. Inside, lives an evil witch who captures and tries to eat the children. Luckily the children kill the witch and return home to their father. Over all, both stories show a lack of love for the children, but with “The Rose Tree” all the characters are less mature.

A young man, no older than seventeen, rises in the morning, reluctant and restless, to attend school, to witness diversity and socialize, and to learn, as mandated by those governing his country, the United States of America. He walks into his kitchen to grab breakfast before he leaves, grudgingly acknowledging a lecture from his mother and father about the evils in the twenty-first century – the prevalent drugs on the street, the rampant violence, the abhorrent depiction of sex in the media, socialism. When he senses the end of the lecture - he is hardly listening – he waves goodbye and gets into his car. In the fifteen minutes it takes for him to weave through traffic to reach

There are various ways to depict a certain theme, a common way being transmitted through the tone. Two separate poems illustrate the same theme, yet do it through their different respective tones. The villanelles, Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” and Martha Collins “The Story We Know” both convey a theme of love and loss; However, Bishop displays an indifferent, self-loathing tone, while Collins portrays a familiar, accepting tone. In “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop, her use of literary elements help her achieve an attempted detached, nonchalant tone that veils confused internal emotions equating to loss.

From 1933 to 1945, Germany was under the leadership of Adolf Hitler and the Nationalist Socialist German Party, or Nazi Party. The group promoted German pride and Anti-Semitism, hate towards Jews, and expressed disgust towards the Treaty of Versailles, a peace document signed between Germany and the Allies at the end of World War 1 (History.com Staff). In order to grow his movement, Hitler recruited Germans for his armies, his factory workers, and his death camp guards. Because of this, it was easy to assume that all Germans supported the Nazi dictatorship and the ideas they preached. However, throughout this time period many Germans of different political and religious beliefs came together to protest against the regime.

A lot can be surmised during the short excerpt, but unless you watch the movie the viewers guessed conclusion could be correct or incorrect. The initial thought was how did this man die? Did he die of an illness or was he poisoned, maybe by Rosebud. Using the ominous music and gray, cloudy, and deserted scenery, one would guess that the man died with unusual circumstances. But on the other hand, it seemed to be at the owner’s secluded home with a nurse on duty, pointing to an illness. The real plot can only be discovered by watching the rest of the movie.