Archaic Apollo Poem

The first of the structural elements is that the text is a reflective text. Silko uses this style to show how far reaching the central idea is. She does this by displaying what her idea of beauty was, what it is now, and what the idea of beauty was and is to others. Silko does this multiple times such as in paragraph 12 when she says “it seems to me that most of the definitions of beauty in contemporary western culture are really codes for determining social status.”(Silko,65)

Imagery is used in this poem an abundance of times, such as how Ray used music as a form of art to describe certain visions. In the lines 9 and 10, it explains imagery clearly by saying “A vision exquisite. Yet who can match…”(9). In this sentence, it's going back to an image or vision in one's mind that is beautiful and like nothing else seen before. The following line saying “The sunset’s iridescent hues? Who sing…” (10). This finishes line 9 saying how can a vision match like the sunsets luminous colors that seem to change when you look at it from different angles, almost referring to the rainbow. For example, whenever we go with our loved ones to the beach, we usually sit together and watch the sunset go down; it brings a wave of emotions like love, life, happiness, and for some maybe even sadness, however, once the sun sets all those emotions to disappear with it because it was for that split second that we felt a certain type of

The author uses imagery in the poem to enable the reader to see what the speaker sees. For example, in lines 4-11 the speaker describes to us the

Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem “The Past” was first published in 1970, narrated in the first person, by the poet herself, with only her ancestors mentioned as other characters. Ostensibly, it appears to be a reminiscence about an earlier time in the writer’s life as she compares her ‘accidental present’ living in suburbia with idealistic memories of her indigenous heritage. The idea that past and present are connected is a recurring theme throughout the poem. Noonuccal is both the woman next to the ‘electric radiator’, relaxing in a ‘deep chair’ and the person that sits next to the fire in nature, in ancestral times. She clearly feels connected with the ancestors of her tribe and that, in many ways, they are still a part of her, “My own people,

A bronze sculpture consisting of just six rectangular shapes and a semi-rectangular base, this piece is very simple, and its minimalistic structure is similar to that of Malevich’s Supremacist Composition: Airplane Flying. From a certain angle, the sculpture resembles a figure stumbling and falling over the base, depicting some sort of motion. In this sense, it is similar to Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, which sought to use air currents to symbolize a moving figure. The simplistic yet abstract nature of Shapiro’s work makes it feel right as home in the Modernist Revolution, despite the fact that Shapiro’s sculpture was made in 1991, more than 70 years after the Modernist Revolution occurred. In addition, Untitled is unlike any other “figure” sculpture we have studied thus far. Just about every major sculpture we have covered resembles some form of a human-like body, whether they be an actual human or a divine figure. Even Unique Forms of Continuity in Space possesses what appear to be legs, a head and a torso. The odd and minimalistic composition of Untitled means that is possesses no definite form resembling a human and could very well be meant to resemble something completely unrelated to human, quite possibly an inanimate object or even something that was not meant to be resembled. It is the only work of its kind present at the sculpture garden, and as such, it carries far more mystery than any other work

The theme is a tremendously essential part of any poem. The two poems, “Musée des Beaux Arts” and “Waiting for Icarus,” contain similar themes. In “Musée des Beaux Arts” and “Waiting for Icarus” there is a strong theme of abandonment and suffering found throughout both of the poems. In “Musée des Beaux Arts” it is Icarus, the subject of Breughel’s painting, who is being abandoned while drowning in the sea. Auden clearly portrays this when he writes, “In Breughel’s Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away / Quite leisurely from the disaster” (lns. 14-15). Auden uses these lines to describe how everyone is ignoring Icarus’ current predicament. Auden examines the disaster even further by stating, “and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen / Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky, / Had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on” (lns. 19-21). Here, Auden is telling his readers that even though Icarus is in pain because he is drowning; life was carrying on anyway, a clear indicator of Auden’s theme of abandonment and suffering. “Waiting for Icarus” also incorporates the theme of abandonment and suffering, although Rukeyser does not depict it as fatally as Auden does. Rukeyser expresses the theme of abandonment in her poem when she writes, “I have been waiting all day, or perhaps longer. / I would have liked to try those wings myself. / It would have been better than this” (lns. 20-22). Here, Rukeyser depicts the persona as someone who has been waiting a long time for her lover to show up and Rukeyser makes it pretty clear that he is not going to. Therefore, Rukeyser shows her readers that the persona has been tragically abandoned by her lover, which evidently causes the persona a great deal of anguish. Auden and Rukeyser both use the theme of abandonment and suffering in their poems in order to show their readers how painful it is to be discarded by the world.

