Analyzing The Poem Out Of The Texas Hill Country

In “America the beautiful” the author’s use of diction creates an uplifting spiritual tone in the poem.The author uses the same words “oh beautiful for…”focusing not on America's flaws but on the beauty. For instance the start of stanza 4 she writes “o beautiful 4 heroes proved in liberty strife who more than self her country loved and marymor than life”.She apads for the people who believe in freedom of america by sacrificing their lives for their

If an artist were to paint a picture depicting the poem “Oregon Winter” by Jeanne McGahey the colors that would predominate are gray and brown. Some of the visual details are the gray farmhouses with gray smoke coming from the chimneys. There would be soaked green hills in the background and brown “blotches of wet on the dusty road” leading up to the houses and barns. Visible from the windows of the barns are lofts piled high with wet yellow straws. The picture would also capture the sagging plumages of the wild geese flying in the sky next to the bloated gray clouds bursting with rain. Finally, there would be farmers conducting their chores, getting drenched in the slow, heavy rain of winter. It is dreary, and no one is in a rush.

Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.

In Natasha Trethewey’s poetry collection Native Guard, the reader is exposed to the story of Trethewey’s growing up in the southern United States and the tragedy which she encountered during her younger years, in addition to her experiences with prejudice and to issues surrounding prejudice within the society she is living in. Throughout this work, Trethewey often refers to graves and provides compelling imagery regarding the burial of the dead. Within Trethewey’s work, the recurring imagery surrounding graves evolves from the graves simply serving as a personal reminder of the past, to a statement on the collective memory of society and comments on how Trethewey is troubled with what society has forgotten as it signifies a willingness to overlook the dehumanization of a large group of people.

You swine. You vulgar little maggot. You worthless bag of filth. As they say in

The Sun Ranch is located in Gravelly Range,South-west Montanna. This Ranch lies three thousand meters above sea level and stretches until the alluring Beaverhead River,which provides gratifying views for the eye,especially the picturesque sight of the sunset from the highest ridge of the Gravelly Range; that turns an eddy of red,orange and ocher before the sun finally disappears into the duskiness of the night.The glimpse of those tinges gushing across the Gravellies glimmering the small towns near the Twin Bridge gives you tremendous contentedness .

Originally named The Muleskinners, The Hamilton County Bluegrass band was founded by a group of university students in Auckland in 1962.[9] For the young members, their first encounter with bluegrass would be the theme song “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” from the television show The Beverly Hillbillies. The show was one of the few American shows airing on New Zealand television at the time. The Flatt and Scruggs theme tune and Scruggs style banjo influenced player Paul Trenwith, who said “that’s how I wanted to learn banjo, and we found out there was a whole music genre that went with that, so we chased that up.”[10] Television was one of the key ways that the bluegrass genre was and still is transmitted internationally. The dominance of

Lyndon B. Johnson grew up on his family farm near Johnson City, Texas. Born on August 27, 1908, he was the oldest of his siblings and therefore, the one to inherit the farm. Although his father was a part-time State Representative, the family was fairly poor. Although Johnson tried his hardest to keep the farm going, financial difficulties caused him to lose the farm in his early teens. Still not sure on what he wanted to do in life, Johnson attended Southwest Texas

Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in Stonewall, Texas on August 27, 1908. He grew up right there in his hometown. His parents were Samuel Elay Johnson Jr. and Rebekah Baines. He was accompanied by his siblings Sam Houston Johnson, Rebekah Johnson, Lucia Johnson, and Josefa Johnson. For school he would run to the nearby, one-room junction school. He grew up on a farm but his grandfather had a dream of him becoming a member of the U.S. senate. He was a responsible young adult and out of college he knew that he wanted a higher level of education. He enjoyed learning and teach others so he once dropped out for a year to be a principal and teach children of fifth, sixth, and seventh grades.

Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908 on a farm near Stonewall in the hill country of Texas. The white house was a bit away from his house. Johnson was a very clever young man. He had a job while in college. Johnson took on a teaching job. He was teaching fifth, sixth, and seventh. He got his teaching degree, and

In “Monkey Hill,” Stan Rice writes about the speaker of the poem who sits at a zoo with his friend observing the spider monkey exhibit. The two stay the whole day to observe these monkeys. The speaker becomes envious of these monkeys and their ability to be confident with exactly where they are and with who they are. Rice argues that our minds imprison us when we are worried about judgment from others. The monkeys in the exhibit felt free and at ease while the two observers were trapped in worrisome about the outside world in fear of how others would perceive them.

Ladies of the Confederacy are often linked to the term “southern belle.” This label traditionally evokes images of beautiful, spoiled young ladies whose primary concerns were that of attending balls and capturing the attention of men. Attended to by numerous slaves, the stereotypical southern belle “had few tasks other than to be obedient, to ride, to sew, and perhaps to learn reading and writing.”1 By definition, a southern belle is a beautiful upper-class lady from the south.2 The southern belle stereotype is exemplified in many literary portrayals of upper-class southern women of the 19th century, such as that of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind.”

Wyandotte county is not the ideal place of living. It does not hold value in the sense of luxury, modern buildings, nor economic prosperity at the moment. Do not get me wrong it is not a terrible place either, Wyandotte county is the upcoming metamorphosis. I am honored to say that I group I here, there are so many people that have vision with a desirable amount of talent. I know I am around of the people of tomorrow, the people that have the power to make a change in society and peel the labels and stereotypes of this diversified culture, that is the true value. People come in all shapes in sizes, along with that they all have different interests. I see future athletes playing a couple games of street basketball ball around the corner imitating the greats shouting “Kobe”, while aiming for a three pointer, and the soccer players kicking balls everywhere, on the roofs, under cars, and over fences.

The Farmer’s Bride is a poem written in the point of view of a farmer who chose a bride “three summers ago”. He describes their relationship and how they were wed. At one point in the story, his bride ran away and he forcefully recaptured her and locked her up in his attic. He expresses his sadness and frustration at not having children with her. He was wrong to forcibly capture her and lock her up in his attic, but because of how he was raised, and being a farmer - he should not be blamed for his actions. As readers, we know that his intentions were not to hurt his bride.

Speaker & Setting- The speaker/writer of the poem is Randy Gailhas, but refers himself as the “Night Rider.” The author describes Marfa at night as “Dark West Texas”. The setting of Marfa is a eerie , mysterious , bizarre place as described in the poem. Marfa and the lights have a mystical feeling in the poem.