Billy Collins Figurative Language

Parents cling to their children wanting them to stay young forever, wanting endless memories and nothing to change, yet they must be able to part from these feelings to allow the child to grow. In the story “A Private Talk with Holly”, the author, Henry Felsen, uses symbolism to convey the central idea that if you love someone you have to let them go. When Holly, the main character of the story, talks to her Dad about changing her plans, he is faced with a difficult decision, but in the end he allows Holly to chase her dreams for her own good.

A poet hopes that people would appreciate their poem in a way that it is not mistreating the work’s value. In the poem “Introduction to poetry” Billy Collins describes his desires on how students should connect with poems. Collins states that students try to force out meanings out of poems instead of diving in to understand its true nature. The author creates a sensitive yet aggressive tone to convey two ways of poetry appreciation through his use of diction, personification and metaphor.

The poem “That Winter,” is the seasonal poem describing the environment has changed by using imagery. It’s impressive for describing the poem with imagery. From lines 1 to 6 on “That Winter” poem:

Billy Collins has compiled twelve poetry compilations; made a six figure pay advance, just from changing publishers; served as poet laureate for two terms, which most only serve one term; served as New York’s poet laureate right after his two terms of the United States poet laureate; in total has sold over 200,000 poems since his debut book Pokerface in 1977; named “the most popular poet” by The New York Times. Billy Collins’ fame is almost incomparable to other poets. His poems are are the “not-so-serious” side of the spectrum. Billy Collins’ poetry is known for its dry humor, too. Although his writing is rather plain and is known for being quite humdrum, Billy Collins is the most skilled poet of his time because his poetry is uniquely characterized by his unique dry sense of humor.

Horrid times can bring out the finest in many. These times often include some of the bloodiest wars in history such as the Civil War. A side product of this is music. Accordingly, the Civil War created many amazing music pieces. Examples of these pieces include Bonnie Blue by Harry Macarthy for the south and Shiloh by Darryl Worley. One thing that many Civil War songs that is prevalent is they’re stories.

In Billy Collins’ poem, Neither Snow, the speaker shows a reflective tone towards the idea that every individual has their own perspective on any given situation through figurative language and choice of detail. The speakers’ reflective tone is visible through a shift in the diction choices he uses and a rhetorical question he presents. Early in the poem the speaker compares snow to krill with the words “looked like”, the connotation behind these words which are repeated suggest and emphasize uncertainty in thought as well as a belief that the image can be interpreted in more than one way. As he thinks more about the events of that Sunday afternoon however, he comes to the conclusion that “it was a run of white plankton”.

Within the first stanza, the symbolism of snow-like grass, a bright sun, and peppermint scented wind prompt a sense of peace, energy, and revitalization. As a result of the dream-like symbolism, this settings seems to be part of the imagination, and could simply be a metaphor for a way of thinking.

To begin, the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” has different imagery than the poem “ The Beauty of Fall.” In one point in Frost’s poem, he uses an actual event that occurred in life to help readers fully understand his poem. In the text it states, “Then leaf subsides to leaf./ So Eden sank to grief”(Frost 5-6). The line is reminding readers about a biblical story about Adam and Eve. Eve was a girl who ate the forbidden apple and was banned from living in the Garden of Eden. On the other hand, “The Beauty of Fall” by Copper, Wovna, and Wovna just uses imagery of nature. The poem states, “Acorns on the ground,/ October was red and brown”(Cooper, Wovna, and Wovna 3-4). In the poem, it focuses on how nature changes throughout the season of fall. It starts with the month of October, which talks about the

Often in sermon ministers persuade they audience to behave in a spirtual or more finished such is the case in from sinners in the hands be an angry god jonathan Edwards where he if sinners repents they will receive eternal life edwards wanted to impact his audience by appealing to pity and vanity.Edward use of sensational impact on his puritan audience because of his use of use of a cationary tone persuasive imagery and strong meaning figurative language has a huge impact.

The American poet William James “Billy” Collins (born on March 22, 1941 in New York City) is famous for his humorous, yet profound poetry. Collins grew in in New York, where he wrote his first poem at the age of twelve and as a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and the University of California-Riverside, he is well educated, and he has even taught in several colleges and universities. Due to his love of words, and exceptional poetic language, he received a large array of poetry awards, positions, and honors, ranging from serving as Poet Laureate of the United States (2001-2003) to being recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992). In 2002, he was asked to write

In “The Trouble with Poetry” and “Introduction to Poetry” Billy Collins speaks about two different topics , however he is able to demonstrate his personal perspective of poetry and poets by using figurative language. Throughout both the poems the speaker uses vivid imagery ,so that the audience is able to comprehend what he is saying. One of the poems regrades the interpretation of poetry, while the other is about the poets themselves. In the “Introduction to poetry” and “ The Trouble with Poetry” Billy Collins develops his message by using figurative language and vivid imagery.

The beautiful thing about poetry is that it can be written in so many forms, about numerous topics and can have its own personalized sound. Billy Collins brings poetry to life in a simple and fun way that many poets never accomplish. It is obvious in the “Introduction to Poetry,” he is emphasizing the need for people to look into poetry in a different light and divulge into the true meaning instead of reading it in such a surface manner or over analyzing it. His work highlights the use of imagery bringing the words to life on the page, encouraging the reader to take it easy and enjoy the words of the poetry. His journey as U.S. Poet Laureate lead to students across America having access to a poem per day being shared at school, enhancing the knowledge and desire for poetry across the nation (Collins, “Poetry 180”). Although Collins’ approach to poetry was unconventional and focused on experience, he allows readers everywhere to feel his words - tangible and full of life.

In the second stanza it is the semantic field of cold: ‘winter’, ‘ice’, ‘naked’, ‘snow’. All these lexical items give us a feeling of cold which evokes loneliness, unknown, fear.

The first few chapters of White Fang were very detailed because Jack London used great figurative language and had good choice of words to describe he’s setting. The book states “Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and ominous, in the fading light” (London 1) which is a great example of Jack London being really detailed. Also these first few chapters had a lot of figurative language and metaphors. Having figurative language and metaphors in a story are really important because it can keep the reader interested in the book and you can keep the reader thinking. An example of figurative language

The first verse gives a feeling of isolation as Frost only reveals the speaker to the reader. He is walking, or so the reader can presume at this point in the poem, through the woods and stops to, “watch the woods fill up with snow” (285). Additionally, the reader finds out that there is no resident on the wooded property, as the owner resides in the village (285). This further emphasizes the idea of solitude by revealing that homes are not to be seen.