The pedestal that the woman stands on is engraved with the words “THE WORLD WAR / IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES”, while the sides of the statue are carved with the names of soldiers who lost their lives in World War I. The stele that the woman stands in front of is carved with the image of a church bell between two columns. Laurel leaves twist around the columns. These motifs express achievement and gallantry. Swirls are carved around the statue, adding to the classical atmosphere of the piece. Furthermore, the sculpture is not particularly colorful, and it uses only the natural color of the pink marble. The stone is very smooth and the details of the sculpture are easily

Sappho is an ancient Greek poet who is known for her capability in the theorization and processing of love, though in The New Sappho her curiosity and amusement tends to turn its perspective to the idea of age. While we are used to the common concept of love and appearance of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, in Sappho’s poems, it seems that The New Sappho is both a play on her age, as well as a metaphor for her new subject. The poem’s title seems to suggest a rebirth or a renewal of being, yet in contradiction her physical form is aging.

-Apollo, one of the twins from Leto and Zeus, was considered God of the sun and patron of music, poetry, mathematics, and medicine.

“I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that’s the basis of Greek mythology”, Brendan Fraser once said about the idea of all Greek Gods and myths. The people of ancient Greece would look up to various gods, depending on what they were seeking. Apollo’s name translates to “strength”, as he displayed this trait throughout his lifetime and had to be emotionally and physically stronger at times for the people of Ancient Greece. Apollo was a man of trust who excelled and supported all of the fine arts of the Greek civilization such as music, art, and poetry (God Apollo). One of the most underestimated traits of Apollo was his healing powers, in which he helped out many Greeks in desperate times, like the Trojan War (Cartwright). The Greek God Apollo was the most influential among Greek people because of his recognition for music, the truth, and healing powers.

This is the story of Apollo’s start at Harper College. The night before his first day, he did not seem very nervous. He did not have any nerves because throughout his childhood, he was looked at in such a high light, almost like a god. He assumed that community college would be no different than the past. He also did not have many nerves because Harper was not where he wanted to end up going. Apollo had a long list of schools that he wanted to go to. A lot of these colleges just did not turn out to be the right fit for him and Artemis who ended up going to Harper also. For some reason, the people at the universities they visited did not give an impression that they wanted both of them to go that that school. After a lot more looking around,

For example, the author wrote in the poem that “she wants to hear wine pouring/she wants to taste change.” This is imagery because I believe she wants to change her life, and become a fancier person. I really thought that the imagery part of the poem “Sunday Greens” was the most helpful in finding the theme because in Stanza 1, saying “you want to taste change” and “hear wine pouring” is telling us she really wants a better life. Also, the imagery is important because it describes every single detail which could help you know what’s going on. In addition, the poem shifts from a girl wanting to change her life because every day she only cooks the common boring food everybody eats. Then, it shifts to her remembering her mother’s life. In my opinion, the theme of the poem helped me find the theme because when the poem shifted from the girl to her mother’s life, it revealed to me that the girl didn’t want the same miserable life her mother had. I also believe that the shift was the second most important part of the poem because the element helped me understand everything the girl is going through. These were the two main elements that helped me find the theme of the

After a Greek Proverb is an eloquent poem written by A.E. Stallings in 1968. It’s a villanelle that expands a Greek proverb that translates into: “nothing is so enduring as the accidental”. The only thing that is consistent in life is the inconsistent; emotions, objects, thoughts, etc. This notion is merely revealed with more sophisticated diction through the original Greek proverb. Yet many can pull positivity from this lesson, having a better understanding of the things around them and how living a life of none attachment can be rewarding if everything will continue to disappear before them. The proverb starts the conversation but the poem goes deeper and illustrates it by pointing out the negative side if we are to flip over the coin. It’s through this analysis of a positive and negative side, do both the poems and proverb gradually begin to differ, in both structure and focus. Consequentially the poem delves into the tragic cost of seeing nothing more permanent than the temporary.

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.Greek myth is comprised of many Gods and Goddesses and the stories of how they came to be and of their life stories. And this is the story of the God apollo One God that caught my eye was Apollo, was associated with many aspects of life in the time of the Greek gods. Apollo’s father was Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus, though married to Hera, had some problems with fidelity. He impregnated Leto, the daughter of a Titan.When he was four days old, he asked Hephaestus to make him silver bows and arrows. Hephaestus created them for him. Apollo was

After being cast down from Olympus, Apollo, the former god of prophecy, seeks to reclaim his spot in the Olympian Council. He meets a young demigod, Meg McCaffrey, who claims his service. With her help, Apollo begins his quest to restore his godly powers. On his journey, he aids his companions by providing limited wisdom, mainly from his own experience as a god. Apollo is generally a very self-centered character and does not understand much about humans as he would have liked. He also classifies as practical and sometimes sarcastic.